1. Matthew 8 & Mark 6

2. ‘Shazam’ An exclamation of triumphant and delighted announcement! ‘Shazam’ An exclamation of triumphant and delighted announcement!

3. Matthew 8 & Mark 6 ‘Shazam’ Captain Marvel comics from the 1940’s ‘Shazam’ Captain Marvel comics from the 1940’s

4. Matthew 8 & Mark 6 ‘Shazam’ Used as a command word by a magician ‘Shazam’ Used as a command word by a magician

5. Matthew 8 & Mark 6 ‘Shazam’ Gomer Pyle on the Andy Griffith Show ‘Shazam’ Gomer Pyle on the Andy Griffith Show

6. Matthew 8 & Mark 6 ‘Shazam’ Presently, the name of a popular phone app. ‘Shazam’ Presently, the name of a popular phone app.

7. Matthew 8 & Mark 6 Matthew 8:5-13 “Now when Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him, saying… Matthew 8:5-13 “Now when Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him, saying…

8. Matthew 8 & Mark 6 …‘Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, dreadfully tormented.’ And Jesus said to him, ‘I will come and heal him.’ The centurion answered and said…

9. Matthew 8 & Mark 6 …‘Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed. For I also am a man under authority…

10. Matthew 8 & Mark 6 …having soldiers under me. And I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.’”

11. Matthew 8 & Mark 6 …When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who followed, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!

12. Matthew 8 & Mark 6 …And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. But the sons…

13. Matthew 8 & Mark 6 …of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ Then Jesus said to the centurion, ‘Go your way; and as you…

14. Matthew 8 & Mark 6 …have believed, so let it be done for you.’ And his servant was healed that same hour.”

15. Matthew 8 & Mark 6 Mark 6:4-6 But Jesus said to them, ‘A prophet is not without honor except in his own country, among his own relatives… Mark 6:4-6 But Jesus said to them, ‘A prophet is not without honor except in his own country, among his own relatives…

16. Matthew 8 & Mark 6 …and in his own house.’ Now He could do no mighty work there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them.

17. Matthew 8 & Mark 6 And He marveled because of their unbelief. Then He went about the villages in a circuit, teaching.”

18. Matthew 8 & Mark 6 What Amazed Jesus? The Roman Centurion The belief of one who was not of Israel! What Amazed Jesus? The Roman Centurion The belief of one who was not of Israel!

19. Matthew 8 & Mark 6 What Amazed Jesus? The People of Nazareth The unbelief of those who knew Him! What Amazed Jesus? The People of Nazareth The unbelief of those who knew Him!

20. Matthew 8 & Mark 6 Should We Be So Amazed? Our Blinders! Should We Be So Amazed? Our Blinders!

21. Matthew 8 & Mark 6 One Example “China’s atheistic communist government conceded that its Christian population had doubled to 21 million… One Example “China’s atheistic communist government conceded that its Christian population had doubled to 21 million…

22. Matthew 8 & Mark 6 …over the past decade, worshiping in 55,000 official Protestant and 4,600 Catholic churches. The underground church, it’s widely known, was much larger…

23. Matthew 8 & Mark 6 …by foreign estimates perhaps 77 million, which means larger than the Communist Party. A Pew Global Attitudes study found only 11%...

24. Matthew 8 & Mark 6 …of Chinese saying religion was not important in their lives, compared to 31 percent saying it was very or somewhat important.

25. Matthew 8 & Mark 6 Indeed, everywhere the authors looked outside their European homeland, religion was booming in the early 21st century world.” (Donald Devine, Is It Another Great Awakening? Library of Law & Liberty, October 24, 2014 blog) Indeed, everywhere the authors looked outside their European homeland, religion was booming in the early 21st century world.” (Donald Devine, Is It Another Great Awakening? Library of Law & Liberty, October 24, 2014 blog)

26. Matthew 8 & Mark 6 Shazam! Faith is not an experience of culture, learning, or politics… Shazam! Faith is not an experience of culture, learning, or politics…

27. Matthew 8 & Mark 6 Shazam! …but of a supernatural work of God in the life of those who dare to believe! Shazam! …but of a supernatural work of God in the life of those who dare to believe!

28. Matthew 8 & Mark 6 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds…

29. Matthew 8 & Mark 6 …and to him who knocks it will be opened.” Matthew 7:7-8 …and to him who knocks it will be opened.” Matthew 7:7-8

30. Matthew 8 & Mark 6 C.S. Lewis’s account of his conversion to faith “You must picture me alone in that room at Magdalen, night after night… C.S. Lewis’s account of his conversion to faith “You must picture me alone in that room at Magdalen, night after night…

31. Matthew 8 & Mark 6 …feeling, whenever my mind lifted even for a second from my work, the steady, unrelenting approach of Him whom I so earnestly desired not to meet.

32. Matthew 8 & Mark 6 That which I greatly feared had at last come upon me. In the Trinity Term of 1929 I gave in, and admitted that God was God, and knelt and prayed: perhaps…

33. Matthew 8 & Mark 6 …that night, the most dejected and reluctant convert in all England.” (Surprised By Joy, ch. 14)

34. Matthew 8 & Mark 6 Shazam! “But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach) Shazam! “But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach)

35. Matthew 8 & Mark 6 …that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

36. Matthew 8 & Mark 6 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” Romans 10:8-10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” Romans 10:8-10

37. Matthew 8 & Mark 6