Faith in Jesus

Overview

The word savior and the word healer in Greek are the same word. Jesus comes and heals what’s wrong within us and what’s wrong between us. So how does that healing come into our lives?

The well-known answer is that faith is the connector for the healing power of Jesus to come into our lives. But what is faith? How does it work? In Luke 7, there are two accounts of two people at the extreme ends of the social spectrum in that time and place: a woman of the street and a Roman centurion. In the strongest possible way, Luke is saying, “No matter who you are, no matter what your condition, faith is the key.”

These stories have been given to us to teach us something about that faith. Here’s what we can learn: 1) how it comes, 2) what it is, and 3) where it takes us.