After recapping how Satan attacks faith and how to create an atmosphere for divine revelation, this message turns to the measure of faith given to every believer, showing that the goal is not to seek a bigger faith but a pure, undoubting faith that will not mix with doubt regardless of its size.
Scripture Reference
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith
Key Points: The Measure of Faith
- Faith operates in stages: human faith (available to anyone), divine revelation (God speaking directly to a believer’s heart), and vision – and Satan works hardest at the gap between hearing the word and actually believing it.
- Believers can create an atmosphere for divine revelation through meditating and conversing about the word, unity, worship and praise, expectation of the promise, soul travail, prayer, and godly music.
- Every believer has been given a measure of faith by God (Romans 12:3), likened to a mustard seed that cannot be crossed or diluted – the goal is not a bigger faith but a pure, undoubting one, since even small faith kept free from doubt will bring the promise to pass.
- The same faith that saves a person is the same faith that heals and sustains them – as that faith is released and kept free from mixture with doubt, the power already given to every son and daughter of God is put into operation.