2/6/12

Removing all doubt


My oldest daughter would be glad to know that I am aware of what Schroedinger's cat is about.  Glad because she gave me the DVDs of the Big Bang Theory and I have watched them.  For those who don't watch the series, someone name Schroedinger put a cat in a box along with a lethal poison and closed the box.  As long as no one opened the box, the cat could be said to be either alive or dead.  And that was it, except that you could believe it to be alive or dead as you wished.  Some experiment; heartless to say the least!  I do not enjoy such ambiguity, which is why I admired Jesus so much; he said what he meant to say and that was the end of it, period.  The following is a prime example...

WEB: Matthew Chapter 8

[5] When he came into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking him, [6] and saying, “Lord, my servant lies in the house paralyzed, grievously tormented.”

[7] Jesus said to him, "“I will come and heal him.”"

[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. [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.”

[10] When Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to those who followed, "“Most certainly I tell you, I haven’t found so great a faith, not even in Israel. [11] I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven, [12] but the children of the Kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”" [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.
The Jews were a special people; chosen by God to be his and to do his will.  God taught them, cared for them and blessed them.  They believed in God because he had proved himself to them over and over again.  Not so with the Gentiles; and for Jesus to find one with such outstanding faith was truly amazing.  Who really understands faith, anyway?  Why does it reside so strongly in one heart and not at all in others?  I wish I had a good answer; I do not.  But, I do know that when Jesus spoke, people listened!  They listened because he spoke like no one before him or after.  As far as I am concerned, he left nothing to doubt and therefore you either believe or not and unlike the cat... no box is required.

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