Here’s part two from the “What if .” series. There will be some guessing on your part as you swish and swoosh through the slides and sections. I didn’t have enough time to tidy up some of the quotes in the way I wanted in terms of size. Hopefully the next one I can improve.
i don’t understand how the centurion of capernaum “participated in the suffering of god in christ”.
he was telling jesus how he orders people around and they listen to his every command: “i tell this one go and he goes, and that one come and he comes.”
that sounds like a rather cushy life to me.
Basil, good observation. After reading the full context I think we can probably get why even the “centurion” understood suffering.
Here’s the full story http://www.biblica.com/bible/verse/?q=Matthew%208&tniv=yes
Notice, he came to Jesus asking for help … pretty humbling for someone who has a “cushy life.”