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1 | Why Apostles asked for increased faith? | Luke 17:5 | childoftheking | 37891 | ||
Why did they ask for their Faith to be increased? In Luke 15 Jesus talks about finding a lost sheep, a lost coin, a lost son. In Luke 16 Jesus talks about the unrighteous Steward and “the Rich man and Lazarus.” Now in Luke 17 Jesus says: 1 He said to His disciples, "It is inevitable that stumbling blocks come, but woe to him through whom they come! 2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than that he would cause one of these little ones to stumble. 3 "Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. 4 "And if he sins against you seven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, 'I repent,' forgive him." 5 The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!" They saw Jesus cast our Demons, Heal the sick, make the Blind to see, make the lame walk. They saw Jesus calm the wind and the seas, walk on water, feed the multitude with 5 loaves and 2 fish. Jesus told Peter he needed to forgive his brother not 7 times, but 70 times 7. Jesus brought back the dead, and yet not at any time after any of those instances did they ask for their faith to be increased. So why after telling them to forgive their brother 7 times if he repent do they ask for their faith to be increased? Could it be a particular sin Jesus is talking about here? In the Prodigal son, the one brother was crying because his father was throwing a party for the brother that was found who stole much from the father. The Unrighteous steward was commended after “squandering possessions” from the rich man for his shrewd business dealings. Then there was the rich man who wouldn’t give Lazarus the crumbs off his table. It seems that Jesus had a “wealth” or “finance” lesson going on here starting in Chapter 15. Could it be that Jesus was talking about if your Brother steal from you, in a financial sense? Blessings in Christ bgg |
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2 | Why Apostles asked for increased faith? | Luke 17:5 | Makarios | 37911 | ||
Greetings childoftheking! This excerpt was taken from Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible (for Luke 17:5)... "1. The address which the disciples made to Christ, for the strengthening of their faith, #v. 5. The apostles themselves, so they are here called, though they were prime ministers of state in Christ's kingdom, yet acknowledged the weakness and deficiency of their faith, and saw their need of Christ's grace for the improvement of it; they said unto the Lord, "Increase our faith, and perfect what is lacking in it." Let the discoveries of faith be more clear, the desires of faith more strong, the dependences of faith more firm and fixed, the dedications of faith more entire and resolute, and the delights of faith more pleasing. Note, the increase of our faith is what we should earnestly desire, and we should offer up that desire to God in prayer. Some think that they put up this prayer to Christ upon occasion of his pressing upon them the duty of forgiving injuries: "Lord, increase our faith, or we shall never be able to practise such a difficult duty as this." Faith in God's pardoning mercy will enable us to get over the greatest difficulties that lie in the way of our forgiving our brother. Others think that it was upon some other occasion, when the apostles were run aground in working some miracle, and were reproved by Christ for the weakness of their faith, as #Matt. xvii. 16, blamed them they must apply themselves for grace to mend them; to him they cry, Lord, increase our faith. 2. The assurance Christ gave them of the wonderful efficacy of true faith (#v. 6): "If ye had faith as a grain of mustard-seed, so small as mustard-seed, but yours is yet less than the least; or so sharp as mustard-seed, so pungent, so exciting to all other graces, as mustard to the animal spirits," and therefore used in palsies, "you might do wonders much beyond what you now do; nothing would be too hard for you, that was fit to be done for the glory of God, and the confirmation of the doctrine you preach, yea, though it were the transplanting of a tree from the earth to the sea." See #Matt. xvii. 20. As with God nothing is impossible, so are all things possible to him that can believe." (1) I hope this helps! Makarios (1) Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible, Christian Classics Ethereal Library, http://www.ccel.org, Thanks to Logos Research, Inc. |
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3 | Why Apostles asked for increased faith? | Luke 17:5 | childoftheking | 37919 | ||
Thanks Makarios for the reply, I have read that excerpt. I have those volumes. bgg |
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