Great topic! Your post reminded me of the Centurion in Mattew 8...
5 Now when Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him, 6 saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, dreadfully tormented.” 7 And Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.” 8 The Centurion answered and said, “Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed. 9 For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” 10 When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who followed, “Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!
Even people with authority are to be under authority themselves...
It will be interesting to unpack this over the coming weeks and months! It took A LOT of reading, but I'm at the bottom of it all ... many more things to learn, but I finally got to the root. Thanks about mom ... she's been steady for the last 3 weeks.
Great topic! Your post reminded me of the Centurion in Mattew 8...
5 Now when Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him, 6 saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, dreadfully tormented.” 7 And Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.” 8 The Centurion answered and said, “Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed. 9 For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” 10 When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who followed, “Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!
Even people with authority are to be under authority themselves...
I will add you and your mother to my prayer list.
Thank you for your prayers ... and this is a great example. And, yes, we are all under some form of authority, whether we recognize or acknowledge it!
And we see the impact of fatally flawed secular world views in so many areas don’t we? Secularism still has a god. That god is the self.
Praying for your mom and you.
It will be interesting to unpack this over the coming weeks and months! It took A LOT of reading, but I'm at the bottom of it all ... many more things to learn, but I finally got to the root. Thanks about mom ... she's been steady for the last 3 weeks.
How did I miss such wonderful writing?
Thank you .... I've been under a rock, lol.