The second theme that emerges from the pages of Matthew’s gospel is that of faith. Faith is SO IMPORTANT to Jesus! He remarks concerning a person’s or group’s great faith when healing them. He even says that their faith was the reason for their healing or restoration. He rebukes His disciples numerous times because of their lack of faith. This occurs when they do not understand spiritual concepts that they should and it extends even to the reason that they are unable to cast out a spirit from a demon-possessed boy. They have so little faith. Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” How can we possess greater faith? How does it go hand-in-hand with spiritual authority?