Bible Question:
A question for the false teachers of the," health and wealth doctrine", where in the scriptures is it written that you have to have a great amount of faith to receive or to believe in the healing power of GOD? Our Lord Jesus tells us in Holy Scripture that a mustard seed of faith can move mountains, surely its not the amount of faith you have but WHO you have faith IN i.e. JESUS. |
Bible Answer: There is no mention of the need to have a "great amount of faith," but Jesus repeatedly indicates that there are varying amounts of faith in His teaching in six different Gospel passages including the very verse to which you refer in your question: "Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you" (MT 17:20). I believe that quantity of faith is not the issue when desiring healing or anything else from God; quality or purity of faith is. By "quality of faith" I mean that one must be able to "hear what the Spirit is saying" and "see what the Spirit is doing." Once we perceive God in a matter, then we can align our prayers with His will and see miraculous things come to pass. This perceiving the Spirit comes from our relationship with Him. We must know Him well in order to "see" and "hear" what He is up to on any given moment. Jesus said of His relationship with the Father, "Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves. I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it" (John 14:10-14). When we do perceive Him and His will on specific situations then we can act under His authority to see His Kingdom come on Earth as it is in heaven. |