“ And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. ”
Increase our faith - This duty of forgiving offences seemed so difficult to the disciples that they strongly felt the need of an increase of faith. They felt that they were prone themselves to ha...
(3) And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. (3) God will never be utterly lacking to the godly (although he may not be as thorough with them as they wish) even in those difficulties...
Luke 17. The chapter illustrates the difficulty experienced by Lk. in using the material at his disposal. He here brings together without any clear connexion of thought a selection of sayings of Ch...
the Lord . App-98. Increase our faith . Give us more faith.
DISCOURSE: 1551 THE IMPORTANCE OF FAITH Luke 17:5-6 . And the Apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard-seed, ye might say unto th...
And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. Increase our faith - This work of pardoning every offense of every man, and that continually, seemed so difficult, even to the disciples thems...
The apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.— Our Lord's discourse in the preceding verses, being very opposite to the common notions concerning the Messiah and his followers, seems to have...
And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. And the apostles said unto the Lord (see the note at Luke 11:1 ), Increase our faith. What prompted so special a petition? No doubt...
Occasions of Offence. The Ten Lepers. The Second Advent 1, 2. On causing others to sin. See on Matthew 18:6 ; Matthew 18:7 . 2, One of these little ones ] An affectionate designation of the di...
The apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. — The form in which the fragment that thus commences is brought before us suggests, as has been stated before (see Notes on Luke 7:13 ; Luke 1...
“Take Heed to Yourselves” Luke 17:1-10 The world is full of stumbling-blocks. Men are perpetually placing them in each other's way; and especially before little children, the simple and the wea...
The thinking of the Master for His disciples is always that they should live in love. He knew, however, that offenses must come. In that connection He uttered the solemn word of warning, "Woe unto hi...
(3) Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. (4) And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn a...
THE GROWTH OF FAITH ‘Lord, Increase our faith.’ Luke 17:5 Whatever admits of increase must have degrees. Faith is a ladder with many and long ascents. And yet the very highest, compared to w...
And the apostles said unto the Lord ,.... Either on account of what was now said by Christ concerning offences, and forgiving injuries; being conscious to themselves of their own weakness to withsta...
And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. Ver. 5. Lord, increase our faith ] A most necessary request in this case. For the more any man believeth that God for Christ's sake hath p...
And the apostles said, Lord, increase our faith That we may thus forgive, and neither offend nor be offended. And he said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard-seed You would be able to overcome...
GRACE IN VIEW OF OFFENSES (vs.1-4) We have seen the grace of God clearly and beautifully declared, yet the world rejecting it. The Lord Jesus then spoke to His disciples. What should be their att...
The Treatment of Offences. 1 Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, thr...
Though we be not to seek a connection of all those speeches of our Lord which are recorded by the evangelists, they sometimes heaping together many of his golden sayings, without so much as regard to...
The Disciples' Responsibility Towards God's People And The Warning Not To Get Above Themselves Because Of What They Will Accomplish (17:1-10). Some have spoken here of ‘separate sayings' but there...
CRITICAL NOTES Luke 17:1 . Then said he .—Rather, “And he said” (R.V.). The previous discourse had been addressed to the Pharisees; we have now detached sayings addressed, probably on various oc...
Luke 17:5 There is a twofold difficulty in this passage: (1) The manner in which Christ receives the prayer of the Apostles seems to be not such as we should have expected; and, (2) the connection...
Luke 17:1 . Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: We are so strangely made that even good men do not always agree, and there are so many bad men about tha...
Luke 17:1 . It is impossible but that offences will come. Such as the disciples had just seen, the contempt and derision evinced by the pharisees; but woe to the man, and woe to the nation which s...
Increase our faith Increased faith prayed for 1. Observe, that faith is susceptible of being increased. 2. There are important reasons why an increase of faith should be desired, (1) An...
EXPOSITION Luke 17:1-42 The Master ' s teaching on the subject of the injury worked on the souls of others by our sins. The disciples pray for an increase of faith that they may be kept...
Concerning forgiveness:
1 Peter 1:22 ; 1 Peter 1:23 ; 2 Corinthians 12:8-10 ; 2 Thessalonians 1:3 ; Hebrews 12:2 ; Mark 9:24 ; Philippians 4:13
Lord, increase our faith — That we may thus forgive, and may neither offend nor be offended. Matthew 17:20 .