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Showing Faith In Matthew, the two blind men and the centurion step out in faith by asking Jesus to heal. This shows how faith leads to action. In the story of the blind men, faith leads to action when two blind men shout out to Jesus. The crowd around them rebuked them, and said for them to be quiet. They heard the people, and ignored them yelling louder for Jesus. They had faith that Jesus could hear them and that he would come to them. Jesus came over to them, and asked what they needed him to do. “we want our sight,” they said. Jesus touched their eyes and healed their vision.(Doc. 1) This shows how faith lead to action because the men had faith that Jesus would hear their calls, he did and healed their eyes.
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