Developing Our FaithGospel of Luke 7:1-50Paul J. Bucknell |
The Centurion’s Faith
Luke 7:1-10
A. The Place (Luke 7:1)
“When He had completed all His discourse in the hearing of the people, He went to Capernaum” (Luke 7:1).Capernaum was the center place of Christ’s ministry. Most of His miracles were done there.
• Where is Capernaum (see next page)?
• Why did Jesus often go there? Is that unfair to other places?
| A second outlet from the Sea of Galille was recently reopened allowing the level of the lake to be restored to levels seen in Christ’s time. (An artist's redention of Capernaum from Biblical Archaeological Review (7-8/99). |
B. The Search (Luke 7:2-5)
“And a certain centurion’s slave, who was highly regarded by him, was sick and about to die. And when he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders asking Him to come and save the life of his slave. And when they had come to Jesus, they earnestly entreated Him, saying, “He is worthy for You to grant this to him; for he loves our nation, and it was he who built us our synagogue” (Luke 7:2-5).
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A centurion is a Roman commander in charge of 100 Roman soldiers (Note how the word centurion sound like century). He undoubtedly was a Gentile but had a strong affiliation for the Jewish people.
• What was the centurion’s need? Anything unusual about this?
• What caused him to get Jesus to help him?
• How did the centurion get Jesus to help him?
• Why were the Jews willing to help this Gentile?
C. The Faith (Luke 7:6-10)
“Now Jesus started on His way with them; and when He was already not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to Him, “Lord, do not trouble Yourself further, for I am not worthy for You to come under my roof; for this reason I did not even consider myself worthy to come to You, but just say the word, and my servant will be healed. “For I, too, am a man under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes; and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.” Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled at him, and turned and said to the multitude that was following Him, “I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith.” And when those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave in good health” (Luke 7:6-10).Luke probably included this story not only to show that a respectable Gentile would and could believe in Jesus but to show what great faith he could have.
• Why did the centurion tell Jesus not to come to his house?
• How did Jesus know how strong his faith was?
• What happened as a result of this centurion’s faith?
“I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith.” (Luke 7:9). |
Biblical Foundations for Freedom - Resources on the Gospel of Luke |
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INTRODUCTION TO CHRIST
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| Luke Introduction pdf Luke Teaching Outline pdf Luke 1:26-38 Christmas Lights pdf Luke 1:45-55 Christmas Prayer pdf Luke 1:56-75 Notes pdf Luke 1:57-80 John's Birth pdf |
Luke 2:1-20 Jesus' Birth pdf Luke 2:8-20 Good News pdf Luke 3:1-38 Jesus & John pdf Luke 3:21-38 Genealogy pdf |
THE MINISTRY OF CHRIST
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| Luke 5:27-32 Needy pdf Luke 5:33-35 Fasting Discipline pdf Luke 5:36-39 New-Wineskins pdf Luke 6:1-11 Sabbath pdf Luke 6:11-19 Character & Calling pdf Luke 7:1-10 Faith html Luke 7:11-17 Widow & Son html Luke 7:18-35 John the Baptist html Luke 7:36-50 Two-debtors html Luke 7:1-50 Faith pdf Luke 8:22-25 Storm-Stilled pdf Luke 8:26-39 Demoniac pdf Luke 8:40-56 Power-Death pdf |
Luke 9:1-36 Handout Questions pdf
Luke 9:1-10 Sending out Twelve html Luke 9:11-17 Feeding of 5000 html Luke 9:18-26 Life of Denial - Questions html Luke 9:27-36 Glory of Christ html Luke 9:37-48 Greatness pdf Luke 9:45-55 Pride & Leadership pdf Luke 9:57-62 Discipleship html | pdf | Questions html | pdf Luke 9:57-10:2 Mission Ready html | pdf {See NT Library for more} Luke 10:1 Mission Involvement html Luke 10:2a Mission Worldview html Luke 10:2b Prayer & missions html Luke 11:1-5 Content of Prayer pdf Luke 11:14-26 Participating in Prayer pdf Luke 11:14-28 Prayer Strategy pdf Luke 11:5-13 Persistent in Prayer pdf |
INSTRUCTION IN VIEW OF CHRIST'S REJECTION
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| Luke 12:25-26 A Perspective on Worry html Luke 13:1-5 Understanding Disasters html | pdf Luke 13:18-19 Mustard Seed pdf Luke 13:20-30 Leaven & Decisions pdf Luke 13:31-35 Mission Growth pdf Luke 14:1-14 Teaching html | pdf Luke 14:15-35 Commitment html | pdf Luke 15:1-2 Lost pdf Luke 15:3-10 Lost Sheep pdf Luke 15:11-32 Lost Son pdf Luke 16:19-31 Lazarus pdf Luke 17:11-19 Perfect Response pdf |
Luke 18:1-34 Being Prepared pdf Luke 18:1-8 Hopelessness html Luke 18:9-14 Self-righteous html Luke 18:15-17 Neglected html Luke 18:18-27 False-Confidence html Luke 18:28-30 Faithfulness html Luke 18:31-34 Remember html Luke 18:35-43 Blind Man pdf Luke 19:1-10 Tax Collector pdf Luke 19:11-27 Ten Minas pdf |
PASSION OF CHRIST & BEYOND
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| Luke 19:28-40 Palm Sunday pdf Luke 19:35-38 Entry html Luke 19:41-44 Weep Lost pdf Luke 19:45 20-47 Preach pdf Luke 20:26-40 Eternity pdf |
Luke 22:1-06 The-Plot html Luke 22:1-30 Introduction html Luke 22:7-13 The Preparation html Luke 22:14-23 The Passover html Luke 22:24-30 Leadership html Luke 22:1-30 Lord's Supper pdf Luke 22:29-36 Temptation pdf Luke 22:31-65 Temptation Handout pdf Luke 24:13-35 Questions pdf Luke 24:13-53 Resurrection pdf |
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