You tell me.

Matthew 17

14 At the foot of the mountain (after the transfiguration), a large crowd was waiting for them (Jesus, Peter, James, & John). 

A man came and knelt before Jesus and said,

15 "Lord, have mercy on my son. 

He has seizures and suffers terribly. 

He often falls into the fire or into the water.

16 So I brought him to your disciples, but they couldn't heal him."



  17 Jesus said, 

"You faithless and corrupt people! How long must I be with you? 

How long must I put up with you? 

Bring the boy here to me."

18 Then Jesus rebuked the demon in the boy, and it left him. 

From that moment the boy was well.



  19 Afterward the disciples asked Jesus privately, "Why couldn't we cast out that demon?"



  20 "You don't have enough faith," Jesus told them. 

"I tell you the truth, 

if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it would move. Nothing would be impossible."



This event is right after the Transfiguration, when Jesus took Peter, James, & John up on a mountain, & Moses & Elijah appeared to Jesus.

There at the end of this passage Jesus says this...


"...if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it would move. Nothing would be impossible."


What did Jesus mean by this?

In our work a day world, what are the practical implications of this?

I'm not talking about the super duper mystical fantasimical not based in reality stuff we hear from prosperity gospel televangelists or blithely naive wishful thinkers.

I'm talking about hard core realistic down to earth harsh light of day reality.

What is the living out of this statement by Jesus look like in the 2nd half of the 2nd decade of the 21st century?


You tell me.