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28th June 2024
FridayReflection
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Pastor Jegede Sunday E. offers
General Coordinator of Heralds of Revival
Ministries
'The unholy mixture of Faith and Unbelief'
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"Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes." Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, "Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!"
.....Mark 9:23-24 NKJV
You don't need a faith as big as the size of your problem to handle and overcome your problem in life.
All that you need is a small but pure faith, a faith without unbelief.
If you only have a tiny amount of faith without any unbelief, nothing will be impossible for you!
Unbelief always negates, neutralizes, or counterbalances faith.
This is why some believers today appear not to have any faith.
No one can be saved without first receiving the measure of God's faith which comes with the hearing of God's Word, the gospel of Christ.
Paul writes,
"So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes by the preaching of Christ."
According to God's Word, if you are a born-again believer, you already have in your recreated spirit the faith sufficient to live a victorious, triumphant, prosperous and fulfilled life in this world.
If you don't allow unbelief to pollute, negate or neutralize this faith, Jesus said, "Nothing will be impossible for you."
Apparently, it took a great faith for Peter to walk on the water towards the Lord Jesus.
However, all that it took to deplete, negate or neutralize his great faith was a little unbelief or doubt.
The Scripture clearly reveals that it is quite possible to have both faith and unbelief at the same time.
While the Lord Jesus was on the Mount of Transfiguration with His three closest disciples (Peter, James, and John), His other disciples struggled in vain to heal a boy suffering from epilepsy by casting out of him the demon responsible for this affliction.
But, Jesus came right in time to save the situation.
When Jesus was alone, His bewildered disciples came to Him, asking, "Why could we not cast it out?"
The Lord responded, saying, "Because of your unbelief."
The Lord's response to His disciples' sincere question about the cause of their defeat, failure, or frustration in casting out the demon and healing the boy suffering from epilepsy brought to them revealed that they had both faith and unbelief at the same time.
The disciples had cast out many demons and healed many sick people before that time.
This shows that they had faith in the name of Jesus Christ to cast out demons and heal the sick.
However, in the case of the boy suffering from epilepsy the disciples could not cast out the demon and heal the boy because they had allowed the boy's father to sow seeds of unbelief in their minds as they listened to his story of past experiences of defeat, failure and helplessness.
The boy's father had both faith and unbelief. This is revealed in his plea to Jesus, "Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!".
Martha is also a typical example of someone who had a mixture of faith and unbelief.
When Jesus eventually showed up at Bethany, Martha accosted Him, speaking words of great faith.
Jesus had to rebuke Martha sharply for her unbelief when she wanted to stop the men the Lord Jesus had commanded to take away the stone laid against Lazarus' tomb.
Jesus said to her,
"Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?"
The little doubt or unbelief in Martha's heart, like a little leaven, permeated her whole being, submerged her faith, corrupted and hardened her heart against the Lord's words.
Beloved, beware of a little doubt or unbelief in your heart, for it may eventually overwhelm and submerge your faith, and corrupt or harden your heart against God's Word.
Therefore, purge out of your mind today the evil leaven of doubt and unbelief before it permeates your whole being and negates or neutralizes your faith (1 Cor. 5:7).
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This is an edited version.
The full article and Bible references are avaiable on request
Jegede Sunday E.
is the General Coordinator of Heralds of Revival Ministries and the School of Discipleship.
He is also the Missionary/Pastor of God's Family Bible Church, Trinidad
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