ALL AUTHORITY IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH HAS

“ALL AUTHORITY IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH HAS BEEN GIVEN TO ME. ” MATTHEW 28: 18 AUTHORITY: THE POWER EXERCISED BY RULERS OR OTHERS IN HIGH POSITION BY VIRTUE OF THEIR OFFICE IF JESUS POSSESSES “ALL AUTHORITY, ” THEN EVERY OTHER POWER IN THE UNIVERSE IS SUBJECT TO HIS AUTHORITY, NO MATTER HOW DAUNTING THESE POWERS MAY SEEM.

Warning! Close Encounters With The Savior Can Lead You To… Amaze Jesus by Your Great Faith! Luke 7: 1 -10 The Centurion • Worthy in the eyes of others • Worthy in the eyes of our Lord

I. THE CENTURION WAS WORTHY IN THE EYES OF OTHERS BECAUSE HE VALUED OTHERS HIGHLY A. THE CENTURION HIGHLY VALUED HIS SERVANT(VERSES 1 -3) B. THE CENTURION ALSO HIGHLY VALUED THE JEWISH PEOPLE (VERSES 4 -5)

I. THE CENTURION WAS WORTHY IN THE EYES OF OTHERS BECAUSE HE VALUED OTHERS HIGHLY A. THE CENTURION HIGHLY VALUED HIS SERVANT(VERSES 1 -3) B. THE CENTURION ALSO HIGHLY VALUED THE JEWISH PEOPLE (VERSES 4 -5) C. BY HIS ACTIONS, JESUS AFFIRMED OTHERS’ ESTIMATION OF THE CENTURION’S CHARACTER (VERSE 6 A)

II. THE CENTURION WAS WORTHY IN THE EYES OF JESUS BECAUSE OF HIS GREAT FAITH A. THE CENTURION’S HUMILITY WAS THE NECESSARY COMPANION TO HIS FAITH (VERSES 6 B-7 A) B. THE CENTURION’S FAITH WAS DEMONSTRATED BY HIS COMPLETE TRUST IN JESUS’ AUTHORITY (VERSES 7 B-8) 1. THE CENTURION UNDERSTOOD THE SCOPE AND POWER OF AUTHORITY (8) 2. THE CENTURION TRUSTED THAT JESUS’ AUTHORITY ENCOMPASSED THE SCOPE AND POWER OF GOD (7 B)

“WE CAN PROVE OUR FAITH BY OUR COMMITMENT TO IT AND IN NO OTHER WAY. ANY BELIEF THAT DOES NOT COMMAND THE ONE WHO HOLDS IT IS NOT A REAL BELIEF—IT IS ONLY A PSEUDO-BELIEF. IT MIGHT SHOCK SOME OF US PROFOUNDLY IF WE WERE SUDDENLY BROUGHT FACE-TO-FACE WITH OUR BELIEFS AND FORCED TO TEST THEM IN THE FIRES OF PRACTICAL LIVING. ” A. W. TOZER

II. THE CENTURION WAS WORTHY IN THE EYES OF JESUS BECAUSE OF HIS GREAT FAITH A. THE CENTURION’S HUMILITY WAS THE NECESSARY COMPANION TO HIS FAITH (VERSES 6 B-7 A) B. THE CENTURION’S FAITH WAS DEMONSTRATED BY HIS COMPLETE TRUST IN JESUS’ AUTHORITY (VERSES 7 B-8) C. THE CENTURION’S FAITH WAS SO GREAT IN JESUS’ EYES THAT IT AMAZED HIM! (VERSE 9) D. JESUS AFFIRMED THE CENTURION’S FAITH BY ACTING ACCORDING TO HIS PLEA (VERSE 10)

III. AMAZE JESUS BY YOUR GREAT FAITH! A. THE FAITH JOURNEY OF MARINE CORPORAL TIM DONLEY B. THE FAITH JOURNEY OF LEPTONDALE BIBLE CHURCH’S FUTURE DIRECTION