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A Powerful Faith
Matthew 17:14-21
*I.                    **Intro*
*a.       *It is interesting to see how people get what they want
                                                               i.
Some of us work hard- study hard, work ethic, not distractions, no compromises
                                                             ii.
Some of cheaters, if you can’t get it the honest way, get it the dishonest way
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Some of us are charmers, have great charisma- we can’t get it ourselves, get someone else to get it for us
1.       Something they all have in common- persistence, they don’t give up- that’s why they have what they have
                                                           iv.
Quotes and examples of persistence:
1.       Benjamin Disraeli- “The secret of success is constancy to purpose.”
2.       Dale Carnegie- “Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”
3.       Example of Thomas Edison- “the Wizard of Menlo Park” who holds 1,093 patents.
He finally succeeded after 6,000 attempts  “Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
b.
Even in terms of relationships
                                                               i.
You ever notice sometimes some of the most attractive women are with the most unattractive men?
                                                             ii.
This is not Pastor Sung’s theory- they just won’t give up
1.
You keep chopping on that tree, it will eventually fall
2.       That is the story of my life-
a.
We would not be happily married if I had accepted her answer of no
b.
I don’t want to paint an inaccurate picture- my chopping was nothing like Joshua sieging walls of Jericho- my attempts lasted a mere 45 minutes until she gave in
c.
What if I had given up, she would have missed out on all this
c.
If this is the nature of achievement, would it not also be consistent in our faith?
i.
Those have because they do not give up
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There is one huge factor we are missing in such assessments, in our faith, we have the giver of faith- who assures us success
 Reading the Passage
Opening Prayer
*II.
**Pleading of the Father, v. 14-15*
a.
The multitude
                                                               i.
They were arguing with the disciples
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When they saw Jesus approaching, “they were amazed and began running up to greet Him” Mark 9:14-15
b.
The man
                                                               i.
He calls out to Jesus
1.
Why he called Him “Lord” we do not know but he did recognize that Jesus possessed divine power to heal
2.       Jesus was able to bring sanity to his son, his “only boy” Luke 9:39
a.        Who had this terrible condition since childhood
b.
This man didn’t realize it but he was about to bring his only begotten son before God’s only begotten Son
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He asks for mercy
1.       Which means to demonstrate sympathy and compassion, restore his son to full health
2.       This boy had a serious illness that caused him to fall into fire and water
a.
This boy as possibly covered by burn scars to make him even more unaccepted by the public
b.
And not knowing when the seizures would come or go, he probably needed constant care
c.
We are told he is possessed by a spirit, he is mute and deaf as well (Mark 9:17)
c.        Every unsaved person is subject to the control of satan, “the prince of the power of the air.”
Eph.
2:2
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The more he rejects God the more he leaves himself open to satanic influence
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We do not the reason why Satan is attacking this boy other than his own reasons
 
*III.
**Powerlessness of the Followers, v. 16*
a.
While Jesus was on the mountain with Peter, James and John
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The other disciples were unable to heal this boy
1.
In light of their previous commissioning by Christ and their past successes, why would they fail now?
2.       They had much success in the past casting out demons
a.
And they were casting out many demons and were anointing with oil many sick people and healing them.
- Mark 6:13
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So what was wrong?
1.
It wasn’t because Christ was absent, He was absent before
2.       They still had Jesus’ authority and power, yet they could not cure the boy
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The explanation is obvious- they did not properly appropriate the power given to them
b.
The father so desperate turned away from the disciples to look to a higher authority- Jesus Himself
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It is so frequent that weak, faithless and indifferent Christians have caused so many unbelievers to look elsewhere for help
 
*IV.
**Perversion of the Faithless,  v.
17-18*
a.
The disciples’ faithlessness not only frustrated this boy’s father but their impotence grieved Jesus as well
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God is grieved at the blindness, the weakness of His people especially those who He had entrusted, invested in, empowered them
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The frustrations of parents
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