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NASB | Mark 9:23 And Jesus said to him, "'If You can?' All things are possible to him who believes." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Mark 9:23 Jesus said to him, "[You say to Me,] 'If You can?' All things are possible for the one who believes and trusts [in Me]!" |
Subject: What did Jesus mean by this |
Bible Note: Jesus said: And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. What day, John? Any day? Any day I have a problem, need a healing or want something for myself regardless of my spiritual condition but I'm still paying my tithes and going to church? What are the conditions for God to hear my prayers? If you feel you must build YOUR faith to a certain pitch how is that accomplished? Pray more, read more, go to more seminars? Are you not already a believer? How much more should you believe in Christ? If you say you must do more are you not thinking from a position of doing more works; performing in some way? Certainly conjuring up more faith requires a certain effort of yourself. But then you would be one to say "it's not by my works, I can't earn it's by Grace, Jesus did it all". If you believe your thinking to be correct, where is the evidence of your successes that would be convincing? Do you really think you could have more faith IN Christ than you presently do? Try living BY His faith and then this:"it's not by my works, I can't earn it's by Grace, Jesus did it all", will make more sense. |