“O unbelieving generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy to Me.”He answered him, “Unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me.”He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.And he answereth them and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? bring him unto me.
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… So I brought him to your disciples, but they could not cure him. Verse 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. And Jesus rebuked the demon. There you go. And it came out of him. And the child was cured from that very hour. So church family, listen, this is going to be very unpopular, but it's got to be said. Everything that's going on in the world cannot be written off as mental illness. Let's just stop that right now. Now, I know the world has got to talk that way because they don't know what else to say. Everything's mental illness. This and that, that's mental illness. The guy, again, we talked about him earlier in the week, but the guy that tried to crash that plane into Tel Aviv, thank God, the Lord, I think, intervened in that. But that crazy pilot that tried to, by the way, it turns out that that crazy pilot that was dedicated, Yala Allah Akbar, he's going to crash the plane, that fly Dubai airliner into Tel Aviv, he grabbed the cockpit axe. …
… And they couldn't bring deliverance. And Jesus responds, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me. Then they brought him to him, and when he saw him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, fell on the ground, and wallowed, foaming at the mouth. when the devil makes a scene, it's... when the devil is drawing attention to himself in something like this, it's not his best card. It's his last card. He's been forced into the open. But what happens for many of us is we see displays like that and become fearful. And that's what he holds. It's his last card. If I can make them fearful, then I get to remain. fear empowers so many torments in a person's life fear empowers the enemy to kill steal destroy it's an agreement fear is an agreement with the enemy so here the demons manifest and i'm sure that must have happened for the disciples it doesn't say i'm assuming it did but they couldn't get breakthrough Thank you. …
… teeth and becomes rigid. So I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they were not able. And Jesus answered them, oh, faithless generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me. And they brought the boy to him. And when the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy. And he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. And Jesus asked his father, How long has this been happening to him? And his father said, From childhood. And it's often cast him into fire and into water to destroy him. But if you can do anything, Have compassion on us and help us. And Jesus said to him, if you can, all things are possible for one who believes. Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, I believe, help my unbelief. And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, you mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again. …
… falls into the fire and often into the water. So I brought him to your disciples, but they could not cure him. 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. And Jesus rebuked the demon, and he came out of him and the child was cured from that very hour. Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, why could we not cast it out? 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 the mountain, move from here to there and it will move and nothing will be impossible for you. however this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting this point is the unbelief when you come to God you got to believe that he is that's what Hebrews 11 6 says he that comes to God must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him without faith without having faith it's impossible to get God's attention God is God moves and responds to faith. You got to believe. And the problem is you're continuing to put yourself in environments where your faith is not being boosted up. You got to get in a place where you can build your faith, strengthen your faith. You got to get in a posture to believe God. …