{"id":1833,"date":"2023-04-03T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/?p=1833"},"modified":"2019-12-27T06:29:21","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T13:29:21","slug":"fb-faith-to-pray-matthew-8-5-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/fb-faith-to-pray-matthew-8-5-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Flashback Episode &#8212; Faith to Pray: Matthew 8:5-13"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3900\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1833-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/reflectivebiblestudy\/rbs-ga-matthew-14-fb_mixdown.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/reflectivebiblestudy\/rbs-ga-matthew-14-fb_mixdown.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/reflectivebiblestudy\/rbs-ga-matthew-14-fb_mixdown.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/reflectivebiblestudy\/rbs-ga-matthew-14-fb_mixdown.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/?powerpress_pinw=1833-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/reflectivebiblestudy\/rbs-ga-matthew-14-fb_mixdown.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"rbs-ga-matthew-14-fb_mixdown.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/256-reflective-bible-study-gos-31078545\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_iheart\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on iHeartRadio\" rel=\"nofollow\">iHeartRadio<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><hr class=\"powerpress-player-divider\"><div class=\"spoiler spoiler-style-2\"><div class=\"spoiler-title\">Read the Transcript<\/div><div class=\"spoiler-content\">\r\n<p>Following Jesus\u2019 famous Sermon on the Mount, we discover that He traveled back to Capernaum. On arriving there, Jesus is met by someone who seems to have a normal sounding request, but who Jesus is impressed by His response, and how this response demonstrates an unusual level of faith.<\/p>\r\n<p>Let\u2019s read what happened and discuss some things we can learn from this event. Our passage and event are found in Matthew\u2019s gospel, chapter 8, and we will read from the Good News Translation. Starting in verse 5, Matthew tells us that:<\/p>\r\n<p><strong><sup>5\u00a0<\/sup>When Jesus entered Capernaum, a Roman officer met him and begged for help:\u00a0<sup>6\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cSir, my servant is sick in bed at home, unable to move and suffering terribly.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong><sup>7\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cI will go and make him well,\u201d Jesus said.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong><sup>8\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cOh no, sir,\u201d answered the officer. \u201cI do not deserve to have you come into my house. Just give the order, and my servant will get well.\u00a0<sup>9\u00a0<\/sup>I, too, am a man under the authority of superior officers, and I have soldiers under me. I order this one, \u2018Go!\u2019 and he goes; and I order that one, \u2018Come!\u2019 and he comes; and I order my slave, \u2018Do this!\u2019 and he does it.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong><sup>10\u00a0<\/sup>When Jesus heard this, he was surprised and said to the people following him, \u201cI tell you, I have never found anyone in Israel with faith like this.\u00a0<sup>11\u00a0<\/sup>I assure you that many will come from the east and the west and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob at the feast in the Kingdom of heaven.\u00a0<sup>12\u00a0<\/sup>But those who should be in the Kingdom will be thrown out into the darkness, where they will cry and gnash their teeth.\u201d\u00a0<sup>13\u00a0<\/sup>Then Jesus said to the officer, \u201cGo home, and what you believe will be done for you.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>And the officer&#8217;s servant was healed that very moment.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>In this short event, I find it amazing that Jesus is surprised by this Roman officer\u2019s faith. This officer did not need to actually see a miracle to believe one was going to happen. <strong>All this man needed was the promise and the assurance of Jesus to know that the servant would be made well.<\/strong> This is a powerful statement of faith.<\/p>\r\n<p>While it might be easy to jump onto the idea that the Roman officer simply didn\u2019t want Jesus to come to his home, I don\u2019t think this would have been an issue if the Roman officer believed Jesus needed to be present to work a miracle. Instead, from looking at this man\u2019s faith, I believe he wanted to hear the command from Jesus and to not take up any significant portion of Jesus\u2019 time actually traveling to his home.<\/p>\r\n<p>However, another fascinating thing in my mind is what Jesus tells those following Him before answering this Roman officer\u2019s request. Verses 10-12 record Jesus telling those following Him: \u201c<strong>I tell you, I have never found anyone in Israel with faith like this.\u00a0I assure you that many will come from the east and the west and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob at the feast in the Kingdom of heaven.\u00a0But those who should be in the Kingdom will be thrown out into the darkness, where they will cry and gnash their teeth.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>In this short statement, Jesus says that many will come from east and west and will be included in God\u2019s kingdom, however those who should be in the Kingdom will instead be thrown out. This short statement is a promise for you and me, and it is a warning as well. In Jesus\u2019 words, I see myself as being included in those who come from the east and west because I am not Jewish, and because I live on the other side of the world compared to where Jesus spoke these words. I believe that I have been invited and adopted into God\u2019s family through what I have read and learned about Jesus and even though I am not an original family member in God\u2019s family, being adopted into His family is just as significant.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>I also believe that if you aren\u2019t a part of God\u2019s family, you have been given an invitation to be adopted into His family as well!<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>However, Jesus shares a warning in this statement as well. In this warning, Jesus challenges those who should be in the kingdom that they will be thrown out. Part of me wonders if this is because they rejected Jesus while trying to uphold their tradition and their picture of God. <strong>By trying to hold onto their view of God, they missed out seeing the Messiah God had sent to them.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>In this warning, I see a warning for everyone who believes themselves to be a part of God\u2019s family. This is a warning to stay connected to God and open to what He is doing in the world around us. <strong>I believe even those who are adopted into His family can be thrown out if we try to hold onto a false picture of God.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>However, in this event, I see a challenge for both those who are part of God\u2019s family, and for those who are adopted in. We can call this challenge \u201cThe Roman Officer\u2019s Challenge\u201d. This Roman officer displays a faith that we are called to have. This faith says that we will trust God and claim His promises for us without having to directly see His moving in our lives or in the details of our specific request. This means that when we pray, we trust that God will answer our prayers the instant we pray them, and that His answers will appear at the best moment in history for them to appear. Often, the time when we pray and the best time for God to work in a situation are two different times.<\/p>\r\n<p>I won\u2019t even begin to claim I know the best times for our prayers requests to be answered, but I do know that I don\u2019t have to know this in order to have powerful, effective, and trusting prayers. Instead, in this event, <strong>Jesus challenges His followers to have faith like this Roman officer and to believe our prayers have been answered because God loves us, because He listens to us, and because He knows the best way to answer our requests.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>As we come to the end of another podcast episode, here are the challenges I will leave you with:<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>As I always challenge you to do, be sure to intentionally seek God first and to place Him first in your life. When you pray, intentionally pray with trust that even if you never see the answer to your prayer in this life, know that God has answered your prayer in the best way possible from eternity\u2019s perspective. <\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Also, intentionally pray and study the Bible for yourself to grow your personal relationship with God. A personal relationship can only be grown best from spending time with each other and spending time with God in prayer and Bible study is the best way to grow a solid foundation for a life with God.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>And as I end every set of challenges by saying in one way or another, never stop short of, back away from, chicken out of, or walk away from where God wants to lead you to in your life with Him!<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n<p><strong>Flashback Episode:<\/strong> \r\nYear in Matthew &#8211; Episode 14: When Jesus arrives back into Capernaum, discover how a seemingly normal request for help turns into an amazing example of faith that Jesus challenges His followers to model. This type of faith should be at the heart of all our prayers to God!\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio"],"nelio_content":{"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"efiAlt":"","efiUrl":"","followers":[],"highlights":[],"isAutoShareEnabled":false,"networkImageIds":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[],"series":[],"suggestedReferences":[]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Flashback Episode - Faith to Pray: Matthew 8:5-13 - Reflective Bible Study Gospel Adventure<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/fb-faith-to-pray-matthew-8-5-13\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Flashback Episode - Faith to Pray: Matthew 8:5-13 - Reflective Bible Study Gospel Adventure\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/fb-faith-to-pray-matthew-8-5-13\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Reflective Bible Study Gospel Adventure\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reflectivebiblestudy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-04-03T09:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Cam\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@godstruthhisway\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@godstruthhisway\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\\\/gospeladventure\\\/fb-faith-to-pray-matthew-8-5-13\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\\\/gospeladventure\\\/fb-faith-to-pray-matthew-8-5-13\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Cam\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\\\/gospeladventure\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6aa6c062baad6d28cd49429d13dee5e3\"},\"headline\":\"Flashback Episode &#8212; Faith to Pray: Matthew 8:5-13\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-03T09:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\\\/gospeladventure\\\/fb-faith-to-pray-matthew-8-5-13\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1369,\"articleSection\":[\"Audio Journal Entries\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\\\/gospeladventure\\\/fb-faith-to-pray-matthew-8-5-13\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\\\/gospeladventure\\\/fb-faith-to-pray-matthew-8-5-13\\\/\",\"name\":\"Flashback Episode - Faith to Pray: Matthew 8:5-13 - Reflective Bible Study Gospel Adventure\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\\\/gospeladventure\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-03T09:00:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\\\/gospeladventure\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6aa6c062baad6d28cd49429d13dee5e3\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\\\/gospeladventure\\\/fb-faith-to-pray-matthew-8-5-13\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\\\/gospeladventure\\\/fb-faith-to-pray-matthew-8-5-13\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\\\/gospeladventure\\\/fb-faith-to-pray-matthew-8-5-13\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\\\/gospeladventure\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Flashback Episode &#8212; Faith to Pray: Matthew 8:5-13\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\\\/gospeladventure\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\\\/gospeladventure\\\/\",\"name\":\"Reflective Bible Study Gospel Adventure\",\"description\":\"Your Life. 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