When Jesus heard this he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd that followed him, he said, "I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith."
Luke 7:9
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A Roman Centurion had a slave who was near death, so he sent some of the Jewish elders from Capernaum to find Jesus and to ask him to intervene. Not a particularly unusual request, except that the request came from the enemy: a Roman official. The passage tells us that Jesus assented.
How do we welcome the enemy? Do we minister to them or avoid them? Note that Jesus did not play favorites. He healed those who came to him in faith: Jew or Roman, slave or free, male or female. In Christ there is no East or West, nor is there race, gender, color, creed, sexual orientation, or economic status.
As Christians, do we extend the balm of healing simply in the name of Jesus?
How do we welcome the enemy? Do we minister to them or avoid them? Note that Jesus did not play favorites. He healed those who came to him in faith: Jew or Roman, slave or free, male or female. In Christ there is no East or West, nor is there race, gender, color, creed, sexual orientation, or economic status.
As Christians, do we extend the balm of healing simply in the name of Jesus?
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