Military Command of the Kingdom of God

Matthew 8:5-13
5 And when Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, begging Him,
6 and saying, “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, terribly tormented.”
7 Jesus *said to him, “I will come and heal him.”
8 But the centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy for You to come under my roof, but just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
9 For I also am a man under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”
10 Now when Jesus heard this, He was amazed and said to those who were following, “Truly I say to you, I have not found such great faith with anyone in Israel.