Faith for Victory Over Satanic Strongholds

As Christ descends from the Mount of Transfiguration, He finds the 9 waiting disciples embroiled in a debate with the scribes (Vs. 14). It would appear from the account which is to follow, that their failure to help the demon possessed boy had given them cause to agitate and seek to discredit and undermine the ministry of Christ. Christ miraculously delivers this boy from demon possession and teaches the disciples a powerful lesson in faith, coupled with prayer and fasting as essential to overcoming Satanic obstacles.