The Power of Simple Faith
by Kenneth Copeland
One thing that always thrills me about Jesus’ teachings on faith is how wonderfully simple they are. He never made receiving from God by faith seem mysterious and incomprehensible. He never presented the process as complicated or difficult to do.
On the contrary, Jesus laid out the basic principles of faith so simply that even a child can understand them. He made them so clear that anyone can put faith to work in their life, just by doing what He said.
If you’ve read Mark 11, you probably remember how He did it. He began His teaching by speaking words of faith to a fig tree. The fig tree should have had fruit on it, but it didn’t. So, having gone over to the tree to get something to eat and finding nothing on it, Jesus said to the tree: “No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever” (verse 14). Then He turned His back on it and walked away.
His disciples who watched this demonstration heard His words, but at the time they saw no change in the tree. The next day, however, they passed by the tree again and saw it had changed. Peter said to Jesus: “Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith” (verses 21-23).
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