Get the Doubt OUT! Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not cast it out?" So Jesus said to them, "Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting." Matthew 17:19-21 and nothing will be impossible for you Some Christians think that Jesus was saying that this kind of demon does not go out except by prayer and fasting. If that were so, wouldn't Jesus have just told a lie? He just said "and nothing will be impossible for you." The nothing being impossible for you is dependent upon the believer not having unbelief. I think it's pretty clear He was talking about the unbelief being put away by prayer and fasting. If not, He is saying "and nothing will be impossible for you, except this demon, this demon is impossible to drive out for you, but not if you pray and fast." I don't know about for you, but for me that just doesn't make sense. In another instance where Jesus speaks of faith and uses the mountain and the sea example it says it more clearly. He says that with faith in God, and without doubt in the heart, speaking to the thing to do what you want it to do, and believing that it will be done for you, it will happen. It is that we need to get the doubt out, that is the key. Of course you have to believe too. Have faith in God. For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be removed and be cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them. Mark 11:22-24

Posted by Deleted (9ef65d0e) at 2024-02-03 19:26:04 UTC