GOSPEL READING: MATTHEW 8:5-11
Amen, I say to you, in no one in Israel have I found such faith.
Jesus appreciated the good things. Here he appreciated the faith of the man. The man was a roman officer and he was not a Jew. He revealed his faith in accepting Jesus as the Son of God and his own situation as unworthy in front of Jesus. Though he was a man of position in the society yet he is ready to come down. We see a similar situation in the case of the Canaanite woman.
In the case of the Canaanite woman Jesus exclaimed saying ‘Woman your faith is great’. Here he exclaimed saying that he has not found such a faith among the Israelites. Non-Israelites have faith. Their expression faith is greater or better than the expressed faith of the Israelites. Their faith is seen in their realization of their own unworthiness in front of God.
நற்செய்தி வாசகம்: மத்தேயு 8:5-11
இஸ்ரயேலர் யாரிடமும் இத்தகைய நம்பிக்கையை நான் கண்டதில்லை.
புpறமதத்தினரின் நம்பிக்கை சிறந்ததாகவும் பெரிதாகவும் இயேசுவால் போற்றப்படுகிறது. தன்னிலை மறந்து தான் என்ற நிலைப்பாட்டை விட்டு இறங்கும் போது நம்பிக்கை வெளிப்படுத்தப்படுகிறது.
