All things are possible for believers

In my last post, I wrote about all things being possible with God. This post is the flip-side of that post.

In Mark 9, a man had asked Jesus’ disciples to cast a demon out of his son. They were unable to. Jesus asked that the son be brought to him. The father asked if Jesus could do anything about it.

Mark 9:23 (NKJV) Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”

In Matthew’s account of this story (Matt 17:9-21), Jesus follows up this deliverance with these words:

Matthew 17:20 (NLT) “You don’t have enough faith,” Jesus told them. “I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible.”

We find statements like this throughout the gospels.

• In Matthew 9:29, Jesus told two blind men asking for healing “According to your faith will it be done to you.” (NIV)
• In Matthew 15:28, Jesus told the Syrophoenician (Canaanite) woman that her faith was great and her request to deliver her daughter from demon possession would be granted.
• In Mark 2:1-12, Jesus saw the faith of the men that opened the roof to let their friend down into the house.
• In Mark 5:34, Jesus was speaking to the woman with the issue of blood. He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.” (NIV)
• In Luke 17:11-19, he told the leper that returned to give thanks “Stand up and go. Your faith has healed you.” (NLT)

Where is our faith at? Who is our faith in? Do we have that mustard seed of faith?

Doug