What do you do when confronted with fear? What kind of fear do you possess? There is a right and a wrong kind of fear. Most would be afraid of the demon possessed men; in fact, no man would go near them. However, it is not the devils that are to be feared. It is actually the devils that are afraid of Jesus.
Everything about the promised Messiah is fulfilled in Jesus Christ! In fact, this is only one of over 300 Old Testament prophecies about the Messiah that are fulfilled in Jesus. God is true to His Word then AND now! However, sometimes, the modern-day church will mistrust God’s Word when it comes to other areas of our lives.
The thief on the cross had not been baptized. The thief had not learned what the words sanctification, justification, and glorification meant. He would have had no time on earth to demonstrate a “changed” life or store up good works to outweigh his bad works. Yet, Jesus offered eternal salvation to the thief in the final hours of his life!
This centurion had faith in the Lord Jesus! The Lord said He had not seen so great a faith in all of Israel!! Are we willing to trust our bank accounts, our financial advisors, our friends, and our own limited knowledge – MORE THAN WE WILL TRUST THE UNLIMITED LORD! Our time is stolen away when we misplace our trust in someone or something more than God.
Devastation of leprosy goes deeper than these things. Many families who genuinely loved a leprous relative would most likely be tempted to contact them and show them they were not forgotten, and they are loved. However, Numbers 5:2-3 declared that anyone who touched a leper would also become unclean – and the same isolation rules would then be applied to them. What does Jesus do to the leper?
