189th Post Jesus Said on Faith Con't. - Matthew 8: 13

Matthew 8: 13
Go your way; and as you have believed, so let it be done for you.
This passage comes right after Jesus' Sermon on the Mount and is 1.1/2 years into His earthly ministry. This passage takes place after the meeting between Jesus and a Roman Centurion. The Centurion comes up to Jesus and asks him (Jesus) to heal the Roman's sick slave. Jesus asks where the Centurion lives so that He may accompany the Roman to his house. The Roman responds, that my house is unclean for you, but you are a man of authority. I also am under authority. I tell this one to go here and he goes. The Roman tells Jesus to just say the word and his slave will be healed. The Jews kept asking Jesus by what authority He did the things He did. Here is a Roman soldier that not only understood Jesus was a person under authority, but believed that Jesus would do what the Roman soldier asked. Jesus told the Jews that He had not seen as much faith in all of Israel as this Roman soldier had. Faith is something that the Jews has had a problem with through out their history. Their lack of faith caused them to doubt and to turn to unbelief. When you look at the teachings of the Bible, it seems to boil down into Trust and Obey. When the Jews lost their trust, they started to disobey. This lesson is not just for people living during Jesus' time, it is just as important for us today. People say today that the miracles that were done in the Bible happened a long time ago. When you walk with God, miracles still happen. How is your faith??