Matthew 21:22
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This episode discusses the significance of faith in prayer as illustrated in Matthew 21:22.
Wednesday, 15 July 2026 And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.” Matthew 21:22 “And all, as much – if you should ask in the prayer, believing, you will receive.” (CG) In the previous verse, it was noted to the disciples by Jesus that if they had faith without doubt, they could do what was done to the fig tree and have a mountain removed and cast into the sea. Jesus next says, “And all, as much – if you should ask in the prayer.” The definite article before prayer limits this statement to something particular. If it said, “And all, as much – if you should ask in prayer...” it would be an open promise for any and every prayer. But that is not the case. As such, the surrounding context needs to be considered. Jesus just gave two examples of what “the prayer” consisted of – “Answering, also, the ‘Jesus’, He said to them, ‘Amen, I say to you, if you should have faith, and not you should waver, not only the ‘the fig tree’ you will do, but and-if the ‘mountain, this’, you should say, ‘You be borne, and you be cast into the sea, it will become.’” As discussed in that commentary, the two thoughts, meaning the fig and the mountain, equate to overcoming the law…
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