The Power of the Prayer of Faith (Part 1)

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The Power of the Prayer of Faith (Part 1):

  • "Is anyone among you suffering? Then he must pray. Is anyone cheerful? He is to sing praises. Is anyone among you sick? Then he must call for the elders of the church and they are to pray over him, in the name of the Lord; and the *prayer offered in faith* will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins, they will be forgiven him. Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much." (James 5:13-16).

If there is "prayer offered in faith", the most obvious of thinking is that there is "prayer offered in incredulity".

It comes the question: "what faith is this that can heal and save someone through prayer?

  • "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live *by the faith of the Son of God*, who loved me, and gave himself for me." (Galatians 2:20).

Note that it is not written "by the faith IN the Son of God", but "by the faith OF the Son of God". Perhaps you are questioning: "what is the difference?"

See this excerpt:

  • "Jesus said to her, “Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I ascend to *My Father and your Father, and My God and your God * .’" (John 20:17).

Why did Jesus make the distinction "My Father and your Father, and My God and your God". He could have just said: "the Father".

The truth is that Jesus' Father and God is different from our God and Father. This happens:

  • "For we know in part and we prophesy in part;" (1 Corinthians 13:9).

The Church was arisen by Jesus exactly so that everyone could worship and praise the same God, and thus, to be saved:

  • "And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ." (Ephesians 4:11-13).

After all, the Jesus that save us is not my Jesus, your Jesus or the Jesus of the pastors, but the Jesus of the Holy Scripture:

  • "He who believes in Me, *as the Scripture* said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’” (John 7:38).

In the end, the God the save us is the God of Jesus Christ. Only He see the Creator exactly like He is. Hence the importance of we leave the Holy Spirit lead us in all moments, including in worshipping, praise, prayers, and so on:

  • "In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words;" (Romans 8:26).

Now that we know that it is the prayer of Jesus' faith that has power to save and cure, it comes the question: "what this mean?".

Have a good weekend mulling over this.
 
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