Luke 17:1-10 Increase our Faith(fulness)

 Luke 17:1-10 Increase our Faith(fulness)

Four aspects of discipleship, four F .

I. Falling away.
Luke 17:1 Jesus said to his disciples: “Things that cause people to sin are bound to come, but woe to that person through whom they come. 2 It would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around his neck than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.

II. Forgiveness
Luke 17:3 So watch yourselves. “If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. 4 If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, ‘I repent,’ forgive him.” 
Jesus taught in Matthew 6. God will forgive us as we forgive others.

III. Faith
Luke 17:5 The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” 6 He replied, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you. Quality but not Quantity.

I.  NO FAITH!
Mark 4:40 (KJV) And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? How is it that ye have no faith?
A. A sinner has no faith. We receive faith we are saved.Romans 12:3 (KJV) For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
1. We are saved by faith. We hear, believe and then receive.

II. LITTLE FAITH.
Matthew 6:30 (KJV) Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
A. It is not the size but the 'use.'

III. WEAK FAITH.
Romans 4:19 (KJV) And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb:
A. Abraham did not have weak faith.

IV. STRONG FAITH.
Romans 4:20 (KJV) He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
A. Abraham had strong faith.

V. GREAT FAITH.
Matthew 8:10 (KJV) When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
A. To have great faith you much take God at His Word like a child believe his father.
1. Not by sight!
2. Not by feeling!
3. By His Word.

VI. RICH IN FAITH.
James 2:5 (KJV) Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?

VII. FULL FAITH.
Acts 6:8 (KJV) And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
A. This is what I want.
1. We can have it only if we are living in His Word.
2. We walk by faith when we live in His Word.


IV. Faithfulness
Luke 17:7 “Suppose one of you had a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Would he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, ‘Come along now and sit down to eat’? 8 Would he not rather say, ‘Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink; after that you may eat and drink’? 9 Would he thank the servant because he did what he was told to do? 10 So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”
Obedience.Faithfulness.

My prayer for you is that you would have your faith increased and you would be full of faith.