Luke 17 v 11-19
Mathew 8 v 1-4
Hebrews 11 v 17-19
God does things according to how it pleases Him and His Will. The most important gift that God has given us is the gift of Salvation, for Ephesians 2 v 8-9 tells us that: For it is by grace [God’s remarkable compassion and favor drawing you to Christ] that you have been saved [actually delivered from judgment and given eternal life] through faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [not through your own effort], but it is the [undeserved, gracious] gift of God; 9 not as a result of [your] works [nor your attempts to keep the Law], so that no one will [be able to] boast or take credit in any way [for his salvation].
So, Salvation is by the Grace of God through faith as apportioned (measured) to each of us. Accordingly, Romans 12 v 3 states that: For by the grace [of God] given to me I say to every one of you not to think more highly of himself [and of his importance and ability] than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has apportioned to each a degree of faith [and a purpose designed for service].
When Jesus Christ wants to perform a miracle, bring about healing, He generally speaks a Word, in that Word is the healing Power of God. Psalm 62 v 11-12: One thing God has spoken,
two things I have heard:
“Power belongs to you, God,
12 and with you, Lord, is unfailing love”;
and, “You reward everyone
according to what they have done.”
Note that when Jesus Christ speaks a healing Word, healing takes place instantly; However, when Jesus Christ attaches healing/miracle to a measurement of our faith, healing/miracle takes place at the verification or the measurement point of our faith, therefore not at the moment when Jesus Christ speaks.
In Mathew 8 v 1-4, Jesus healed a leper by speaking a healing Word into the life of the leper, the Word has in it, Healing Power and contained a literal element of action/dynamism; “Be cleansed”, and the leper was healed instantly. In the case(s) of healing/miracles attached to the measure of our faith, the healing/miracle takes place at the verification or the measurement point of our faith, take for instance the miracle of the healing of the ten lepers in Luke 17 v 11-19, Jesus Christ said “Go and show yourselves to the priests”, the healing did not take place immediately, but (see Luke 17 v 14 … And as they went, they were [miraculously] healed and made clean.) at the measurement point of faith, or demonstration of obedience to God, by following His instructions, no matter how strange they are; Hebrews 11 v 17-19, when God told Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, and Abraham took Isaac on some days journey to the sacrificial place, tied him up and prepare to slaughter him.
There is no contradiction when Romans 10 v 16-17: says; But they did not all pay attention to the good news [of salvation]; for Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?” 17 So faith comes from hearing [what is told], and what is heard comes by the [preaching of the] message concerning Christ, with, the concept of faith being apportioned to us by God. Consequently, it follows that for a person to believe, such one has to have intrinsically (within them) a predisposition or fertile ground for the seed to germinate, the seed being the word of salvation. This fertile ground/predisposition is faith, apportioned to us by God. Prophet Isaiah told us in Isaiah 26 v 12: Lord, You will ordain peace (God’s favor and blessings, both temporal and spiritual) for us, for You have also wrought in us and for us all our works.
Prayer
Yehovah, when You test/evaluate our faith, Help us not to be found wanting. We believe in You Yahweh, Help our unbelief. Amen.
