Week 17, Day 5: Faith Healers?

Today’s Reading:  Matthew 19:1-20:34

Some thoughts from yesterday’s reading…

In Matthew 17:14-21, Jesus is approached by a man who had brought his son to the apostles to be healed, but they had failed to do so.  He asked Jesus for His help, and Jesus responded with an interesting response:  “O faithless and perverse generation…” (Matthew 17:17).  If we were to listen to the “faith healers” today, we would think that Jesus must have thought that this man didn’t have enough faith to have his son healed, or perhaps his son didn’t have enough faith to be healed.  After all, that is the number one reason given by these “faith healers” when they are unable to heal a person of some affliction.  But, as we continue through the context, we find that it was the disciples who did not have enough faith!  Jesus was rebuking them for their lack of faith, and their failure in the healing process.

The disciples came to Jesus, and asked Him why they were unable to heal, and Jesus very clearly states that it was because of their unbelief!  If they would have had even faith as a mustard seed, they would have been able to move mountains.  So, it was clearly their failure that this man’s son was not healed.

This should stand out to us as a great contrast to what we see in the religious world today.  Those who believe that healings do take place today are often hampered by the unbelief of the one who was to be healed.  If they would just have a little more faith, they could be healed.  I wonder if they ever considered that the person had enough faith to come to them in the first place!  Unfortunately, it is unfounded, and misplaced faith.  These people have no power to heal today, and they are deceiving hundreds, and thousands of people.  More people should challenge them, and point out that their failure could really be their own unbelief!  But, we know that God has said that He would not continue the miraculous after the completion of the revelation (1 Corinthians 12-13).  So, we shouldn’t put our faith in any such faith healer.  Let us trust God, and put our complete faith and trust in Him!

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