In Matthew chapter 13, Jesus went to preach in Nazareth:
54 When He had come to His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, “Where did this Man get this wisdom and these mighty works?
55 Is this not the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary? And His brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas?
56 And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this Man get all these things?”
57 So they were offended at Him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house.”
58 Now He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
In today’s environment where people are relying on technology to a greater degree, unbelief in the miracle working power of FATHER is a primary issue in receiving salvation and healing. People are placing their trust in man’s systems of healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and technological advances yet man is still dealing with sickness, disease, famine, wars, etc. Man’s systems are not the answer to the problems at hand. A machine, chemical, crystal, amulet, or any other device will not deal with the source of disease. They will only address the physical symptoms. Jesus went about preaching The Word and healing all except in His own country where the people looked to the past rather than the present. Their unwillingness to hear and embrace The Gospel kept them from receiving their healing.
In Matthew chapter 17, it is written by THE SPIRIT:
14 And when they had come to the multitude, a man came to Him, kneeling down to Him and saying,
15 “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and suffers severely; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water.
16 So I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not cure him.”
17 Then Jesus answered and said, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me.”
18 And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him; and the child was cured from that very hour.
19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?”
20 So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
21 However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”
Those of us who expect to become mature Sons and Daughters must make a commitment to remove any and all unbelief within us. This is done by making The Word our first and foremost priority. We must be willing to spend the necessary time before FATHER and specifically planting The Word in our hearts. Faith comes only by hearing The Word and we must build up our faith and remove any and all unbelief. The disciples were able to heal all who came before them as recorded in the Book of Acts thus their faith had grown to a higher state. Let us not accept anything less than great faith to be found among us. We too should expect to minister in the same manner as the early church if we will only trust in FATHER’S Word rather than the systems of the world. Let us remove any unbelief and replace it with great faith so that when we have the opportunity to minister salvation and healing, signs will follow us.