"Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, 'Why could we not cast it out?' So Jesus said to them, 'Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting."
(Matthew 17:14-21)
I think we could consider HERE our soul (the mind, will and emotions; where we make our decisions), and THERE the cross (where/how we learn to follow Him).
"For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing (yet faithless and perverse in their ability), but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written: 'I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.' Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has God not made foolish the wisdom of this world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe."
I think we could consider HERE our soul (the mind, will and emotions; where we make our decisions), and THERE the cross (where/how we learn to follow Him).
"For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing (yet faithless and perverse in their ability), but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written: 'I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.' Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has God not made foolish the wisdom of this world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe."
(1 Corinthians 1:18-21)
So then, your faithlessness considers other things as it responds, rendering perverse actions contrary to Christ. We have to learn to follow Him, not the wisdom of the world.
So then, your faithlessness considers other things as it responds, rendering perverse actions contrary to Christ. We have to learn to follow Him, not the wisdom of the world.
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