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Matt.8:13 Jesus said to the centurion, "Go your way. Let it be done for you as you have believed." His servant was healed in that hour.

Why is faith so powerful? When one acts in faith towards God, in this case through God's Son Christ Jesus, miracles happen! Faith is the medium to God, it is the one thing that pleases God, and without it we cannot come to know the God of miracles, but why?

Matthew 17:20 He said to them, "Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.

Faith is a profound trust in God, in his love for us, in his goodness, and righteousness, in his fairness, in his power, all the things Adam and Eve failed at. To put faith beyond our flesh, which means its power to save us, to trust in God rather than muster enough power or goodness from our fallen flesh to make something happen called a miracle.

Luke 17:5 The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith."

The whole key to understanding the issue in the Garden of Eden is godship. To be a god means to at least have the power to save ourselves, to sustain life, to do miracles. The choice Eve made and Adam went along with was putting faith in a creation rather than the creator. But Adam and Eve were no gods! They where flesh and blood needing God to keep them living by his power; the power of Satan and their own flesh lie, deceiving them into sin and death. Both process painful for those with eternity implanted in their hearts at creation. They grew old and watched their beautiful godly form corrupt into old age waiting the final breathe of life as dependent upon God for life.

Rom.1:21 Because, knowing God, they didn't glorify him as God, neither gave thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened. 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 1:23 and traded the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed animals, and creeping things.
1:24 Therefore God also gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves,

But if they had faith, that is, trust in God's love they would have never die at all. Many believe in themselves turning to God only when they fail at something they want in this life. Others love God no matter what happen in this life, for what God is, which is worthy of our worship and service. This centurion seen beyond human flesh into a man that represented great authority the Son of God. He unlike many in Israel knew a king when he saw it, knowing that Christ could command, and God's angels would obey.

Matt.8:7 Jesus said to him, "I will come and heal him."
8:8 The centurion answered, "Lord, I'm not worthy for you to come under my roof. Just say the word, and my servant will be healed. 8:9 For I am also a man under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and tell another, 'Come,' and he comes; and tell my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."

Luke 10:19 Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will in any way hurt you.

The Jews had faith in flesh only in those appointed to position within their society by God's law. They worship men as gods doing what cost Adam and Eve their own death. Peter went beyond flesh in walking upon water because Christ commanded him to come! When we think in terms of flesh, if we are worthy or not, we lose faith.

Romans 7:18 For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don't find it doing that which is good.

Rom.7:24 What a wretched man I am! Who will deliver me out of the body of this death?

If the centurion would have fallen into that trap, he could not have stood, for he was completed condemned by the Jewish faith being a Roman. Faith is not about our works, our goodness, what we do in obeying God's commandments for merit instead of love. Faith is not trusting ourselves, but God, and what he is, which is good. The Jews thought they had a record of merit to place before God making them worthy of his miracles, but they had forgotten why they were saved out of Egypt, by faith in God's miracles, and faith in the blood of the passover lamb.

Jude 1:5 Now I desire to remind you, though you already know this, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who didn't believe.

Titus 3:5 not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit.

Ephesians 2:8 for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.

Psalms 33:16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an army. A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

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