Death of Death #11 - The Centurion- Rocking of a Worldview

Matthew 27:50-54 50 And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit.

54 When the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said, "Truly this was the Son of God!"

Big Idea: Faith in the Death of Death in the Death of Jesus Messed up the Worldview of the Centurion

 

 

 

I.              The Death of Jesus changed the soldier’s minds about what is possible.

II.             The Death of Jesus helped the soldier see that reality is more complex.

 

III.            The Death of Jesus helps the solider believe that God is more unpredictable and complex

An Earlier Encounter with a Centurion:

5 When he had entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him,

 6 "Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly."

 7 And he said to him, "I will come and heal him."

 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.

 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."

 10 When Jesus heard this, he marveled and said to those who followed him, "Truly, I tell you, with no one in Israel have I found such faith.

 11 I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,

 12 while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

 13 And to the centurion Jesus said, "Go; let it be done for you as you have believed." And the servant was healed at that very moment.

 (Mat 8:5-13 ESV)