When the disciples asked Christ to increase their faith, Jesus never tried to give them tips on how THEY could increase their faith. Nor did He explain how HE would increase their faith! Strong faith, according to Christ, will bring powerful results. But Christ is more concerned that His people not think great things of themselves whenever they act in great faith. Rather, we are supposed to acknowledge that we are but unprofitable servants of God. There is to be no pride in our work for Him. The disciples had a very weak faith. They refused at first to believe the testimony of those who saw Jesus the day He rose from the grave! They rejected the testimony of Mary Magdalene and the disciples on the road to Emmaus as idle tales! When Christ appeared in person to them all, He upbraided them for their unbelief, rejecting the testimony of eye witnesses to His being alive again. The Apostle John was apparently the first to believe Christ had indeed risen, not by seeing Him, but by observing the way in which Christ's grave clothes were neatly arranged that Sunday morning in the empty tomb. No wonder it is John alone who recorded the incident of Thomas' refusal to believe, unless he could touch the wounds of Jesus with his own hands. Jesus told them all, that whoever believes on Him without seeing Him, is truly blessed indeed! This is not a "pat on the head" to those who believe, but rather a frank statement of the blessing of God on such persons, to be given such strong faith to believe in Jesus. John had himself experienced such a strong gift of faith, contrasted with Thomas and the other disciples, who had to see Christ alive for themselves before they would believe.