Matthew 17: 15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water. 16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. 17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me. 18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.

I've heard from various people about the idea of "having faith" for others. An example I read this morning is listed above. The lunatick son… Jesus often tested the faith of those he healed (the Syrophoenecian Woman), but that wasn't the case here. The lunatick man had no faith to be healed because of his demon possession. It wasn't until Jesus cast out the devil that he could be free to trust in the Lord Jesus as his Savior. In how many instances today could this happen? Am I willing to "have faith" for others and pray for them even when they don't show any response and perhaps even reject me and/or anything to do with Christianity?

Posted on June 15th, 2006 by Josh Champagne
Filed under: Bible Study