Figurative Faith

How God Spoke the Universe into Being 

"For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says." Mark 11:23 This is a good test verse to tell me how I believe, either figuratively alone or faithfully with the spirit. 

Jesus spoke figuratively and is quoted as saying He spoke figuratively.  But here I believe He spoke true faith, not just figuratively for illustration. 

I say this because when He spoke figuratively, He spoke figuratively for a reason. For example, He spoke figuratively when He said the reason, was so that those "who heard would not understand and be healed." 

In other words, those that were believers would understand He was speaking spiritually but unbelievers would not understand, otherwise they would be healed. So, I believe this passage in Mark is to be believed literally because if one has enough belief, they can do anything.

This tells us just how powerful the spirit of belief and faith actually are if one has belief enough to see it happen, they can.