Jesus lays out an impossible standard in the extension of forgiveness to others, to which the Apostles essentially reply “There in no way we can run the program you’re laying out here, INCREASE OUR FAITH!” Jesus then responds to that request by telling us very graphically, that it is not more faith that we need, but rather that we might exercise the measure of faith He has already given us. Jesus isn’t so much concerned about the volume of our faith in this text, as He is the PRESENCE of it. In the language of hyperbole, Jesus tells the Apostles that a tiny seed of faith can uproot a mulberry tree and throw it into the sea. And he doesn’t connect this exhortation with spectacular charismatic displays, He connects it to the simple extension of forgiveness. Get your Word on with us and grow in the pure and powerful and practical Word of God!
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