The miracles of Jesus - Classical Christian Literature by Athleo.net

HO
HEALING THE SERVANT
considering. Looked at in its relation to our Lord
Himself, the whole story forms one of the most striking
examples in the rich pages of the Gospels, alike
of the Saviour's sympathy and of His power, a
sympathy that was extended even to the bondservant
of a heathen soldier, and a power that was
exercised apart from His personal presence. Looked
at in its relation to the Centurion, it brings before
us a man with a mind " naturally Christian," who,
notwithstanding the circumstances of his birth and
upbringing, exercised a greatness of faith
unequalled
in Israel. And so, looked at still further in relation to
ourselves, it may well put us to shame that, with our
still greater opportunities, we have so often failed to
turn them to proper account, and thereby serve as
yet another solemn reminder of our Lord's constantly
repeated warning :
" Behold, there are last which
shall be first, and there are first which shall be last"
(Luke xiii. 30).