Faith in What? Who?

 

And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace.” While he was still speaking, someone from the ruler's house came and said, “Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the Teacher any more.” But Jesus on hearing this answered him, “Do not fear; only believe, and she will be well.”    Luke 8:48-50 (ESV) Jesus told this woman that her faith is what made her well. So is it faith that makes us well, or is faith something that has to have an object, and the object of the faith is what makes us well? Would having faith in eating banana leaves make her well? Would having faith in medicine or money have healed her? Faith, in and of itself, is not useful without it having the right “object.” If God is the one in whom we have faith, is a possibility that the mountains can move? If our faith is in our words, our money, our rituals, or our beliefs we, in essence, have no faith. When Jesus speaks of “faith” healing, He is speaking of one who has their faith in the right “object.”  If I lack faith, I lack an understanding of who God is, for if I knew who He was, I would have faith.

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