{"id":125,"date":"2022-02-09T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/?p=125&2022"},"modified":"2022-02-07T17:02:14","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T00:02:14","slug":"increasing-faith-luke-17-1-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/increasing-faith-luke-17-1-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Increasing Faith: Luke 17:1-10"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"spoiler spoiler-style-2\"><div class=\"spoiler-title\">Focus Passage: Luke 17:1-10 (NIV)<\/div><div class=\"spoiler-content\">\r\n<p><sup>1\u00a0<\/sup>Jesus said to his disciples: \u201cThings that cause people to stumble are bound to come, but woe to anyone through whom they come. <sup>2\u00a0<\/sup>It would be better for them to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around their neck than to cause one of these little ones to stumble. <sup>3\u00a0<\/sup>So watch yourselves.<\/p><p>\u201cIf your brother or sister sins against you, rebuke them; and if they repent, forgive them. <sup>4\u00a0<\/sup>Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying \u2018I repent,\u2019 you must forgive them.\u201d<\/p> <p><sup>5\u00a0<\/sup>The apostles said to the Lord, \u201cIncrease our faith!\u201d<\/p> <p><sup>6\u00a0<\/sup>He replied, \u201cIf you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, \u2018Be uprooted and planted in the sea,\u2019 and it will obey you.<\/p> <p><sup>7\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cSuppose one of you has a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Will he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, \u2018Come along now and sit down to eat\u2019? <sup>8\u00a0<\/sup>Won\u2019t he rather say, \u2018Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink; after that you may eat and drink\u2019? <sup>9\u00a0<\/sup>Will he thank the servant because he did what he was told to do? <sup>10\u00a0<\/sup>So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, \u2018We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"passage-read-more\">Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Luke 17:1-10&amp;version=niv\" title=\"Read the passage on BibleGateway.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"hyperlink-underlined\">Luke 17:1-10<\/a> in context and\/or in other translations on BibleGateway.com!<\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n<p>Coming right after Jesus talks about challenges and forgiveness, the disciples make their request. Jesus\u2019 \u201canswer\u201d doesn\u2019t really appear to be about faith at all. He initially gives a statement that a seemingly insignificant amount of faith can cause a massive impact, but then moves the focus onto obedience. Jesus doesn\u2019t say, \u201cHere are three steps to increase your faith,\u201d because faith cannot be broken up into steps and milestones.<\/p>\r\n<p>Instead growing faith moves through stages based on our obedience. The more obedient we are, the stronger our faith can become, and the more opportunity and responsibility will come our way, leading us further up the stages of faith.<\/p>\r\n<p>\u201cMustard-seed-sized-faith\u201d might begin with a declaration\u2014a milestone moment at the beginning\u2014but according to Jesus\u2019 response, for our faith to grow we must be obedient to what Jesus has called us to. Obeying is much more difficult than simply thinking or talking about obeying. <strong>Obeying with our actions grows our faith!<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<div id=\"aj-wrap-up--125\" class=\"aj-wrap-up\"><p><em>This thought was inspired by studying the <strong>Walking With Jesus<\/strong> \u201cReflective Bible Study\u201d package. To discover insights like this in your own study time, <a class=\"underline\" href=\"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/\" title=\"Check out Reflective Bible Study!\">click here<\/a> and give Reflective Bible Study a try today!<\/em><\/p><p><em><a class=\"underline\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onClick=\"rbs_aj_inline_subscribe(this, '125');\">Subscribe<\/a> to this blog and never miss an insight.<\/em><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Coming right after Jesus talks about challenges and forgiveness, the disciples make their request. Jesus\u2019 \u201canswer\u201d doesn\u2019t really appear to be about faith at all. 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