Tuesday | 23 June 2026
Notably, Jesus said regarding the Centurion in Capernaum, ‘I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!’ Mat 8:10. This faith, which is from the Father, is both received and demonstrated because a person acknowledges and functions in the order and fellowship of headship. In this order of authority, they receive faith because they acknowledge that the Father has made Christ their Lord and Head. Accordingly, they are able to hear the word that is preached through the ministry graces of Christ. Rom 10:17. Eph 4:11‑12. This is the word of Christ the King that is ‘ “near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach): 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’. Rom 10:8‑9.
Reiterating the point, it is the Father who has seated Christ in heavenly places, far above all principalities and power and might and dominion. Eph 1:20‑21. He is ‘the Head of all principality and power’. Col 2:10. The Father has also made Him the Head of the temple and the Head of the church. When we receive Christ in the way that the Father has made Him to be in relation to us, we are able to receive and to live by the faith of God that He gives to us. This is necessary for our salvation.
Moreover, because He is the Head of all principality and power, if we remain submitted in the order of headship, principalities and powers have no access or influence in our life and house. Headship is the covering that is extended over every dwelling place of Mount Zion. Isa 4:5. Importantly, if we are submitted to the headship and authority of Christ, we will engage with others in the way that the Father has made them to be in relation to us.
Further Study:
Romans 10
References:
Mat 8:10
When Jesus heard it, He marvelled, and said to those who followed, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!’
Rom 10:17
So, then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Eph 4:11-12
And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ.
Rom 10:8-9
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): 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.
Eph 1:20-21
Which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.
Col 2:10
And you are complete in Him, who is the Head of all principality and power.
Isa 4:5
Then the LORD will create above every dwelling place of Mount Zion, and above her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a flaming fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a covering.