NOTES for Luk 7:1-17
We all believe that the Lord, who created this world, has complete authority over nature. It seems as simple as imagining an officer commanding soldiers on a parade ground: he wants them to turn right, and they all turn right; he wants them to turn left, and they turn left! But do we believe that the Lord can heal a sick person before our very eyes—just like that: He speaks, and the person recovers? “Well,” we might say, “in theory, we believe that too...” Do we see the enormous difference between theoretical faith in God's omnipotence and faith in a miracle that directly concerns us? There was no such gap in the Roman centurion's military mind: his faith was not theoretical but living, and a miracle took place. Perhaps the Lord would not find such faith not only in Israel...