Luke 4:25-27

In the measure that you believe in God, is the measure that you can receive from God.

Faith alone pleases the Father that those who believe in His only begotten Son would be given life…eternal and true. If we have faith the size of a mustard seed, one of the smallest of the seeds, we could move mountains in His name. 

It isn’t our being pious that saves us it is in believing in HIS righteousness.

pious |ˈpīəs|

adjective

devoutly religious.

righteousness |ˈrīCHəsnəs|

noun

the quality of being morally right or justifiable

Christ came to earth to save us from our unbelief and failing faithfulness.

This was evidently a miraculous interference, as no rain fell for three years and six months, even in the rainy seasons. There were two of these in Judea, called the first and the latter rains; the first fell in October, the latter in April: the first prepared the ground for the seed, the latter ripened the harvest. As both these rains were withheld, consequently there was a great famine throughout all the land.

Jesus speaks of a period of widespread unfaithfulness to God. During this period, judgment came on the nation in the form of famine. The only people to receive healing were Gentiles.

Luke 4:25-27

²⁵ But I tell you truly, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and there was a great famine throughout all the land; ²⁶ but to none of them was Elijah sent except to Zarephath, in the region of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. ²⁷ And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.”

⁹ “Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. See, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.” 

1 Kings 17:9

¹⁷ Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. 

James 5:17