When tears accompany our faith, they obtain for us the grant of our petitions. The measure of faith is the measure of our ability, because according to our faith Christ’s power is ours. All things within its sphere are possible to that faith; for God will not grant power to faith for things which he will not make possible. All things are possible to him who believes.". And the belief of which he speaks is that faith of which God grants the power. All things are possible, etc. Mark 9 – The Transfiguration A. Jesus is transfigured. Let him rest on that. His object was not simply a 'quick-fix', physical cure for the moment, but a 'long-term', spiritual healing, with eternal consequences. Mark chapter 9 contains an account of Jesus' transfiguration, where three of the disciples witness Him in a glorified form. It was his faith that Jesus needed to restore. There is no question that Jesus can do it. It was the man's faith in CHRIST that had been severely impacted. The probable text is ‘to ’ei dune’ making the ‘if you can’ a noun equivalent. And the condition (“to him that believeth”) belongs not to every rash and presumptuous belief, that the mind, not in communion with God, may conjure up. But when that was done, the condition of the exercise of faith was an inexorable demand. When our Lord says “all things,” we are to understand what classes of things he is speaking of, in which he includes all. Seeing the case stood still, waiting not upon the Lord's power but his own faith, the man becomes immediately conscious of conflicting principles, and rises into one of the noblest utterances on record. Faith the circumference of God’s gifts, Jesus said to him the saying, “If thou canst believe, all things are,”, ἰφικράτης ὑπολαβὼν ἔφη τὸ τίς ἂν ἤλπισε τοῦτο ἔσεσθαι, The man had evidence which required him to have and to use a proper amount of. It may be answered: because faith is manifold; their is a faith of beginners, and a faith of the perfect. Jesus was saying, “you have said ‘if you can’. Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever and His ability to heal the broken-hearted; cast our demons; set the captive free; make the lame to walk.. the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak has never diminished over time. believe. If thou canst. The devastated man hurriedly rehearsed all that had happened as Jesus drew near. And straightway the father of the child cried out As soon as ever he found it was put upon his faith, and that the issue of things would be according to that, he expressed himself with much vehemency, being in great distress; partly with indignation at his unbelief, and partly through fear of missing a cure, by reason of it: without giving us a first evidence, so our Lord first gave prior evidence of his divinity in order to create a first faith. So I asked Your disciples to drive it out, but they couldn't.". What a scene! All things within its sphere are possible to that faith; for God will not grant power to faith for things which he will not make possible. "But if You can do anything - have compassion on us and help us", was the father's heartbroken request. Mark 9:23 If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. All Christ's disciples had been given the power and authority to heal the sick and cast out demons, but when attempting to heal this man's son - they failed miserably. . Such a one had to learn the great primary lesson that “all things were possible to him that believeth,” that the secret of previous failure lay, in part at least, in his own want of faith, as well as in that of the scribes and disciples who had tried their arts of exorcism in vain. Our Lord thus performed, as we may say, two classes of miracles. But by God's grace he was able to cry out, "LORD I believe, help my unbelief", and he was rewarded with a son who was healed and a faith that was increased. But when that was done, the condition of the exercise of faith was an inexorable demand. Mark 9:23. начение силы веры (ср. As God does not require our first faith without giving us a first evidence, so our Lord first gave prior evidence of his divinity in order to create a first faith. In this passage, Jesus also heals a demon-possessed boy. Christ undoubtedly intended to teach that the fullness of all blessings has been given to us by the Father, and that every kind of assistance must be expected from him alone in the same manner as we expect it from the hand of God. The sense of the passage is: ‘The question is, not what is possible on my part, but on yours.’ The best authorities omit the word ‘believe.’ The man’s words were repeated by our Lord either as a question; ‘Did you say; if thou canst?’ or as an exclamation: ‘As to thy words, if thou canst, all depends upon faith,’ etc. “You ask me,” says he, “to aid you as far as I can; but you will find in me an inexhaustible fountain of power, provided that the faith which you bring be sufficiently large.” Hence may be learned a useful doctrine, which will apply equally to all of us, that it is not the Lord that prevents his benefits from flowing to us in large abundance, but that it must be attributed to the narrowness of our faith, that it comes to us only in drops, and that frequently we do not feel even a drop, because unbelief shuts up our heart.