The More You Have Faith, The More You Increase Your Righteousness
Please note the following scriptures:
Mathew 17
14 When they came to the crowd, a man came up to Jesus, falling on his knees before Him and saying,
15 "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is a lunatic and is very ill; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water.
16 "I brought him to Your disciples, and they could not cure him."
17 And Jesus answered and said, "You unbelieving and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him here to Me."
18 And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon came out of him, and the boy was cured at once.
19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not drive it out?"
20 And He said to them, "Because of the littleness of your faith; for truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.
21 ["But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting."]
James 5
16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
The first scripture indicates that the way someone is able to do powerful things via faith, is by praying and fasting for the ability to do so. (Please note that praying and fasting essentially means doing a lot of highly focused praying.) Further, a person praying for something (while believing he will receive it – which is required in order for someone to receive what he prays for [James 1:5-8]) is what defines ‘having faith’ (Mark 11:22-24). Therefore having faith a lot to obtain the power to do powerful things, is what gives a person the power to do powerful things.
The second scripture indicates that a righteous man is able to do powerful things via faith. It follows therefore that having faith a lot over obtaining great power, actually makes someone become very righteous.
As a practical matter, the more a person has faith in general, the more righteous that person becomes. However when someone seeks after God’s greatest gifts (e.g. great power, intelligence, foresight) his righteousness increases all the more, because it is to the most righteous, God gives his greatest gifts.
Mathew 17
14 When they came to the crowd, a man came up to Jesus, falling on his knees before Him and saying,
15 "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is a lunatic and is very ill; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water.
16 "I brought him to Your disciples, and they could not cure him."
17 And Jesus answered and said, "You unbelieving and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him here to Me."
18 And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon came out of him, and the boy was cured at once.
19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not drive it out?"
20 And He said to them, "Because of the littleness of your faith; for truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.
21 ["But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting."]
James 5
16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
The first scripture indicates that the way someone is able to do powerful things via faith, is by praying and fasting for the ability to do so. (Please note that praying and fasting essentially means doing a lot of highly focused praying.) Further, a person praying for something (while believing he will receive it – which is required in order for someone to receive what he prays for [James 1:5-8]) is what defines ‘having faith’ (Mark 11:22-24). Therefore having faith a lot to obtain the power to do powerful things, is what gives a person the power to do powerful things.
The second scripture indicates that a righteous man is able to do powerful things via faith. It follows therefore that having faith a lot over obtaining great power, actually makes someone become very righteous.
As a practical matter, the more a person has faith in general, the more righteous that person becomes. However when someone seeks after God’s greatest gifts (e.g. great power, intelligence, foresight) his righteousness increases all the more, because it is to the most righteous, God gives his greatest gifts.
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