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So I rode my bicycle for a year in 2010 from Canada to Columbia.

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And as part of that journey, I discovered that basically a billion people in

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the world didn't have access to clean drinking water.

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So I began this journey and did some higher level education and

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then on a series of trips with my friends in the last six years.

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That's all led us to this spot now we've become very interested in

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small scale decentralized desalinization projects.

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It's really the future of water.

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Welcome everyone.

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I'm so happy to be with us for today's beach talk.

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I want to help you understand every word of God that's in the word of God.

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That's why I do these beach talks.

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God has so many amazing things that he wants to say to you and I every day.

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So that's our objective here is that we will hear from him clearly for our lives.

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Now my objective is simple.

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It's to help us make disciples who make disciples who plant churches that plant

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churches.

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We want to multiply a grassroots effort for discipleship and church planting.

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Now Matthew 8 verses 1 and 2 says that when he had come down from the mountain,

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great multitudes followed him.

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And behold a leper came and worshiped him saying, Lord,

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if you're willing, you can make me clean.

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Now when he had come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.

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Now the miracles of Jesus attracted much attention, but so did his teaching

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ministry.

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Matthew demonstrated this by the mention of the great multitudes that followed him

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after he came down telling us about the Beatitudes.

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Now when we compare the events of this chapter with the record of Mark or Luke,

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we'll find a different order or chronology.

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D.A. Carson says that Matthew arranged his material here according to topics and

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themes, not according to chronology.

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So we remember an important foundational verse in Matthew's gospel.

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Now Jesus went about all of Galilee teaching in the synagogues, preaching the

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kingdom of God and healing all kinds of sickness and disease among the people.

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Matthew 4.23.

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Now Matthew went on to tell us about the teaching ministry of Jesus.

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Now he tells us more about the healing ministry of Jesus and how his works

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confirmed everything that he had taught in his Sermon on the Mount.

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So now a leper came and worshiped him.

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In ancient world, leprosy was a terribly destructive disease and still is in some

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parts of the world.

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Now an ancient leper had no hope of improvement.

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So this leper came to Jesus with a great sense of need and desperation.

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Now leprosy might begin with the loss of all sensation in a part of the body like

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the hand or feet.

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And the muscles sort of wasted away, the tendons contracted until the hands were

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like claws and there were cuts in the hands, became progressively loss of the

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fingers and the toes.

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And in the end, the whole hand and foot might just drop off.

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Now the duration of that kind of leprosy was from 20 to 30 years.

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It was a terribly progressive death in which a person lived.

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This is what William Barclay described it as.

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Now according to Jewish law and customs, one had to keep six feet from a leper.

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Does that sound familiar in 2020?

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If the wind was blowing toward a person from a leper, they had to keep 150 feet

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away.

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The only thing more defiling the contact with the leper was contact with the dead

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body back in that time.

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Now for these reasons, the condition of leprosy is a model of sin and its effects.

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It's contagious, it's debilitating and it corrupts its victim and makes them

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essentially dead while alive.

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And it followed that almost universally, society and religious people scorn lepers,

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rabbis scorn lepers and saw them as people under judgment from the hand of God.

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Now in Jesus' time, rabbis sometimes boasted about how badly they treated lepers.

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One bragged that they refused to buy even an egg on a street where they saw a leper.

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Another boasted that he threw rocks at lepers upon seeing them.

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Not very nice.

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Nevertheless, the leper came to Jesus by himself and despite many discouragements,

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he knew how terrible his problem was.

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He knew that other people gave up on him, having a hopeless condition.

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He had no one that would even take him to Jesus.

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He had no previous example of Jesus' healing a leper to give him any type of hope.

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He had no promise that Jesus would heal him.

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He had no invitation from Jesus or the disciples.

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He had great faith.

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He must have felt ashamed and alone in the crowd of people that were trying to hear Jesus' teachings.

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Now the leper came and worshiped him despite his desperate condition.

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This man not only begged Jesus, he also worshiped at his feet.

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Now how did a leper worship Jesus?

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Well he worshiped Jesus by coming to him, by honoring him as the one who could meet his otherwise impossible need.

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He worshiped Jesus with this posture, probably bowing or kneeling before Jesus.

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He worshiped Jesus with the word Lord, honoring him as Master and God.

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He worshiped Jesus with humility, not by demanding but leaving the request up to the will of Jesus.

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He worshiped Jesus with the respect of the power of Jesus saying that all that was necessary

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was for Jesus to want it and he would receive his healing.

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Now he worshiped Jesus with the confidence that Jesus could make him more healthy, Jesus could make him clean.

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He said, Lord if you're willing, now the leper had no doubt whatsoever about the ability of Jesus to heal.

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His only question was if Jesus was willing to heal.

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He believed in the power of Jesus.

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When a Syrian commander named Naaman was afflicted with leprosy, he came to Jehoram in the Old Testament, the king of Israel,

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because he heard there was a prophet in Israel whom God used to do miraculous things.

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Now when Naaman came to Jehoram, Jehoram knew that he had no power to help him and said,

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Am I God to kill and to make alive?

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This man sends a man to heal me of leprosy.

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In 2 Kings 5, leprosy was so hopeless in the ancient world that healing a leper was compared to raising the dead.

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Yet this leper knew that all Jesus needed was to be willing.

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Yet this leper was sure that Jesus was willing to use his power for the leper's benefit.

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Now F.A. Bruce said that more men easily believe in miraculous power than in miraculous love.

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He said, Lord, if you're willing, you can make me clean. This leper sought more than healing.

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He wanted cleansing not only from the leprosy, but also from all its terrible effects on his life and on his soul.

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In addition, this is the first place in the gospel where Jesus is called Lord.

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That title was particularly meaningful in light of the fact that the word Lord was used to translate the Hebrew word Yahweh.

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And Matthew wrote this gospel to those who would be familiar with the Jewish context of that word.

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Now in verse 3, Jesus put out his hand and touched him saying, I am willing, be cleansed.

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Now immediately his leprosy was cleansed. Jesus put out his hand and touched him.

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This was a bold and compassionate touch from Jesus.

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The idea is that the leper kept his distance from Jesus, but he put out his hand and he touched him.

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In what was against the ceremonial law to touch a leper, he made the touch all the more meaningful to the afflicted man.

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Of course, as soon as Jesus touched him, he was no longer a leper. He was healed.

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Now touched him. Jesus did not have to touch the leper in order to heal him.

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He could have healed him with a word or, in Jesus' case, even a thought.

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Yet he healed the leper with a touch because that is what the leper needed.

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A touch. Jesus often varied the manner of healing and usually he chose a manner that would be meaningful to the recipient.

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Mark 1, 41 says that when Jesus looked, he was moved with compassion.

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It had been a long time since this leper had seen a face of compassion.

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Now I am willing, Jesus' assurance that I am willing simply answered the man's question and gives us a starting point

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for the times we wonder if Jesus was willing to heal.

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We should assume Jesus is willing to heal unless he shows us differently.

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Now how can we know if Jesus is willing to heal us by assuming that he's willing,

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but listening to him if he should tell us that that's not what he wants?

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This is what happened with the Apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians 12, verses 7 through 10.

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It seems that Paul assumed that Jesus would heal his thorn in the flesh until word came to him that Jesus wouldn't.

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Now immediately his leprosy was cleansed. The former leper's life was changed forever.

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He was not only healed, but as he requested he was cleansed.

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Jesus had recently said, ask and it will be given unto you in Matthew 7, 7.

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This was certainly true for the now formally cleansed leper.

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This is the first individual healing described in Matthew.

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Previously we were told of Jesus' healing ministry in the general sense in Matthew 4, but here in a specific sense.

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Now verse 4, Jesus said to him, see that you go and tell no one, but go on your way, show yourself to the priest,

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and offer the gift that Moses commanded as a testimony to them.

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Now see that you tell no one. Jesus often commanded people to be quiet about their healing or some miraculous work that he had done for them.

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Now he did this because he wanted to keep down the excitement of the crowds until the proper time for his formal revelation to Israel,

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which was an exact date as prophesied in Daniel 9.

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Now in addition, Jesus' miracles were not primarily calculated to make him famous or a celebrity,

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though they certainly did give testimony to his ministry.

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More so Jesus healed to meet the needs of specific individuals and to demonstrate the evident power of the Messiah

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in the setting of love and care for the personal needs of humble people.

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Therefore, Jesus was cautious about how the multitude saw him and why they followed him.

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Mark tells us that the leopard did not obey Jesus, instead he went out and began to proclaim it freely, Mark 1, 40 and 45.

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But show yourself to the priest, Jesus commanded the man to give a testimony to the priest and what a testimony it was.

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The Mosaic law prescribed specific sacrifices to be conducted upon the healing of a leopard,

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and when the man reported it to the priest, they no doubt had to perform ceremonies that were rarely if ever done, according to Leviticus 14.

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Now going to the priest would also bring the former leopard back into society.

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Jesus wanted the healing of the man's disease to have as much benefit as possible.

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Now verses 5 and 6, but when Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him pleading with him, saying, Lord, my servant is lying at home, paralyzed, dreadfully tormented.

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Now when Jesus entered Capernaum, Matthew 4, 13 tells us this is where Jesus lived, he came and dwelt in Capernaum.

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Now a centurion came to him, the centurion was obviously a Gentile because the centurion was an officer in the Roman army.

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Now most every Jew under Roman occupation felt a reason to hate this centurion, yet he came to the Jewish teacher for help.

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He came not for a selfish reason, but on behalf of a servant.

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Now whenever the New Testament mentions a centurion, now there are at least seven times, it presents them as honorable and good men.

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Now this centurion had an unusual attitude towards a slave under Roman law.

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A master had the right to kill a slave and it was expected that he would do so if the slave became ill or injured to the point where he could no longer work.

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Pleading with him, this shows that the centurion did not make a casual request.

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Jesus describes him as pleading with Jesus on behalf of his servant.

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Now verses seven through nine, Jesus said to him, I will come and heal him, the centurion answered and said, Lord I'm not worthy that you should come under my roof, but only speak a word and my servant will be healed.

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For I'm also a man who's under authority having soldiers under me and I say to this one go and he goes into another come and he comes into my servant do this and he does it.

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I will come and heal him. Jesus did not hesitate to go to the centurion's house and we half wish the centurion would have allowed him.

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It was completely against Jewish custom for a Jew to enter a gentile's house, yet it was not against God's law.

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So the centurion sensed this when he said, Lord I'm not worthy that you should come under my roof.

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Now most Jews believe that a gentile home was not worthy of them and the centurion supposed that a great rabbi and teacher like Jesus would consider his home unworthy.

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The centurion also showed great sensitivity to Jesus in that he wanted to spare Jesus the awkward challenge of whether or not to enter a gentile's house as well as the time and trouble of travel.

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He didn't know Jesus well enough to know that he would not feel awkward in the least, but his consideration of Jesus in this situation was impressive.

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In his concern for both his servant and for Jesus, the centurion was an others centered person.

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But only speak a word and my servant will be healed. The centurion fully understood Jesus's healing power was not some sort of magic trick and required the magician's presence.

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Instead, he knew Jesus had true authority and could command things to be done and completed outside of his immediate presence.

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The centurion showed great faith in Jesus's word. He understood that Jesus could heal with his word just as easily as with his touch.

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Now he says, for I am a man who's also under authority having soldiers under me.

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The centurion also knew about the military chain of command and how the orders of one in authority were unquestioningly obeyed.

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He saw that Jesus had at least that much authority.

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Now, verses 10 through 13, but when Jesus heard it, he marveled and he said to those who followed, assuredly, I say to you, I've not found such great faith, not even in Israel.

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And I say to you that many will come from east and west and sit down with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

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But the sons of the kingdom will cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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Then Jesus said to the centurion, go your way and as you have believed, so let it be done to you.

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And his servant was healed that same hour. Wow.

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When Jesus heard it, he marveled. Now, the man's understanding of Jesus' spiritual authority made Jesus marvel.

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His simple confidence in the ability of Jesus' mere word to heal showed a faith that was free of any superstitious reliance on external things.

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This was truly great faith. He said, as surely I say to you, I've not found anyone in Israel with this kind of faith.

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Jesus considered the faith of this Gentile centurion a living symbol of Jewish oppression and thought it greater than any faith he had seen among the people of Israel.

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As a political entity, there was no Israel. There was only a covenant people descended from Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

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Yet Jesus still called them Israel. Now, many will come from the east and the west and sit down with Abraham.

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The fact that such faith was present in a Gentile caused Jesus to announce that there would be Gentiles in the kingdom of heaven.

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They would even sit down to dinner with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

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Now, this was a radical idea to many of the Jewish people of Jesus' day.

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They assumed that this great Messianic banquet would have no Gentiles and that it would be all Jews.

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Now, Jesus corrected both mistaken ideas. These few words of Jesus tell us a little something of what heaven is like.

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It's a place of rest. We will sit down in heaven. It's a place of good company to sit with.

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We enjoy the friendship of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in heaven.

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It's a place with many people. Jesus said many will come into heaven. It is a place with people from all over the world.

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From the east and the west, they will come into my kingdom. They will come into heaven.

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Now, it is a certain place, Jesus said, many will come and when Jesus says it will happen, it will happen.

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We can trust his word. But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness as well.

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Jesus reminded his Jewish listeners that just as the Gentiles' racial identity was no automatic barrier to the kingdom,

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their racial identity was no guarantee of the kingdom of God. Though Jews were sons of the kingdom, they might end up in hell.

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The definite articles of weeping and gnashing emphasize the horror of the scene, the weeping and the gnashing.

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Weeping suggests suffering and gnashing of teeth with despair, da carcin.

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We see that Jesus was unafraid to speak of hell and in fact did so more than any other subject in the Bible.

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Charles Spurgeon said there are some ministers who never mention anything about hell.

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Verse 14 to 15, now when Jesus had come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother lying sick with the fever.

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So she touched her hand and the fever left her and she arose and served him.

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He saw his mother lying sick. This clearly establishes the fact that Peter was married.

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Now, a lot of church history teaches that Jesus, that you have to be celibate and that you can't be married

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in order to be a pastor or to be a priest. Peter was certainly married. He touched her hand and the fever left her.

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Jesus healed this woman with a gentle touch of his hand. His sickness was much less severe than the leper,

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yet Jesus still cared for her. Jesus cares for smaller problems also.

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The miracle here was not in the cure of an incurable disease, but in the way of the cure by a touch of God's hand.

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Now, she arose and served him. Peter's mother-in-law showed a fitting response for those who've been touched by Jesus' power.

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She immediately began to serve. Serving Jesus is a wonderful evidence of being restored to spiritual health.

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Now, this wraps up our time together today looking at the first part of Matthew 8.

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I always like to wrap up my beach talks at the time to pray, a time to get a fresh start from God.

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Maybe you need to get a fresh start with God today. Maybe you need to stop doing some of the things you've been doing in your life.

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We can always ask for God's help when we need to repent or when we're struggling.

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Let's pray together. Just say, God, would you help me to have a fresh start, to change my life, to follow you in a sincere way.

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In Jesus' name, amen. And as always, have a beautiful day.

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