Matthew 21:18-22
Jesus Curses the Fig Tree
18 Now in the morning, when He was returning to the city, He became hungry.
19 Seeing a lone fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it except leaves only; and He *said to it, “No longer shall there ever be any fruit from you.” And at once the fig tree withered.
20 Seeing this, the disciples were amazed and asked, “How did the fig tree wither all at once?”
21 And Jesus answered and said to them, “Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it will happen.
22 “And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
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The word faith is from the Greek word definition found in Strong’s G4102
πίστις
pistis
pis’-tis
From G3982; persuasion, that is, credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly constancy in such profession; by extension the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself: – assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity.
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James 1:6
6 But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.
1 John 5:14, 15
14 This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
15 And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him.
Matthew 7:7
7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
Mark 11:24
:24 “Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you.
What does it mean to have faith in Jesus?
Believing in Him in all areas of our life, with all our mind, spirit and soul…not doubting that He will be there for us. When we ask Him for help or guidance, knowing that He will be there for us. Trusting in Him in everything. He promises that if we ask anything in accordance with His will then we will receive.
I really like that Jesus says that if we truly believe and have faith in His mighty power we could have success in life, no matter what obstacles that we face. Jesus will be there helping us through it all.
Halleluyah! What a beautiful Saviour!! 🙂