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

Mark 9:23-24 (MSG)

23 Jesus said, “If? There are no ‘ifs’ among believers. Anything can happen.”

24 No sooner were the words out of his mouth than the father cried, “Then I believe. Help me with my doubts!”

And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.

~Luke 17:5

INTRODUCTION:

• Faith is the power of putting self aside that God may work unhindered (F.B. Meyer)
• Faith is the capacity to trust God while not being able to make sense out of everything. (James Kok)
• Faith is not doubting at all. This means never having a thought as to whether a thing can be done or not. It means not hesitating, not wondering, not questioning, not considering, not being concerned at all. (Preacher Outline and Sermon Bible)
• Faith is the expecting the word of God to do what it says and the depending upon that word to do what it says. (A.T. Jones)
• Faith takes us beyond mere theology into a direct, intimate relationship with God as a person, which becomes our guarantee of total provision and total security.
• Faith is a living, bold trust in God’s grace, so certain of God’s favor that it would risk death a thousand times trusting in it. (Martin Luther)
• Faith is an act of the intellect assenting to the divine truth… (Thomas Aquinas)
• At the end of the day, faith means letting God be God. (John Blanchard)