THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Adequate Faith “For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.” Rom 12:3 There are those who would ask the question… Do I have faith? LET ME RESPOND BY SAYING… • Everyone has faith… • The atheist and the Christian. • The evolutionists and the creationists. • The churched and un-churched individuals. • The rich and the poor. • Every race, every culture… • Our text tells us that God has dealt to EVERY man the measure of faith. • According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary… “Measure” is an adequate or due portion • So in essence God has given to every individual an adequate portion of faith. • God has given to mankind a “measure of faith” that is adequate and sufficient to meet the need. ADEQUATE- sufficient for a specific requirement… THE FAITH GOD HAS GIVEN US IS AN ADEQUATE FAITH! IT IS SUFFICENT FAITH! This ADEQUATE FAITH allows us to… to see the miraculous… to experience a personal miracle… to see YOUR prayer answered… to see an awesome REVIVAL… Matt 17:14-21 The only reason the disciples could not cast out the devil from the young man was because of their UNBELIEF… NOT because they had no faith! BUT… Their UNBELIEF was greater than their BELIEF! THEY HAD FAITH…and unbelief! Is this possible? Remember, “I believe, help thou mine unbelief…” • When Jesus responded: “because of your unbelief…” • This particular word UNBELIEF comes from the Greek word… oligopistia (ol-ig-op-is-tee’-ah); • It is found only once in scripture in Matt. 17:20: • It means littleness of faith, lack of faith. I BELIEVE THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS SIMPLY THIS… THE DISCIPLES DID NOT BELIEVE IN THE FAITH THAT THEY DID HAVE! HOW MUCH FAITH WAS REQUIRED TO SEE THE MIRACLE? Matt 17:20 20 …for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you MOUNTAINS ARE REMOVED WITH ADEQUATE FAITH! • Jesus said that if we had this kind of faith… • “Nothing will be impossible for you." • Faith is seeing with the eyes of the Spirit what cannot be seen in the natural. Faith does not operate in the realm of the possible. • Another instance in the Gospel of Luke tells us this… Luke 17:5-6 5 And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. 6 And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you. • It seems as though Jesus was telling the disciples it does not take much faith to cause Him to respond! • All you need is faith the size of a small mustard seed and “nothing will be impossible for you!” • Church, You have enough faith! YOUR faith is an ADEQUATE faith!
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