God's Kind of Love

Matthew 8:9-10,
"For I am a man under authority, having
soldiers under me: and I say to this man,
Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come,
and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this,
and he doeth it. When Jesus heard it he
marvelled, and said to them that followed,
Verily I say unto you, I have not found so
great faith, no, not in Israel."

MATTHEW 8:5-13,
LUKE 7:1-10

There were only two things in all of scripture
that caused Jesus to marvel.
They were (1) the Centurion's faith
and (2) the Jews' unbelief (Mark. 6:6).

A faith that made Jesus marvel, who is the
author and finisher of our faith, is worth
being checked out.

This centurion believed that the spoken word
of Jesus was sufficient to produce his miracle.
He didn't need Jesus to come to his house.
He had faith in Jesus' word.

So, we can see that the person who simply
believes the written Word of God is operating
in a much higher form of faith than those who
require additional proof.

Compare this centurion's faith with the
"little" faith of Thomas in John 20:24-29!
Thomas refused to believe what He couldn't
see or feel.

Our five senses were given to us by God and
are necessary to help us function in this life.
But if we do not renew our minds to
acknowledge the limits of the five senses,
they will keep us from believing.
Faith can perceive things that the senses
cannot (Hebrews 11:1).

The type of faith that Thomas operated in
was a human or natural faith that was based
on what he could see.
Jesus said there was a greater blessing to be
obtained.

That greater blessing comes from using a
supernatural, God-kind of faith that is based
only on God's Word.
Jesus and God's Word are one.
(John 1:1, 14)

Believing God's Word is not just putting your
trust in some printed words on the pages of
a book we call the Bible.
There is much more involved.
It is a relationship with a person, the person
behind the words.

Get to know Him through His Word.