It doesn’t end, however, with just doing what you say. Again, in Matthew, Jesus welcomes His children home for being faithful ( Matthew 25:21).Īs we reveal the other characteristics of the fruit of the Spirit, we can better understand the role of being faithful. If they simply believe in Him, they must exercise that faith - the hope or confidence in knowing who Jesus is and that He is true and faithful.Īs Jesus passes His authority to believers to make disciples ( Matthew 28:19) and be His witnesses ( Acts 1:8) and to do even greater works than He did while on earth ( John 14:12), He calls us to be faithful ( 2 Corinthians 4:2). Matthew recounts Jesus’ life through the lens of showing His disciples and the world that He has all authority because of who He is. The Gospel of Matthew portrays Jesus as the King of the Jews and the King of kings with all authority and power ( Matthew 28:18) given Him.
Jesus, over and over again, kept demonstrating to His disciples who He was and is, yet they were often scolded by Jesus with the words, “O ye of little faith” ( Matthew 6:30 8:26 14:31 17:20 21:21).
Even when a believer demonstrates little or no faith because of a lost focus on God, He is still faithful to us ( Romans 3:3 2 Timothy 2:13).
