Email from Abiding Place Daily Bread – June 26, 2025 (The Fifth Day – Genesis 1:20-23) Mark 11:22 – And Jesus answered them, “Have God’s faith.” The Importance of Having God’s Faith It is quite fascinating how few Biblical scholars are willing to step forward and admit how this Greek phrase should be translated, “have God’s faith,” or “have the faith of God,” or “…literally, have the faith of God” (The Pulpit Commentary). The noun is in the genitive case, and the verb ‘to have’ is in the imperative. There cannot be a more important topic than faith. I have heard how some people believe miracles ended with the book of Acts. Well, if miracles ended with the book of Acts, then there are no more salvations, for the salvation of a single person is the most wonderful miracle known to man! Now, all miracles depend on the divine work of faith. Jesus is not interested in us having the kind of faith you read about in a dictionary. He is not interested in us having the kind of faith referring to various religious and philosophical beliefs. Jesus desires we have the faith of God. God’s faith speaks to the absolutely impossible and watches it take place. God’s faith moves beyond every doubt and notion of fear. God’s faith will not be afraid of what others might think (Romans 4:16-18; Galatians 5:6; 1 John 4:16-18). Jesus informed the disciples how what He had done, they would also do (Matthew 21:21; John 14:12). He had commanded the fig tree to dry up, and it did. What Jesus said to them, He said to the Church for all time. Did He give the disciples something not belonging to everyone else who would believe? Absolutely not! What Jesus supplied to those first few men which He trained, He poured out upon the whole Church by the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:8, 2:17-18, 39; Ephesians 1:22-23, 4:11-13; and 1 Corinthians 12:7, 27-28; Jude 20). Blessings, Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
Daily Bread 6/26/2025
