#763: Three Centurions - The Power to Choose
Allen Jackson Ministries
Ben Hayes
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Our past failures don't have the power to define our futures because we can choose to align ourselves with Jesus, the One who can overcome anything, even death. In this sermon, Pastor Allen Jackson discusses the passage about Jesus' crucifixion found in Matthew 27. At the scene, we're told about a Roman centurion who, against all likelihood, chooses to acknowledge Jesus as the Son of God. Pastor Allen asks us to consider our own responses to the Lord, and he teaches about the power of Jesus to transform our lives. No matter how difficult or unlikely our circumstances, God is with us, and He can supply us with everlasting hope.
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| 0:00.0 | I don't know what your journey looks like. |
| 0:07.0 | I don't know what your past has been. |
| 0:10.0 | I don't know what your present is. |
| 0:12.0 | I don't know what shadowed valley you've walked through. |
| 0:15.0 | But I want to invite you this Easter weekend to choose Jesus. |
| 0:20.0 | I'm inviting you to a personal relationship that you might |
| 0:23.9 | be transformed from the inside out. If God could do it to a brutal, hated Roman centurion |
| 0:31.6 | who helped torture his son to death, you'll do it for you and for me. |
| 0:40.0 | You're listening to Alan Jackson Ministries. You can get the outlines for this episode |
| 0:44.8 | at Alanjaxon.com slash podcast. If these messages help build you up, or encourage you to be a |
| 0:51.3 | more fully devoted Christ follower, leave us a five-star rating and review. |
| 0:56.5 | Hopefully, that will help others find out about them as well. Now it's on to Pastor Allen. |
| 1:02.1 | Be blessed. |
| 1:09.2 | The title of my message this Easter weekend is three centurions. |
| 1:12.6 | We're going to look at the picture the scripture gives us of three Roman centurions, |
| 1:18.6 | unlikely characters to be involved in the life of Jesus. |
| 1:22.6 | But their lives were transformed by their encounter with Jesus of Nazareth. |
| 1:28.8 | Each of them were dramatically impacted |
| 1:30.9 | by the person of Jesus, |
| 1:32.0 | and that's been my prayer for you. |
| 1:34.2 | We're not just here to have church |
| 1:36.1 | or to join a festival or to enjoy an evening of music. |
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