Jesus reveals that we often fear man and yet it is God whom we should fear. It is God who judges our eternal state and it is God who knows us intimately.
A centurion models the life of faith in that he understand his unworthiness before Jesus. It is this humility that lies as the foundation of our faith and trust in God’s grace.
Jesus explains that our circumstances should be peripheral to the lives we live. In spite of our circumstances (both good and bad) we ought to love as God loved us.
Jesus calls the disciples to follow Him and to become fishers of men. This too is our calling and our purpose to be ambassadors for Christ, holding the ministry of reconciliation, to bring many to Him.