There is something very refreshing about this man.
verse 8 But the centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but only say the word, and my servant will be healed.
verse 9 For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof: This Roman centurion calls Jesus Lord, which says a lot about the centurion. He, a gentile, a leader of the occupying army, doesn’t call Jesus a dog or other common insults aimed at Jews, but instead sees Jesus as someone superior to him. Wow!
I am not worthy: Oh, the humbleness of his wording and his heart. We don’t regularly think and feel in terms of not being worthy in the presence of God. We know it in a factual way, but we don’t feel it in a relational way. This term is also used in Scripture to who we are to be. See Ephesians 4:1-3, Philippians 1:27-28, Colossians 1:10, 1 Thessalonians 2:11-12 & 2 Thessalonians 1:11-23
I too am a man under authority: This is impressive. He sees Jesus as someone with significant authority. They are equals in this sense, but by calling Jesus Lord and by already saying he is not worthy, he is saying Jesus is greater.
This is good stuff to get into our heads. We can be full of ourselves with our opinions, or positions, our experience, our education, our outspokenness. But being full of ourselves is never the way of a Christian or mature male. We are unworthy servants only doing out duty
“Will any one of you who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and recline at table’? Will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare supper for me, and dress properly, and serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you will eat and drink’? Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded? So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.’” Luke 17:7-10
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