There’s a greater blessing to be obtained                                                                                                               

A Sermon Delivered on Wednesday Evening, June 4th 2025, by Evangelist PAUL ACQUAH, Live on MZ Radio London, London UK.

Have you ever wondered what kind of faith truly moves the heart of God? In a world that constantly demands proof, signs, and tangible evidence before believing, the story of the Roman centurion in Matthew 8 stands as a powerful reminder of the extraordinary blessings that come from simple, unwavering faith. This Gentile soldier, with no prior covenant relationship with God, astonished Jesus by believing that a single word from Him was enough to heal his servant – no visitation, no laying on of hands, no visible miracle. You see, when we move beyond the need for external validation and anchor our faith in the authority of Scripture alone, we position ourselves for divine breakthroughs that defy natural limitations. There’s a greater blessing reserved for those who dare to believe, not because of what they see, but simply because God has spoken. In today’s message titled “Obtaining the greater blessing,” Evangelist Paul Acquah shares that the deepest blessings aren’t found in signs or evidence, but in a quiet confidence that takes God at His Word.

Be blessed as you listen!

Jesus said there was a greater blessing to be obtained. That greater blessing comes from using a supernatural, God kind of faith based only on God’s Word. Jesus “marvelled” at the centurion’s great faith. What was the centurion faith? A faith that made Jesus, who is the Author and Finisher of our faith (Hebrews 12:2) marvel is worth examining. The Bible says in Mathew 8 verses 5 to 8 that :  When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. ⁶ “Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed, suffering terribly.” ⁷ Jesus said to him, “Shall I come and heal him?” ⁸ The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed. 

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’. The centurion didn’t need Jesus to come to his house to heal his servant; he trusted in Jesus’s word. We can see that the person who believes the Word of God is operating in great faith. This centurion believed that the spoken word of Jesus was sufficient to produce his miracle. He didn’t need Jesus to come to his house. He had faith in Jesus’ word. Therefore, we can see that anyone who simply believes the written Word of God is operating in a much higher form of faith than the person who requires additional proof. Compare this centurion’s faith with the “little” faith of Thomas in John 20:24-29. 

Thomas said that he would not believe in Jesus’ resurrection unless he saw the nail prints in his hands and put his finger in them, and his hand in the wound in his side.  The bible says in John 20 that. ²⁴ Now Thomas (also known as Didymus^[a]), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. ²⁵ So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!”

But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.” Jesus then appeared to the disciples, including Thomas, and invited him to touch his hands and side to overcome his doubt.  After Jesus invited him to touch his nail marks, Thomas exclaimed, “My Lord and my God!” John 20:28. Jesus then responded by saying, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”  (John 20:29).       

The type of faith that Thomas operated in was human, or natural faith based on what he could see. Human faith is based on physical evidence. It cannot believe what it cannot see.However, God’s kind of faith, which has been imparted to every believer (Romans 12:3), is evidence enough. I was just a Church goer and when I got born again and received the baptism of the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit started showing me all that was not true and that God is still  doing Miracles and I started believing for miracles. I started seeking God.  I wanted to see him, I wanted a vision, I wanted a dream, I was praying that I could hear voices.  I was fasting and praying and trying to do everything I could so that God would manifest himself in some visible tangible way. I had been listening to people who talked about that, and how they heard God in an audible voice.  They saw visions, and they dreamed  dreams. When I found out that all these things were true and that I’ve been missing out on this my entire life, I so longed to see Jesus, this wasn’t wrong, it was a good desire but  I longed to see him with my physical eyes and that’s when the Lord revealed to me the difference between the centurion’s faith and Thomas’s faith.  

You see, God is spirit and those who worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. 

God can speak to you in an audible voice, he can show himself to you in a visible form, he can do all kinds of things.  God has done that; he still does it today.  You can get those things but then rather there is a greater blessing on you if you would just take his word and believe it, then you can operate in a greater anointing.  Believe in the word of God, act on it, and receive greater blessings. God, I see it in the word, that’s sufficient. I don’t have to have anything to confirm to me that this was your word. I don’t have to have somebody call out my name and prophesy over me.  God, you show me in the word of God and I’m going to believe it and I made that decision.  Even though, sometimes I’ve seen things visibly,  I’ve  heard an audible voice from God, I’ve had physical manifestations that other people have and there’s nothing wrong with that.  I’m not saying that there’s something wrong, but I’m more blessed when I operate in God’s highest faith. 

I want to operate in the greatest degree of faith and it’s just trusting God’s word.  It’s better to do that than looking out for physical manifestations like Thomas did.   In the early stages of my ministry, I would never preach or pray for the sick until I felt the anointing of the Lord all over me. But I changed my practice as time went on and I tell you, I’ve seen some great miracles and demonstration of God’s   power in our meetings when I felt no tangible anointing on my body. Thomas said until I see Christ physically, and “unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.” But Jesus said, Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

Bible says in Hebrews 11:6 without faith it’s impossible to please God. Faith pleases God and God will meet you where you are.  There may be some of you that have seen things and heard things and there’s nothing wrong with that.  That doesn’t make you inferior.  Some of the great men and women of God have seen things but I’m saying based on these scriptures, the greatest way of walking in faith, the thing that pleases God the most is when you take the word and believe it without having to see, without having to have something proven to you. 

The word is what produced these other visible things and praise God for them.  I rejoice when I see and feel the presence of God but I’m going to stand on the word of God.  I don’t care what it looks like, I don’t care what I feel like, I don’t care if the doctor confirms you’re healed.  

Sometimes people receive their healing when I pray for them, and they say praise God I’m going to the doctor and see if I was healed.  But that’s wrong, you need to believe that the word of God says you’re healed and that’s it period.   If you want to go to a doctor and get a confirmation so you can bless other people then that’s ok, it ought to be for other people,  You ought to have the word of God that I’m healed by his stripes and I don’t care what my body feels like.  I don’t care what a test feels like.  I don’t care what anybody has to say.  This is what God’s word says and I believe it and I know that there are many of you that think that’s absolutely irresponsible, you’d never do that, but let me say that you chose to believe that way.   

You have been moulded by our society to believe that you’re absolutely stupid, silly, foolish to believe in something that you can’t see, taste, hear, smell and feel. You think that it’s wrong to believe something that you can’t prove or attest to.   I’m telling you that we just believe in the word of God, and you don’t have to have the Lord come and wave his hand over it.  You don’t have to have him enter into your house, you don’t have to have somebody touch you, you don’t have to have something physical or natural happen but you just get a word specifically. God never alters his word; he never changes it.  It’s a covenant, the power that created this universe also created the Bible.  The Bible is as powerful as the force that created the universe, but it has to be taken off the page and put in your heart and mixed with faith. It doesn’t have any power until you get it off the page and put in your heart. The Bible is a perfect representation of the word of God.  Believe in the word of God, act on it, and receive greater blessings.