Let us consider, then, the practical aspect of this matter. He just reminds them that they have already been given all the faith they could ever need or call upon. Here is a great rude-footed, coarse-handed man, gruff and impetuous, and careless of everybody, who sits and hears a discourse on the duty of being gentle; and as the various figures and illustrations are presented, he says, "Oh, how beautiful it is to be gentle!" H. Spurgeon.I. M. Baker.I. 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. 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. The For The progressive nature of religion.3. II. Faith has quenched the violence of the flames, shut the mouths of lions, and out of weak. For )The increase of faithN. He saves himself, but all his property goes to the bottom. From the glory for which it prepares. But he who knows his own heart best, that man knows most how fitting the supplication is, everywhere, "Lord, increase my faith." 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. You know there is a difference between a moral agent and a necessary agent. This is the prayer of the text, that God would increase our faith; and if faith cometh by teaching — cometh from the promise of God — cometh from the spiritual influence, let us receive the teaching simply — let us receive the promise as it is exhibited in the Word — let us lay our hearts open to the influence of the Spirit of God; and that faith which appears a timid, feeble, cowardly thing, in our experience, will grow and increase till it comes to be mighty and powerful.2. The they fall off from that and say, "I cannot; it is impossible." Now, I say, the difficulty of maintaining a firm, unshaken trust in God, in the midst of this wreck, though necessary, is very difficult. And if she be, as I have supposed her to be, a child of strong, original moral nature, she will, in the course of a year, be almost free from the taint of corruption; almost free from deceits; almost free from vices. The inferior animals, who are destitute of reason, of judgment, of will, of choice, why, of course, they are just what they are by the instincts and impulses of nature, over which they have no control at all. I gentle? 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. It has overcome more enemies than the whole host of conquerors. Jacob, dwelling in the land of promise, in the midst of smiling fields, luxuriant corn, bleating flocks, flowing streams, and a smiling sky; and Jacob, dwelling in the midst of famine, in the death of his flocks, in the loss of Joseph his son, would be a man in very different circumstances. That the Lord Jesus can increase faith. Increase my faith and help me to believe a little more. 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. H. Spurgeon.I. Prayer directly leads to the mortifying of unbelief in its very root and element, by opening a direct intercourse with heaven.2. I never can do it in the world." THE NATURE OF FAITH. Faith needs to be increased in its power as well as in its extent. No man can change his faculties, any more than he can change his bodily organization; and yet, his disposition may be changed! W. Taylor, D. D.I. The power and goodness of its Author.2. Take care of your faith, my friends, for it is very often so weak that it demands all your attention.II. )Only God can increase faithC. This is the prayer of the text, that God would increase our faith; and if faith cometh by teaching — cometh from the promise of God — cometh from the spiritual influence, let us receive the teaching simply — let us receive the promise as it is exhibited in the Word — let us lay our hearts open to the influence of the Spirit of God; and that faith which appears a timid, feeble, cowardly thing, in our experience, will grow and increase till it comes to be mighty and powerful. Do Oh! A man readily puts up with the inconvenience of the present, when he has great joys in store for the future. I should not be a dependent creature at all, if I could believe naturally. Faith has quenched the violence of the flames, shut the mouths of lions, and out of weak. W. Taylor, D. D.)The necessity of increased faithC. 3. Others come into a religious life by the power of sympathy. That we may be established in the simplicity and fulness of the gospel. Others come into a religious life by the power of sympathy. The admonitions of the Bible.4. hess it has made us strong. The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!" First, the soul is brought into the conscious presence, and under the recognized power, of the Divine nature. Faith has quenched the violence of the flames, shut the mouths of lions, and out of weak. The This is with more or less distinctness in different individuals. they fall off instantly, and say, "It is not possible for me. M. Baker.I. But as she lives from day to day, she does not get over all her bad tendencies. I gentle? 2. CONSIDER THE DESIRABLENESS OF INCREASING OUR FAITH. The Lord. 2. Faith, when it is strong, has a high expectancy about it, which helps it to bear with the assaults of men of the world. Preparation for the glory that shall hereafter be revealed must be begun in this world. We do not wish to act as some do with a river, when they break the banks, to let it spread over the pasture, and so make it shallower; but we wish, while it increases in surface, that it may increase likewise in its depth.III. Faith may, in one respect, be considered as a principle of grace in religion. Our faith may be increased by examining the evidence of Divine truth. 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. An influential belief in the testimony of God. 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. In a hundred such ways as these God's providence brings people into the beginnings of a Christian life. But they did not know him yet as such; for as such he had only begun to reveal himself to them. The evil does not die in an instant from her nature. A. Faith is the foot of the soul by which it can march along the road of the commandments. They are drawn toward it by personal influence. Faith, as a principle, must have means of existence. I preach, not simply a free gospel, but a victorious gospel. And it is all embodied in her benefactress. A necessary agent will perform his actions necessarily. May it not be traced to the absence or to the feebleness of our faith? Allow me to remark here, that many of the duties of religion are, properly speaking, duties of faith. THE HEART'S DESIRE OF THE APOSTLES. No; it is by various manifestations and — if you will allow the expression, I use it in an innocent way — various impulses of the Spirit of God on the mind, by which we are led to believe. With faith I can do all things, without faith I shall neither have the inclination nor the power to do anything in the service of God.7. 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. Faith increases our confidence in Jesus, so that we shall not suspect Him of setting us an impracticable task. 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. Prayer. Sermon – “Lord, Increase Our Faith” Sermons. We infer this —1. Oh! they fall off from that and say, "I cannot; it is impossible." Faith to do whatever God wants you to do (17:6): a. 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. In praying for an increase of this principle, the apostles acknowledged that their faith was weak.3. But he never had any preaching before that gave him such a sense of the unsatisfactoriness of this life. This is the prayer of the text, that God would increase our faith; and if faith cometh by teaching — cometh from the promise of God — cometh from the spiritual influence, let us receive the teaching simply — let us receive the promise as it is exhibited in the Word — let us lay our hearts open to the influence of the Spirit of God; and that faith which appears a timid, feeble, cowardly thing, in our experience, will grow and increase till it comes to be mighty and powerful.2. 4. The privilege of justification may not be forfeited by the loss, we think, of many of its attendant and accompanying privileges and joys. From the consolations which faith imparts. And now, all the forces of a man's nature, and all the foregoing habits of his life, beginning here, will soon be so changed as to come into agreement with his higher feelings which will be excited by the inshining of God's soul. We infer this —1. It is not only the prerogative of faith that it adds to our peace and our joys in the prosperous scenes of life. Let any Christian examine his own heart and he will see how sadly he needs this, how narrow is the limit of his knowledge of Christ, how circumscribed his views of His love, His sympathy, His compassion, His excellency; how mean his apprehension of His power and majesty and present glory. I must have some higher power. (2) To the victories we gain over our enemies. The ideal of truth presented to them seems beautiful and sweet. Without Gospel of Luke, 795). W. Taylor, D. D.I. Yet so it is with Christian life. Jacob, dwelling in the land of promise, in the midst of smiling fields, luxuriant corn, bleating flocks, flowing streams, and a smiling sky; and Jacob, dwelling in the midst of famine, in the death of his flocks, in the loss of Joseph his son, would be a man in very different circumstances. There will be a change in our outward conformities to society; to institutions; to new duties. We know, indeed, that everything which is of God has in it essential tendency, nay, an absolute necessity in itself to grow. There may be an indisposition in our hearts to receive the truth. �No task assigned by the Lord, including even causing a mulberry tree to be It is not yesterday's battle that will save me to-day; I must be going onwards.1. This sense of God's presence is that which is the beginning of faith in him. The inferior animals, who are destitute of reason, of judgment, of will, of choice, why, of course, they are just what they are by the instincts and impulses of nature, over which they have no control at all. The suppliant at God's throne is surrounded by Divine realities. IV. 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