Greetings,
I run across a lot of fuss and so many different interpretations of Matthew 17:20
KJ
And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
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."
It's the same old arguments. You don't have enough faith vs I don't need big faith Jesus said just a little faith and so on.
Let's look to Jesus style of teaching.
He a lot of times used examples that the people would understand at that time.
We now have The Holy Spirit To Give us understanding.
Let's look at His Example. "The Mustard Seed"
1. It is the tiniest of seeds but this is not the main focal point.
2. It grows up to be a very large plant and again this is not the focal point.
However it is a clear picture of our responsibility with our God given Faith.
Romans 12:3
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
We can see here that every man gets Thee Measure of Faith.
This is our Starting point with Faith. Think of it as a Seed of Faith God plants in each of us.
It is our responsibility to feed this measure of Faith and continue to develop this Faith towards maturity.
Now back to the mustard seed.
The Mustard Seed is the only seed known to man that Can NOT be cross pollinated.
You can take any other seed and it can be cross pollinated.
Example....... plant your Sweet Peppers next to your Hot peppers and when ready for harvest your sweet peppers will be hot.
Focal Point.
It takes Pure Unwavering Confident Faith, Trust, Belief to move a mountain or see the desired results happen.
The problem comes into play when we get challenged. The greater the desired result the greater the test or fight we have.
Understand this test of our Faith comes from our enemy. he is working hard to keep you separated from your victory or desired result.
It's called the good fight of faith.
See what is given to us Through or By Grace MUST be Accessed by Faith and you will be challenged and pushed and pressured to give up and or doubt and wonder if it will happen.
Scripture tells us in Ephesians 6:13
KJ
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
NLT
Therefore, put on every piece of God's armor so you will be able to resist the enemy in the time of evil. Then after the battle you will still be standing firm.
The enemy is the cross pollination to our Faith . That is if we allow him to be.
Mustard Seed Faith or Pure True Biblical Faith will be standing firm when the battle is over and this is who see's the desired results.
Ephesians 6:11
NLT
Put on all of God's armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil.
So
Pure Biblical Faith or Cross Pollinated Faith.........that is up to you.
Fail or Win ......that is up to you.
Stand Strong and true or cave and fall short.......that is up to you.
Blessings
FCJ
I run across a lot of fuss and so many different interpretations of Matthew 17:20
KJ
And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
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."
It's the same old arguments. You don't have enough faith vs I don't need big faith Jesus said just a little faith and so on.
Let's look to Jesus style of teaching.
He a lot of times used examples that the people would understand at that time.
We now have The Holy Spirit To Give us understanding.
Let's look at His Example. "The Mustard Seed"
1. It is the tiniest of seeds but this is not the main focal point.
2. It grows up to be a very large plant and again this is not the focal point.
However it is a clear picture of our responsibility with our God given Faith.
Romans 12:3
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
We can see here that every man gets Thee Measure of Faith.
This is our Starting point with Faith. Think of it as a Seed of Faith God plants in each of us.
It is our responsibility to feed this measure of Faith and continue to develop this Faith towards maturity.
Now back to the mustard seed.
The Mustard Seed is the only seed known to man that Can NOT be cross pollinated.
You can take any other seed and it can be cross pollinated.
Example....... plant your Sweet Peppers next to your Hot peppers and when ready for harvest your sweet peppers will be hot.
Focal Point.
It takes Pure Unwavering Confident Faith, Trust, Belief to move a mountain or see the desired results happen.
The problem comes into play when we get challenged. The greater the desired result the greater the test or fight we have.
Understand this test of our Faith comes from our enemy. he is working hard to keep you separated from your victory or desired result.
It's called the good fight of faith.
See what is given to us Through or By Grace MUST be Accessed by Faith and you will be challenged and pushed and pressured to give up and or doubt and wonder if it will happen.
Scripture tells us in Ephesians 6:13
KJ
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
NLT
Therefore, put on every piece of God's armor so you will be able to resist the enemy in the time of evil. Then after the battle you will still be standing firm.
The enemy is the cross pollination to our Faith . That is if we allow him to be.
Mustard Seed Faith or Pure True Biblical Faith will be standing firm when the battle is over and this is who see's the desired results.
Ephesians 6:11
NLT
Put on all of God's armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil.
So
Pure Biblical Faith or Cross Pollinated Faith.........that is up to you.
Fail or Win ......that is up to you.
Stand Strong and true or cave and fall short.......that is up to you.
Blessings
FCJ