References to Faith and Healing as Gifts

22. Jesus said to them, “Have faith in God.
23. I tell you the truth, if someone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.
24. For this reason I tell you, whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

18. Then Jesus rebuked the demon and it came out of him, and the boy was healed from that moment.
19. Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why couldn’t we cast it out?”
20. He told them, “It was because of your little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; nothing will be impossible for you.”

5. The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”
6. So the Lord replied, “If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this black mulberry tree, ‘Be pulled out by the roots and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.

4. Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit.
5. And there are different ministries, but the same Lord.
6. And there are different results, but the same God who produces all of them in everyone.
7. To each person the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the benefit of all.
8. For one person is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, and another the message of knowledge according to the same Spirit,
9. to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,
10. to another performance of miracles, to another prophecy, and to another discernment of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues.
11. It is one and the same Spirit, distributing as he decides to each person, who produces all these things.

4. For just as in one body we have many members, and not all the members serve the same function,
5. so we who are many are one body in Christ, and individually we are members who belong to one another.
6. And we have different gifts according to the grace given to us. If the gift is prophecy, that individual must use it in proportion to his faith.
7. If it is service, he must serve; if it is teaching, he must teach;
8. if it is exhortation, he must exhort; if it is contributing, he must do so with sincerity; if it is leadership, he must do so with diligence; if it is showing mercy, he must do so with cheerfulness.

And how are they to believe in one they have not heard of?
And how are they to hear without someone preaching to them…
Consequently faith comes from what is heard,
and what is heard comes through the preached word of Christ.

8. By faith Abraham obeyed
   when he was called to go out to a place he would later receive as an inheritance,
   and he went out without understanding where he was going.

21. He said to her, “What do you want?” She replied, “Permit these two sons of mine to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom.”
22. Jesus answered, “You don’t know what you are asking! Are you able to drink the cup I am about to drink?” They said to him, “We are able.”
23. He told them, “You will drink my cup, but to sit at my right and at my left is not mine to give. Rather, it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”

13. Then someone from the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
14. But Jesus said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator between you two?”

Updated on 2010-02-21 (r.146) by Andrew Fountain