August 27, 2019

Deserving or Undeserving


Some elders of the Jews petitioned Jesus to heal the servant of a Centurion, “When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him, “This man deserves to have you do this, because he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.” So Jesus went with them. He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to say to him: “Lord, don’t trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. That is why I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed” (Luke 7:4-7 NIV). It’s interesting that others sometime measure us differently that we measure ourselves. The elders thought the Centurion deserving, but yet the Centurion though himself undeserving.  


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