Faith

Faith

“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” 
                                                                                                                      Hebrews 11:1
“And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.”
                                                                                                          Hebrews 11:6.
Where is your faith?
Matthew records,
“When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help.  
“Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed and in terrible suffering.” 
Jesus said to him, “I will go and heal him.” 
The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.  
For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” 
When Jesus heard this, he was astonished and said to those following him, “I tell you the truth, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith...
Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! It will be done just as you believed it would.” And his servant was healed at that very hour.” 
                                              Matthew 8:5-13.
The incident shows how much the Roman Centurion respected Jesus. He truly believed Jesus could do all he said he could do.
The centurion probably had heard and may have even saw Jesus performing miracles. Either way this man had faith that Jesus could heal his servant without even entering the same room as the man.
He believed Jesus only had to say the words and the man would be healed.
As Christians today do we have such faith?
How strong is you faith?
One survey among church goes found there was a significant percentage who go to church that do not believe in the divinity of Jesus. They believe in the historical Jesus but not the fact that Jesus is God incarnate.
It is easy to believe in the historical Jesus. Records of Jesus exist both inside and outside the bible. All credible historians be they Christian or non-Christian have no doubt there was a great teacher named Jesus.
Jewish historian Flavius Josephus (37—100 AD), aka Joseph ben Mattathias, is one of the most important writers of antiquity. He records Jesus as doing amazing deeds.
But Jesus is more than just a man. Jesus is God incarnate, God in the flesh. This is where faith comes in. It takes faith to believe Jesus is in fact the Son of God.
Do you believe He is?
Think about it.