God’s Promises Are Enough – 神的应许是足够用的。

Matthew 8
马太福音 8

8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
8百夫长回答说：“主啊，你到我舍下，我不敢当；只要你说一句话，我的仆人就必好了。

9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
9因为我在人的权下，也有兵在我以下，对这个说：‘去’，他就去；对那个说：‘来’，他就来；对我的仆人说，‘你作这事’，他就去作。”

10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel
10耶稣听见就希奇，对跟从的人说：“我实在告诉你们：这么大的信心，就是在以色列中，我也没有遇见过。

GOD’S PROMISES ARE ENOUGH
神的应许是足够用的。

The story of the centurion’s servant is outlined in these verses and also in Luke chapter 7.
百夫长仆人的故事在这些章节里被讲述出来，在路加福音第七章也有。

Why did Jesus marvel at the Centurion?   Why did He say the words He did in verse 10?
耶稣为何对百夫长感到希奇呢？为什么他说了第十节中的话呢？

After all this man was a Gentile.  While he loved the Jewish nation, he was still an outcast in terms of his relationship with God.
毕竟此人是一个外邦人，尽管他喜爱犹太民族，但就他与神的关系来说，他仍是一个流浪者。

To see why his faith made Jesus marvel, we need to look carefully at the words in verse 8, “just speak the word and my servant shall be healed.” He didn’t need to have Jesus in his house; the Centurion had complete confidence in Christ’ ability to heal.
要了解为何他的信心使耶稣感到希奇，我们需要仔细看第八节中的这些话。”只要你说一句话，我的仆人就必好了。”他不需要耶稣进到他家里，百夫长完全相信耶稣有治愈的能力。

He knew who Jesus was and that his words had power and life.  And one word from the Saviour was all that was needed to heal his servant.
他知道耶稣是谁，知道他的话，有力量和生命，来自救赎者的一句话，就是所有治愈他仆人所需要的。
What is faith?.. faith is defined in Hebrews 11 as:

信心是什么？信心就是希伯来书11章所定义的:

11 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
1信就是所望之事的实底，是未见之事的确据。

This is probably one of the best examples of faith in the whole Bible, the Centurion believed in Jesus and His power to heal; he put complete trust in Him.
这或许就是整本圣经中表达信心的最好实例。百夫长信任耶稣和他治愈的力量，他完全相信他。

Faith is not faith if we can see it.  Faith is believing God.  Consider Abraham.  Although Abraham couldn’t see how he was going to be the father of nations, he still believed the promise God had made to him.
信心并不是我们日常所见的信任，信心是信靠神。想一想亚伯拉罕，尽管亚伯拉罕无法看到他如何成为万民之父，他仍然信靠神对他的承诺。

Do you want to grow in your faith?  Let the words of the Centurion echo in your heart…”but speak the word only.”
你想要在信心中成长吗？让百夫长的话在你心中回想吧…“只要说一句话。”

What this means in practical terms, is that God only has to promise it, and you have just to believe in his promise.
这句话在实践当中的含义是，神只要做出了应许，你就要信任他的应许。

God’s Word is enough for you believer.  Stand on His promises for they cannot fail.  Faith is not blind, it is launching out, because you know the One who is in charge is faithful and true…promise-keeping God.
神的话对信徒是够用的。持守他的应许，因为他们不会落空。信心并不是盲目的，他需要你投身于他，因为你知道负责的那位是信实的，也是真实的…持守应许的神。

God bless you.
愿神祝福你.