Jesus Heals a Demon-Possessed Boy
37 The next day, when they came down from the mountain, a large crowd met him. 38 A man in the crowd called out, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child. 39 A spirit seizes him and he suddenly screams; it throws him into convulsions so that he foams at the mouth. It scarcely ever leaves him and is destroying him. 40 I begged your disciples to drive it out, but they could not.” 41 “You unbelieving and perverse generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.”42 Even while the boy was coming, the demon threw him to the ground in a convulsion. But Jesus rebuked the impure spirit, healed the boy and gave him back to his father. 43 And they were all amazed at the greatness of God.
I believe Jesus was talking to His disciples when He said, "You unbelieving and perverse generation." He said this because they lacked the faith to drive the demon out of the boy's body.
ReplyDeleteThe lesson here is that, we can do the works of God, but not with God because he lack in faith in Him. Serving in the church only has a merit if we do this because we believe in God and love Him. Work without faith is dry, faith without work is empty.