Jeremiah 29:11 RSV "For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope."
Who did Jesus say had the greatest faith? What did the Centurion understand? (Authority)
What did it motivate him to do? He asked Jesus to "give the command". What was Jesus' answer?
A promise!
Abraham's faith was based on a promise. He believed God and it was accounted to him righteousness.
Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please God. For he that cometh to God, must believe that he is, and is a rewarder to them that seek him.
What is the reward?
2 Corinthians 1:20. For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.
Hebrews 6:13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, 14 saying, “Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.” 15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. 16 For men indeed swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is for them an end of all dispute. 17 Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath, 18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us.
