The Faith of Others
Luke 5:20
When [Christ] saw their faith—not the man’s faith; it doesn’t say that he had any—he saw their faith—that’s the point. I believe that that whole miracle is to teach us … Christians that God will honor our faith. I see the Son of God looking up at those four men who laid the leper down.… When he saw their faith, he said to the man, looking down at him: “Be of good cheer; thy sins are forgiven.”… “Now that you may know that the Son of Man hath power to forgive sins, I say, ‘Rise up and walk.”’ Now the man was palsied. He hadn’t the power to rise, but he leaps up in a minute.…
Now I don’t know of anything that would make a man get up quicker than to have four people combining to try to bring him to Christ.… If we can’t bring our friends to Christ, let us get others to help. If four men won’t do it, let us add the fifth, and the Lord will see our faith, and the Lord will honor our faith, and we will see them brought to the Son of God.…
Now let the text sink down deep into your hearts: “When he saw their faith.” Let us lift our hearts to God in prayer, that he may give us faith. (TGA) D.L. Moody, The Gospel Awakening
Add to this the words of Jesus in:
Luke 18:8
I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
It is time for God's people to come together in the faith and believe that our combined faith can
move mountains. Is there a mountain in your way grab a few, a dozen, two dozen as many as it takes, bro's and sis. in the Lord, and together let us believe God.
In His Love
pastorfrin