Faith

Just what is faith? And what can it do for us?  There is not a lot I can tell anyone about faith, but the following scriptures explains one aspect of it.  As I read these scriptures I pray to have "faith as small as a mustard seed."  As hard as I try to live by faith, I often find myself lacking. 

 

Hebrews 11  "Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for. By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. ..."

People were healed because of faith.  Matthew 9:2 "Some men brought to him a paralyzed man, lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, “Take heart, son; your sins are forgiven.”

Matthew 9:22 "Jesus turned and saw her. “Take heart, daughter,” he said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed at that moment."

Matthew 9:29 "Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith let it be done to you”

Matthew 13:58 "And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith."

 

Matthew 15:28 "Then Jesus said to her, “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed at that moment."

Matthew 17:20 "He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, 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.”

Matthew 21:21 "Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done."

Mark 2:5 "When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”

Mark 4:40  "He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?”

Mark 5:34 "He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.”

Mark 10:52 "Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road."

Luke 8:48 "Then he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace.”

Luke 12:28 "If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you—you of little faith!

Luke 17:6 "He replied, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you."

Luke 17:19 "Then he said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well.”

1 Corinthians 2:5 "so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power."

2 Corinthians 5:7 "For we live by faith, not by sight."