Faith and blessings of God

God’s power is released through faith

Matthew 17:20 NASB95

And He said to them, “Because of the littleness of your faith; for truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.

See also Mk 9:23; Lk 17:6

Praying in faith

Matthew 21:21–22 NASB95

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. “And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”

See also Jas 1:5–7; Jas 5:14–15

Praying in Jesus Christ’s name

John 14:12–14 NASB95

“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father. “Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. “If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.

In the OT, faith in God’s power

Hebrews 11:32–34 NASB95

And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets, who by faith conquered kingdoms, performed acts of righteousness, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions, quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.

See also Heb 11:11–12 Abraham’s faith when promised an heir in his old age; Jos 14:6–14 Caleb receives Hebron; 1 Sa 14:6 Jonathan’s confidence in God’s power to defeat the Philistines; 1 Sa 17:32–47 David’s confidence in God’s power to overcome Goliath; 2 Ch 20:20 Jehoshaphat’s faith in God’s power to give success against Moab and Ammon; 2 Ch 32:7–8 Hezekiah’s faith in God when threatened by the Assyrians under Sennacherib; Da 6:23 Daniel’s faith when in the lions’ den

In the NT, healing in response to faith

Mt 9:22 The woman had exercised faith by touching the edge of Jesus Christ’s cloak.

See also Mt 9:29–30 Two blind men are healed; Mk 10:52 Bartimaeus receives his sight; Lk 17:19 One of the ten men with leprosy who thanked Jesus Christ; Ac 3:16 the crippled man at the temple gate; Ac 14:8–10 the crippled man in Lystra

Powerful ministries marked by faith

Acts 11:24 NASB95

for he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And considerable numbers were brought to the Lord.

See also Ac 6:5–10 Stephen; 1 Co 12:9 Exceptional faith to meet specific needs is a special spiritual gift.

Faith and spiritual warfare

Ephesians 6:16 NASB95

in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

See also 1 Th 5:8; 1 Jn 5:4–5

The importance of love accompanying faith

1 Corinthians 13:2 NASB95

If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.