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Luke 17:5-6
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5The apostles said to the
Lord, “Increase our faith!”
6He 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.
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1)
According to
verse 5 what did the apostles ask Jesus to do for them?
o
They asked Jesus
to increase their faith.
2)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 6 what could the apostles do if they had faith as small as
a mustard seed?
o
They could tell a
mulberry tree to be
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Uprooted.
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And planted in
the sea.
o
And it would obey
them.
3)
How could the apostles
have their faith increased when Jesus did not respond to their request but
simply pointed out what they could accomplish if they had the requisite faith?
o
They needed to
summon up faith from within.
o
Other people
could not increase their faith for them.
4)
How meaningful
was it for the apostles to tell a mulberry tree to be uprooted and planted in
the sea?
o
It was in itself
meaningless.
5)
Why did Jesus
personify the mulberry tree such that it would obey the apostles if they had
faith as small as a mustard seed?
o
It was to
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Dramatize what faith
as small as a mustard seed could accomplish.
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And incentivize the apostles to summon up however much faith they
could from within.
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Luke 17:5-6
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