| The way you see Jesus, the revelation that you have of Him, will
not affect God’s acceptance of you. But it will affect your acceptance of what
God has for you. It will affect how you receive from Him. |
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| Consider the Roman centurion who told Jesus, “You don’t have to
come to my house. Just speak the word and my servant at home will be healed.”
(Luke 7:6–7) Compare him with Jairus, the ruler of a synagogue, who told Jesus,
“My daughter is dying. Please come to my house and lay Your hands on her, and
she shall live.” (Mark 5:22–23) |
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| Do you know that Jesus does not have to go to your house to heal
you? So why did Jesus follow Jairus to his house? Jesus had to come down to
Jairus’ level of faith. Jairus believed that his daughter could be healed, but
only if Jesus came and laid His hands on her. |
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| The centurion was different. He said, “Lord, You don’t have to
come to my house. I know who You are.” This centurion believed that Jesus did
not have to come to his house for his servant to be healed. He believed that
Jesus only needed to speak the word. He said to Jesus, “Just speak the word and
my servant at home will be healed.” |
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| Do you know who Jesus is? The centurion had a greater
understanding of who Jesus is than Jairus, the ruler of the synagogue, and he
wasn’t even a Jew! |
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| Jesus asked his disciples, “Why are you so fearful? How is it that
you have no faith?” (Mark 4:40) He even remarked, “O you of little faith.”
(Matthew 6:30) But to the woman whose daughter was demon-possessed, He said, “O
woman, great is your faith!” (Matthew 15:28) And to the centurion, He declared,
“I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!” |
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My desire is for you to have an accurate understanding of who
Jesus is because when your revelation of Jesus is big, you will know what has
been freely given to you. And when you know what is yours in Christ Jesus, you
will be rich in all things!
Joseph Prince Ministries |
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