Faith's Dawn and its Clouds

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Mark 9:24

And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help you my unbelief.

I. THERE IS TRUE FAITH. It was faith in the Person of Christ. It was faith about the matter in hand. It was faith which triumphed over difficulties.

(a)  Case of long standing.

(b)  Considered to be hopeless.

(c)  Disciples bad failed.

(d)  The child was at that moment passing through a horrible stage of pain and misery.

II. THERE IS GRIEVOUS UNBELIEF. Many true believers are tried with unbelief because they have a sense of their past sins. Some stagger through a consciousness of their present feebleness. Others are made to shiver with unbelief on account of fears for the future, The freeness and greatness of God's mercy sometimes excites unbelief. A sacred desire to be right produces it in some. It may also arise through a most proper reverence for Christ, and a high esteem for all that belongs to Him.

III. THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TWO. He regards it as a sin and confesses it. He prays against it. He looks to the right Person for deliverance.

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