DO YOU HAVE FAITH?

𝐿𝑢𝑘 17:5-6 𝐾𝐽𝑉 5 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑜𝑟𝑑, 𝐼𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑, 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑑, 𝑦𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑦𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑒, 𝐵𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢 𝑝𝑙𝑢𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑝 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑎; 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑜𝑏𝑒𝑦 𝑦𝑜𝑢.

Today’s Devotional…

When Jesus’ disciples expressly asked Him to increase their faith, He simply told them the seemingly great things they could achieve with the smallest faith if they had it; but He did not grant their request.

The reason was that the faith they were asking for was way too insignificant to afford anything of true kingdom value.

Also, the disciples did not, at the time, know the true value of faith nor the right thing to acquire with great faith if they had it. So, granting them faith as they requested would have been like giving a golden ring to a pig according to Mathew 7:6

While “moving mountains” was such a great deal at the time, it was, according to God, nothing compared to the salvation of one soul. So, instead of increasing their faith just to massage their egos for a while, Jesus decided to give them FULL FAITH in due time.

According to Hebrews 12:2, Jesus is the author and finisher of men’s faith. For this reason, Jesus decided to give the disciples the full package of faith at the end of His assignment, which was His death on the cross.

It was not the disciples who had faith; it was Jesus who had faith, and His faith was enough to grant righteousness to all men, according to Romans 3:22. This is the faith that Jesus made available for the disciples and not a mustard-seed-sized faith.

Having obtained such great faith, and being able to discern things that are of kingdom values, the disciples could do nothing less with faith than to buy the salvation of their souls, which was far greater than the drama of moving mountains.

Do you have faith? “Buy” the salvation of your soul, and believe in your perfection as a heritage in the finished works of Christ, in His holy name. Amen

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