And to the centurion Jesus said, “Go; let it be done for you as you have believed.” And the servant was healed at that very moment.
Christ pours out His grace liberally when He finds the vessel of faith open. God is limited in what He gives us not by His will but by our unbelief; open the entrance to Him by faith, and He will hear your prayers.
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Here stood a soldier, a Roman, a Gentile, dwelling among the Jews as a badge of their subjection, yet godly and zealous. Christ received him and favored him; therein He teaches us to do good even to our enemies and shows Himself a light to the Gentiles as well as the glory of Israel. Grace conquers where it is least expected and proves itself more than a conqueror.
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Commenting on Matthew 8:5-13
And when Jesus was come into Peter's house,.... And which was also Andrew's, Mar 1:29 for these two brothers lived together, and this was in Capernaum, as appears from the context. Though Andrew and Peter were originally of Bethsaida, a place not far from this, but had removed hither since their call by Christ, this being his city; though probably this house was Peter's wife's...