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•22耶稣回答说:“你们当信服 神。23我实在告诉你们:无论何人对这座山说:‘你挪开此地,投在海里!’他若心里不疑惑,只信他所说的必成,就必给他成了。24所以我告诉你们:凡你们祷告祈求的,无论是什么,只要信是得着的,就必得着。25你们站着祷告的时候,若想起有人得罪你们,就当饶恕他,好叫你们在天上的父,也饶恕你们的过犯。”
你有能移山的信心吗?在你读到这个问题的那一刻,如果你停下来认真思考答案,怀疑就会进入你的脑海。你可能会想,“我没有那种信心。”如果你这样想,那么下一个问题就会突然出现在你的脑海里,“我真的相信这一切吗?我的信心能救我吗?”我认为耶稣在这里说的话,并不是要在我们心中制造怀疑。我认为他是要消除我们的怀疑。
耶稣向我们应许:“凡信的,就必给他成就。”怀着信心的祷告,结果就是祷告必成就。当然,信徒是按照神的旨意祈求,并让神决定以最好的方式回应我们的祷告。我们永远不应该把上帝固定在我们的旨意,我们错误的判断中。我们绝不应该为了试探神,而求神移山。那是一个充满怀疑而不是出于信心的祷告
当我们怀着信心祷告时,我们所做的不仅仅是移山这种事情(还有更重要的)。如果我因耶稣的缘故求神赦免我的罪,那么神就一定会赦免我的罪。只有上帝知道,我有堆积如山的罪孽需要被移除!如果我请求上帝给我一颗饶恕的心,不怨恨我的邻舍,上帝也一定会成就这个祷告。这是另一座被移走的山!
如果有人问你是否有能移山的信心,你就说:“有。因为能移山的,不是我自己的信心,乃是我所信靠的那位神。我也知道他已经把我的罪的大山移开,扔在海里了。”
祷告:主耶稣,我把我的信心放在你身上,我相信你为我的救恩,为我生命中的一切所做的事。求你天天加增我的信心,使我奉你的名,照你的旨意放胆祷告。阿们。
Mark 11:22- 25: “Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. 23 “Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. 24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. 25 And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.” (NIV)
Do you have a faith that can move mountains? The moment that you read that question, if you stopped to actually think about the answer, doubt entered your mind. You probably thought, “I don’t have that kind of faith.” And if you thought that, then the next question that popped into your mind was, “Do I really believe it all? Or, will my faith save me?” I don’t think for a moment that Jesus was trying to create doubt in our hearts by what he said. I believe that he was trying to REMOVE our doubts.
First of all, the Greek conditional sentences can be very specific. If we say, “If it is raining, it will be wet outside,” the focus is on the result. In the same way Jesus assures us, “If anyone believes, it will be done for him.” The result of praying with faith is that it will be done. Of course, believers ask according to God’s will and give God the discretion to answer our prayers in the best way possible. We would never lock God into our poor judgment. And we would never, just for the sake of testing God, ask God to move a mountain. That would be a prayer of doubt and not of faith, wouldn’t it?
When we pray with faith, we do more than move mountains. If I ask God to forgive my sins for Jesus sake, God will forgive my sins. And God only knows, I have a mountain of sins to be removed! And if I ask God to give me a forgiving heart that does not hold a grudge against my neighbor, God will do that too. That’s another mountain that was removed!
If someone asks you if you have a faith that can move mountains, say, “Yes. Because it is not my faith that moves mountains, but the God in whom I have put my faith. And I know that he has already moved the mountain of my sins and cast them into the sea!”
Prayer: Lord Jesus, I put my faith and trust in you for my salvation, and for all else that pertains to my life. Increase my faith daily so that I may pray boldly in your name and according to your will. Amen.
