Big Healing Book - Luke 17:5-6

Luke 17:5-6:

And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea, and it should obey you.

Notes on Luke 17:5-6:

The apostles asked Jesus for more faith and He refused the request. He is the same today, so He will refuse any request of yours for more faith. Faith does not come by praying for faith; it comes by hearing God’s Word. The important thing is to use the faith you have, not wait for more faith. Even a little faith, when USED, is extremely powerful, as Jesus taught here.

You can learn an important lesson here: Faith speaks! The apostles wanted more faith, but Jesus said that if you had a little faith, you could SPEAK to a tree and it would obey you. He was showing them how to use faith. There is little practical use for telling a tree to fly into the ocean, but this example shows that nothing is impossible to the person who has faith and then speaks to physical circumstances. Note that it only works when you speak. You can’t just “believe it in your heart.” With the mouth confession is made unto salvation (Romans 10:10).

The idea that you can speak to situations and they have to obey you makes some people very upset, yet Jesus Himself said that you can speak to a mountain and speak to a tree! Jesus did so Himself in the case of the fig tree, proving this principle. This wasn’t just something for Jesus to do – He said that YOU can speak to THINGS in faith and have them obey you! The obvious applications for healing are that you can (a) speak to the sickness and command it to leave your body and (b) speak to your body and command it to function normally.