WILL JESUS FIND FAITH IN US?
“I tell you, I have never found so much faith among the Israelites.” –Luke 7:9 Jesus is looking for faith (see Lk 18:8). He finds the faith He seeks in a Roman centurion, a man not a part of Israel, the People of God. Israel was covenanted to God as His “people” (see Jer 31:33). Jesus’ comment to the crowd implies that He has been seeking that level of faith among the People of God and has not yet found it (Lk 7:9). Instead, Jesus found that faith outside of God’s chosen, in the person of a Gentile Roman officer....