"I say to you with all seriousness that even in Israel I haven't found faith like this. 

I say to you that there are many who will come from east and west and sit down to eat with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. But the children of the kingdom will be thrown outside into the darkness. People there will be weeping and grinding their teeth."

Matthew 8:10-12 CEB

Jesus is talking to a Roman centurion, a military leader who was part of the oppressive empire, and he's talking to the people who have lived in the shadow of the wings of the Almighty, God's chosen people, and Jesus is saying it's not your whakapapa that will save you, it's not your religious heritage or traditions, it's not your ethnicity. 

It's your faith. 

And faith is not restricted to people with the right jobs or who have done the right thing, faith can be found in the most unlikely of people and spring and flourish in the most unlikely of places. 

If you're an unlikely person, Jesus sees you, sees your faith, and welcomes you in, welcomes you home. 

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