Without God, we are left to our own resources, which plague us with pride, stubbornness, indifference, insensitivity, and failure. C. Knowledgeable It changes the emphasis. By assuring them that faith can do anything.2. But it is evident that you may have a very clear statement of the truth; it may be fully exhibited — exhibited in all its just proportions, and yet, at the same time, there may be an indisposition on the part of the hearer, or the reader, to receive that truth which is thus proposed. Our spiritual enjoyments, as they are derived wholly from the promises, are proportioned to the degree of faith. responsibility to not be a stumbling block (by not forgiving those who )Only God can increase faithC. Faith may be considered as a principle, in another view of the subject, as the fruit and consequence of persuasion and of promise; but then the promise may be imperfectly exhibited to us, or it may be imperfectly entertained by us, and consequently, the faith which rests on promise will be feeble on these accounts. Responsibly, being trustworthy, 1 Tim. To the same end we must cherish a deep and an abiding sense of the mean and degrading nature of earthly things. And then, speedily, some childless Christian woman, wanting to adopt a child, sees her, and likes her face and make, and brings her home to her house. It is not yesterday's battle that will save me to-day; I must be going onwards.1. That which God works in us must be desirable: as He is an infinitely good Being, His works must necessarily bear a resemblance to Himself.2. The first case to which I refer — I mean the first mode of instruction — is that which is communicated simply from the Bible; and the second case to which I refer is that of the ministry. How often is it that the Christian feels like a timid seaman, when the ship in which he first sails begins to rock, and the elements to howl, and the waves to dash I Fears arise, though the storm makes it necessary that he should have more confidence, more courage, fortitude, calmness, than before. And, once more, remember, there are degrees in heaven; and, according as we reach here "in faith" we shall reach there "in glory." In the instances we have named, as well as in thousands of others, God's glory shone brighter than in the temple strain, or the worship of the synagogue.III. 4:6-8). This is with more or less distinctness in different individuals. A man readily puts up with the inconvenience of the present, when he has great joys in store for the future.III. The ancient worthies by faith "subdued kingdoms," etc. if we should erect a monument to the honour of faith, what various names should we carve on the mighty pedestal!6. But when a man has once come into it, his very first experience, usually, whether he be exactly conscious of it or not, is the thought that he is brought into the presence of a higher Being — a higher Spirit — than he has been wont to think was near him. In two ways, both of which are by telling them truth. 3. Faith is the oil enabling the wheels of holy devotion and of earnest piety to move well, but without faith the wheels are taken from the chariot, and we drag along heavily. We are tried by various circumstances, and tempted by the world, the flesh, and the devil. That is to say, God gives His salvation to faith and not to any other virtue. It is said of Midas, that he had the power to turn everything into gold by the touch of his hand; and it is true of faith — it can turn everything into gold, but destroy faith, we have lost our all; we are miserably poor because we can hold no fellowship with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.5. Scripture: Luke 17:1-10 Text: Luke 17:5 “And the disciples aid unto the Lord, “Increase our faith”.” Introduction: These words of our Lord Jesus when rightly interpreted and applied, will open the door to greater Christian service, and to a closer walk with God. Vaughan, M. A.That "faith" is "a gift of God" — as much a "gift" as any other sovereign act of His power — I need not stay to prove. Those duties which I call duties of faith may vary; and, in passing from one class of duties to another, the Christian may feel that his faith and his grace, which were adequate and sufficient for the duties of one state, are found not to be adequate or sufficient for the duties of another state. 5:13. Free your faith. But he who knows his own heart best, that man knows most how fitting the supplication is, everywhere, "Lord, increase my faith." If you have faith, if you rouse up those spiritual elements that are in you, if you bring them under the illumination of God's own soul, and they are inspired by the Divine influence, there is that power in you by which you can subdue all your lower nature, and can gain victories over every single appetite and passion, and every single evil inclination and bad habit. 2. There is this one work which the new life begins to accomplish — namely, the readjustment of the forces of the soul. Carnal company, worldly cares, spiritual supineness, filthy and foolish conversation — all tend to sap the foundation of your faith, and destroy your dependence upon God.In conclusion, we address a word —1. (Luke 17:1-6) Yesterday, I shared 3 simple points during the sermon about increasing our faith. Allow me to remark here, that many of the duties of religion are, properly speaking, duties of faith. (1) would have led them to eject from their minds all their own oh! Vaughan, M. No man can change his faculties, any more than he can change his bodily organization; and yet, his disposition may be changed! Because she has come to live with and to be the daughter of this woman, she does not get over the love of lying, and tricks, and dirtiness, and meanness, and littleness. uprooted and planted in the sea, would be impossible for you to accomplish, 2. It confesses that they had faith.2. And it is so with the Christian. Faith needs to be increased in its power as well as in its extent. God said to Habakkuk at the end of our first reading, “...the upright man will live by his faithfulness.” (Hab 2:4) In the Gospel, did Jesus increase his apostles’ faith? It is in proportion as our faith is increased, that "we are not ignorant of his devices."(H. -Be a However many faults you may have, that branch their roots out in every direction, and difficult as it is to transplant them by the ordinary instrumentalities; nevertheless, faith in the soul will give you power to pluck them up by the roots, and east them from you, or transplant them to better soil, where they will grow to a better purpose. 2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should offend one of these … Faith has been attacked and ridiculed for centuries. The patience which would preserve that youth, scarcely will preserve that man; the faith which would soothe and make his soul happy in favourable circumstances, will scarcely make him happy in the .midst of unfavourable. )LinksLuke 17:5 NIVLuke 17:5 NLTLuke 17:5 ESVLuke 17:5 NASBLuke 17:5 KJVLuke 17:5 Bible AppsLuke 17:5 ParallelLuke 17:5 Biblia ParalelaLuke 17:5 Chinese BibleLuke 17:5 French BibleLuke 17:5 German BibleLuke 17:5 CommentariesBible Hub, (2)The increase of faith is connected with the increase of comfort. LET US CONSIDER THE PRAYER ITSELF. Every man is what his object is.2. Get a more extensive acquaintance with the promises of God.3. And it is so with the Christian. hess it has made us strong. 2. The admonitions of the Bible.4. Napoleon once said, "I must fight battles, and I must win them; conquest has made me what I am, and conquest must maintain me." THEIR CONCLUSION AS TO THE REMEDY THEY NEEDED. in your life. I remark that the exercises of faith may not be equal to the occasion calling for those exercises; and under these circumstances the faith will be felt as feeble, and the person possessing it, as needing influence. And yet, when they ask themselves, "How shall I practise it?" )Prayer for more faithTheological Sketchbook.A prayer adapted to every part of the Christian life.I. It is easy to see what the character must be, formed by the power of such a principle. You will see the same in St. Paul's mind if you compare what he says of himself in his Epistles to the Romans and the Corinthians, which were his early Epistles, with his triumphant assurance in his Epistles to Timothy, which were his last Epistles. The privilege of justification may not be forfeited by the loss, we think, of many of its attendant and accompanying privileges and joys. 5. If, then, "faith" be a thing capable of degrees, every man must be responsible for the measure of his attainment of that grace in the sight of God. 1. Our faith may be increased by examining the evidence of Divine truth. H. Spurgeon. Get a more extensive acquaintance with the promises of God.3. May it not be traced to the absence or to the feebleness of our faith? Faith, as a principle, in another view of the case, may be considered as the Holy Spirit's influence; but then, that spiritual influence may be but imperfectly submitted to on our part; and if so, then of course our faith will be weak. "Increase my faith" in its extent. The fulfilment of this prayer will bring this to pass; it is included in the gift of increased faith. Closely connected with this subject is the kindred one of keeping death and eternity continually in view.5. But when it begins to come home to them, and the question is, "Will you, from this time forth, order your life according to the law of benevolence?" If you have faith, if you rouse up those spiritual elements that are in you, if you bring them under the illumination of God's own soul, and they are inspired by the Divine influence, there is that power in you by which you can subdue all your lower nature, and can gain victories over every single appetite and passion, and every single evil inclination and bad habit. There is this one work which the new life begins to accomplish — namely, the readjustment of the forces of the soul. Spurgeon. But as she lives from day to day, she does not get over all her bad tendencies. THE TRUTH CONTAINED IN OUR LORD'S REPLY. The first case to which I refer — I mean the first mode of instruction — is that which is communicated simply from the Bible; and the second case to which I refer is that of the ministry. Her father and mother — emigrants — died on landing. I think there is more difficulty — much more difficulty — in attaining to a quiet, resigned, patient spirit, in the midst of the troubles of life, than there is in the discharge of the active duties of life. )The increase of faithN. But the duty depending on us, on the part of religion, or, if you please, on the part of God, may be greater than the faith; and if it be, then, of course, feebleness will be felt on the part of the Christian who has to do the duty. St. Paul speaks of a brother who is "weak in the faith" — St. Stephen and St. Barnabas are commended as men "full of faith." To those who have no faith.2. It is through the imperfection of this principle that the character of man is formed so much by the influence of objects that here surround him. A feeble faith will accomplish little. It will lead to the discovery of error, the detection of sophistry, the avoidance of unscriptural teaching, however specious it may be.III. If you do not wilfully check the grace of God that is in you, that grace will, and must, in obedience to the law of its being, increase. AN INCREASE OF FAITH IS GREATLY TO BE DESIRED. Be on your guard against everything that will deaden or damp the ardour of your faith. The ideal of truth presented to them seems beautiful and sweet. For if saving faith grows out of spiritual influence, it will follow that the presence of that spiritual influence is necessary, in order to the exercise of faith; and one of the great reasons why our faith is so feeble — why we are rather shut up in the darkness of unbelief so often — is, that we do not lay our hearts open to that spiritual influence which is promised and which is vouchsafed to us. God begins to mean something to him. Knowing certain things should increase our faith. But the duty depending on us, on the part of religion, or, if you please, on the part of God, may be greater than the faith; and if it be, then, of course, feebleness will be felt on the part of the Christian who has to do the duty. Notice what this prayer confesses.1. The When a mistake, respecting the accomplishment of any promise of God is entertained — respecting the mode of its fulfilment, the mistake generally refers to the sovereignty of God; and we are expecting, I think, from the sovereignty of God just what God expects from our own faith. Brother Kenneth Hagin often said: “Feed your … H. I never can do it in the world." You will see the same in St. Paul's mind if you compare what he says of himself in his Epistles to the Romans and the Corinthians, which were his early Epistles, with his triumphant assurance in his Epistles to Timothy, which were his last Epistles. The ancient worthies by faith "subdued kingdoms," etc. "Increase our faith" in its extent — the extent of what it will receive. We must feel the touch of affliction, and the touch of death; and, perhaps, the prayer of the text may be very appropriate to us when we change circumstances, and we may have to pray, "Lord, increase our faith!"3. We have to do this morning with another thought — that the growth and the "increase" of "faith," at every successive stage, is a distinct act of Almighty power. THE DISCIPLES OF CHRIST POSSESS FAITH. hess it has made us strong. 1. The man simply says it, and there comes over his mind such a sudden sense of God's amazing love to him, in the redemption of his soul, that everything else looks perfectly insignificant, in the thought of his own acceptance with God. THE OBJECT OF THE APOSTLES' SOLICITUDE. And yet, when they ask themselves, "How shall I practise it?" CONSIDER THE GENERAL IMPORT OF THE PRAYER: "LORD, INCREASE OUR FAITH."1. And the Lord said, 'If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, "Be uprooted and planted in the sea," and it would obey you'" (Luke 17:5-6). M. Baker.I. Now, I say, the difficulty of maintaining a firm, unshaken trust in God, in the midst of this wreck, though necessary, is very difficult. GIVE Yet so it is with Christian life. In praying for more faith, they also acknowledged their own insufficiency to produce it (Ephesians 2:8; Philippians 2:13).4. CONSIDER THE DESIRABLENESS OF INCREASING OUR FAITH. Only a faith which is a living and a growing power, like the mustard seed in the soil, will triumph over the difficulties to be met and mastered. 2. Love can make the feet move more swiftly, but faith is the foot which carries the soul. Faith is the salvation-grace. Hard as it is to transplant the tree of your soul, difficult as it is to sever the roots that hold it down, the Master says, "There is power to do it." the moral requirements of being a Christian requires great faith, The excellency of Christ can only be communicated now to the soul by the exercise of faith.II. Without When a strong nature is snatched from worldliness, and begins to live a Christian life, what are the elements of his experience, reduced to some sort of philosophical expression? The influence of faith on our life and conduct renders this prayer peculiarly suitable and ira. Without Faith (1) It will uproot great evils in God's Name and strength. c. Christ By teaching them humility.(C. Take care of your faith, because otherwise you cannot well perform your duty. There will be a change in our outward conformities to society; to institutions; to new duties. (The Weekly Pulpit. That they could not increase their own faith.4. Oar Saviour could not do, in certain circumstances, many mighty works, because of the unbelief of the people: our Saviour cannot do now for us any of those great and mighty works which He hath promised lie will do, because of our unbelief. To the same end we must cherish a deep and an abiding sense of the mean and degrading nature of earthly things.4. be a stumbling block to others, Lk. From the character it gives. 5The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!" Let us do the same.(C. She was of good stock, and had strong moral instincts; but she was a vagrant child, and was soon swept into the swirl of poverty and vice. Dixon, D. D.)Increased faith the strength of peace principlesC. Holiness, perfect holiness in man, in all its peace and hopes and joys, is nothing more nor less than the truths of the gospel carried into effect by faith. Here is God, in all the fulness and plenitude of His affection — here is the Saviour, in all the infinitude of His merit — here is the promise of life, in all its length and breadth, standing out to our view, exciting our confidence, winning our faith; but, after all, so little is that faith, that we can receive but little; and God cannot, in the sovereignty of His mercy, accomplish what He is infinitely willing to do. We hold spiritual things too loosely.II. There is a difference, you know, between the faculties which are natural and a principle of religion — such as faith, or love, or justice, or rectitude. On account of its influence in obtaining other spiritual blessings, for they are bestowed according to the measure of faith.2. Grow in Faith Through Believing the Word. But this cannot be said of man: man, in any circumstances, must be considered a moral agent; therefore the influences of the Spirit of grace are communicated, you will perceive, to aid our infirmities and give us power to believe; but the power may exist, and yet the act may not exist. I preach, not simply a free gospel, but a victorious gospel. This is with more or less distinctness in different individuals. Important to the same end are just views of the truth and faithfulness of God. I preach, not simply a free gospel, but a victorious gospel. It will lead to the discovery of error, the detection of sophistry, the avoidance of unscriptural teaching, however specious it may be.III. For instance, Abraham, the father of the faithful and the friend of God, dwelling in patriarchal simplicity in the bosom of a happy family — in sweet, hallowed, and sublime communion with God, having received the accomplishment of the covenant blessings promised to him at various times and in various circumstances; and Abraham, offering his son Isaac, appears in very different circumstances. TRUST New Living Translation. Mark Twain remarked “faith is believing in what ain’t so.” Atheist H. L. Mencken asserted, “faith is an They go into it because their companions are going in. There is a difference, you know, between the faculties which are natural and a principle of religion — such as faith, or love, or justice, or rectitude. This sense of God's presence is that which is the beginning of faith in him. Faith is the salvation-grace. WE PRAY FOR AN INCREASE OF FAITH ALSO THAT ITS OBJECT MAY BECOME MORE REAL. This truth is surely not that the possession of a faith as slight as the mustard seed is small will suffice, but that the faith which is full as is the mustard seed of life and power of appropriation will avail for all occasions. Take a person of some degree of sensibility — a young woman, for instance — who has been living in a vicious circle of people. And submissiveness to the crosses of life must be sustained by faith; but the burden, you know, may be greater than the faith, and if it is found to be so, whatever our strength may be in other circumstances, still you will find yourselves feeble then. We conquer the world by faith (1 John 5:4). I cannot do it without." II. 1. The Lord says, "If you have faith as a grain of mustard-seed, you can say to this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the roots, and cast into the sea." There will be a great difficulty in maintaining that kind of faith in the promised provisions of the grace and love of God, the death of Christ, and so on, necessary even to preserve and keep the soul in spiritual life. The power and goodness of its Author.2. We conquer the world by faith (1 John 5:4). I may have the power of volition, and yet I may sit perfectly still at the same time. (Theological Sketchbook. W. (Theological Sketchbook. 4:13. It has overcome more enemies than the whole host of conquerors. W. Taylor, D. D.)The necessity of increased faithC. THE REASONS WHICH RENDER THIS PRAYER SUITABLE TO ALL CHRISTIANS. I gentle? When we see Abraham on Moriah, Job on the top of the heap, Hezekiah on a bed of sickness, Jeremiah in the dungeon, the three Hebrew youths before Nebuchadnezzar, Daniel in the den, Paul fighting with wild beasts at Ephesus, and the martyrs in the flames, faith demonstrates the power and grace of God. from negativity. When we see Abraham on Moriah, Job on the top of the heap, Hezekiah on a bed of sickness, Jeremiah in the dungeon, the three Hebrew youths before Nebuchadnezzar, Daniel in the den, Paul fighting with wild beasts at Ephesus, and the martyrs in the flames, faith demonstrates the power and grace of God. Let us consider, then, the practical aspect of this matter. 5:3-5. The joy of faith is a wonderful help to forgiveness.4. If we believed more truly in Jesus Christ, if we realized more thoroughly what we accept, should we not be more to God and do more for him? To the same end we must cherish a deep and an abiding sense of the mean and degrading nature of earthly things.4. they fall off from that and say, "I cannot; it is impossible." I shall not stop to reason why it is so in the gospel: we find it is there. 3. The character, then, must be formed by other objects — the desires and affections of the soul must be fixed on things above — it must thus become capable of heavenly joys, or in vain were it admitted into heaven itself. W. Taylor, D. D.)The necessity of increased faithC. To those who have no faith.2. I should not be a dependent creature at all, if I could believe naturally. Napoleon once said, "I must fight battles, and I must win them; conquest has made me what I am, and conquest must maintain me." In praying for an increase of this principle, the apostles acknowledged that their faith was weak. )An increase of faithThe Weekly Pulpit.I. 11:6). 3. WE SHOULD USE THIS PRAYER FOR THE INCREASE OF SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE. Obedience, Lk. Be anxious about your faith, for all your graces hang upon it. To those whose faith has declined.3. Yen will fail of the secret and real spirit of this passage, if you do not consider its meaning as not only an interpretation, but as an interpretation which is designed to give courage and hope and cheer to those who desire to break away from bad tendencies and traits, and to rise, by a true growth, into the higher forms of Christian experience. Be anxious about your faith, for all your graces hang upon it. Notice what this prayer confesses.1. That we may be established in the simplicity and fulness of the gospel. Allow me to remark here, that many of the duties of religion are, properly speaking, duties of faith. The Lord says, "If you have faith as a grain of mustard-seed, you can say to this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the roots, and cast into the sea." Example: Peter walking on the water, Matt. The character, then, must be formed by other objects — the desires and affections of the soul must be fixed on things above — it must thus become capable of heavenly joys, or in vain were it admitted into heaven itself. (Ephesians 6:16). Then, if the teaching, brethren, on which faith rests is imperfect, of course the faith itself must be feeble and imperfect. )Prayer for increase of faithJ. This, however, is not the case with religious principle: it may exist or it may not exist, just according to circumstances; and it may exist, unquestionably, in different degrees of vigour and power, in the very same person, under different circumstances and at different periods of life.1. The Bible does not speak of the head of unbelief wickedly departing from the living God, but it speaks of the heart of unbelief wickedly departing from God. The faith which enables a man to pass the common road of life in peace and happiness will scarcely be sufficient to enable him to pass the valley and shadow of death without fear. Faith needs to be increased in its power as well as in its extent. W. Taylor, D. D.I. They went to the right Person. )The victorious power of faithH. 17:10. The apostles once asked God to increase their faith as well: "The apostles said to the Lord, 'Increase our faith!' Holiness, perfect holiness in man, in all its peace and hopes and joys, is nothing more nor less than the truths of the gospel carried into effect by faith. The first case to which I refer — I mean the first mode of instruction — is that which is communicated simply from the Bible; and the second case to which I refer is that of the ministry. — Faith is not a weed to grow upon every dunghill, without care or culture: it is a plant of heavenly growth, and requires Divine watching and watering,(C. H. A. III. AN INCREASE OF FAITH IS POSSIBLE. We infer this —1. This appears —1. Between faith and forgiveness a very close connection will be seen if we inquire what is the foundation of faith. Complete reliance upon God H. Spurgeon.I. AN INCREASE OF FAITH IS POSSIBLE. But as she lives from day to day, she does not get over all her bad tendencies. Gospel of Luke, 795). It meets their approval. It opens the door for the Divine power to inflame his soul; that is, for the Divine mind to give strength and inspiration to the nobler and higher part of his mind — to his reason; to his whole moral nature; to that which is the best and highest in him. Next, Christian, take good care of thy faith, for recollect faith is the only way whereby thou canst obtain blessings. They believe in everything that is required in a true Christian character. 3. Consider how men are brought to a religious life. It is a Divine gift, and its existence is attributed to the operation of God (Colossians 2:12). 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