Sunday, May 21, 2023

The Four Factors of Faith

 



The Four Factors of Faith - David Mahoney Urgent Intel - Qanon Prophesy & Trump - Gene Decode - Mel K & Dr. Eric Nepute - US MILITARY NEWS - Juan O' Savin & Michael Jaco - Russia Liberated Bakhmut from Ukrainian NAZIS - Trump Return – ShariRaye and more.

Researched & Comments by Pastor Gary Boyd

May 20 – 21st 2023

 

 

The Amazing Qanon Prophesy & Trump the Giant Killer - As Foretold by Kim Clement (Full Documentary) - Sunday, May 21, 2023 11:57 - After You Watch  ‘The AMAZING Qanon Prophesy & Trump The Giant Killer” – As Foretold By Kim Clement ‘, Watch ‘Mel Gibson & The Video That Broke The Internet! He Fearlessly Exposes the Dark & Evil Secrets of Hollywood’s Entertainment Industry!’ - https://beforeitsnews.com/politics/2023/05/the-amazing-qanon-prophesy-trump-the-giant-killer-as-foretold-by-kim-clement-full-documentary-3290171.html

Gene Decode Situation Update With James Morrison! - Must Video - Sunday, May 21, 2023 11:36 - Part 1 of this Situation Update with James Morrison & gene Decode Dives Deeper into the May 18th Flash Situation Update and expands from all things Ukraine to cover Current World Events. James and gene further discuss what is going on in Ukraine upon additional examination, intel, and breaking news. “Just two guys talking,” (as gene says) examines Ukraine in detail and expands out into World Events to give a better idea of how things are playing out in this Worldwide Awakening Process. https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2023/05/gene-decode-situation-update-with-james-morrison-must-video-3663369.html

Mel K & Dr. Eric Nepute: Remaining On The Offense Against Medical Tyranny 5-21-23! - Must Video - Sunday, May 21, 2023 14:36 - What is the solution??? Pray? There is no law anymore; all governments need to be taken down! They should not rule the planet and evil Satan need to be taken out. https://beforeitsnews.com/health/2023/05/mel-k-dr-eric-nepute-remaining-on-the-offense-against-medical-tyranny-5-21-23-must-video-3051333.html

New Patriot Underground Sunday Coffee Chat! - Sunday, May 21, 2023 15:40 - https://beforeitsnews.com/prophecy/2023/05/new-patriot-underground-sunday-coffee-chat-2541713.html

David Mahoney: Urgent Intel and Full Situation Update Report (Video) - Saturday, May 20, 2023 7:14 - https://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2023/05/david-mahoney-urgent-intel-and-full-situation-update-report-video-3793129.html

US MILITARY NEWS: Restored Republic via a GCR – by Divina Ellison -  Update as of May 20, 2023 - https://theusmilitarynews.com/restored-republic-via-a-gcr-update-as-of-may-20-2023/

Juan O' Savin & Michael Jaco: Never Heard Before Intel - This is HUGE 5/19/2023 (Video) - Saturday, May 20, 2023 6:35 - Mike ad Juan are together again and are sharing NEVER HEARD BEFORE Intel! The quickening is HERE! Events are going to start escalating and we are in for major changes! - https://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2023/05/juan-o-savin-michael-jaco-shocking-intel-this-is-huge-5192023-video-3793116.html

Rep. Thomas Massie Plays Video To Show Companies Working With FBI To Violate Liberties At Whistleblower Hearing! - Forbes Breaking News - Saturday, May 20, 2023 9:30 - At yesterday’s House Weaponization of the Federal Government hearing, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) slammed the FBI for allegedly violating civil liberties. https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2023/05/rep-thomas-massie-plays-video-to-show-companies-working-with-fbi-to-violate-liberties-at-whistleblower-hearing-forbes-breaking-news-3663277.html

HAL TURNER SHOW: It's Official: Russia Has Liberated Bakhmut from Ukrainian NAZIS – WORLD - HAL TURNER - 20 MAY 2023 - As reported "imminent" on the Hal Turner Radio Show last night (Friday 19 May) Bakhmut, Ukraine has finally and officially been liberated by Russia; the Ukrainian NAZIS are defeated and have fled. Leader of the Wagner PMC, Prigozhin made the announcement personally, with his Wagner troops inside Bakhmut city: https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/news-page/world/it-s-official-russia-has-liberated-bakhmut-from-ukrainian-nazis

New Monkey Werx: WW3 End Of May Intel Update 2023 - Saturday, May 20, 2023 11:51 - https://beforeitsnews.com/prophecy/2023/05/new-monkey-werx-ww3-end-of-may-intel-update-2023-2541662.html

New ShariRaye Great May Intel 5/20/23 - You Are Not Alone! - Saturday, May 20, 2023 11:43 - https://beforeitsnews.com/prophecy/2023/05/new-shariraye-great-may-intel-52023-you-are-not-alone-2541660.html

Situation Update 05/20/23 ~ Trump Return! Q+ White Hats Intel ~ Derek Johnson > SG Anon! Juan O Savin! "This Government Will Crush You!" - A Must Video - Saturday, May 20, 2023 10:29 - https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2023/05/situation-update-052023-trump-return-q-white-hats-intel-derek-johnson-sg-anon-juan-o-savin-this-government-will-crush-you-a-must-video-3663281.html

ATLAS SHRUGS - New Poll: Tucker Carlson More Popular Than Fox News - Saturday, May 20, 2023 11:57 - Half of their audience only watched Fox for Tucker. Millions of viewers have bolted and will not return. This historic blunder reflects how out of touch Fox is with their own audience. Fox has announced that they are rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, shuffling slots with leave behinds.  It’s futile. https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2023/05/new-poll-tucker-carlson-more-popular-than-fox-news-3663295.html

RAIR FOUNDATION: Erdoğan's Daughter Takes Aim at Christianity: 'The Crescent Will Win over Cross of the West' – By Amy Mek - May 19, 2023 - Esra Erdoğan, the daughter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has emerged as a vocal advocate for Islamic dominance and a staunch critic of the West and Christianity. Following in her father’s footsteps, Esra has taken to social media to express her disdain for Western values and her belief in the ultimate victory of the Islamic crescent over the cross of the West. (Comment: A large segment of the population follow Jesus for a reason. Jesus performed miracles for thousands when he was alive, turned water into wine, throughout demons from the possessed, raised Lazarus from the dead, and died on the cross for our sins. He is the truth the light and the way and no one comes to God except through him. His 12 disciples did the same as Jesus after he was gone. God wins in the end if she only knew her Bible.) https://rairfoundation.com/erdogans-daughter-takes-aim-at-christianity-the-crescent-will-win-over-cross-of-the-west/

MAIL ONLINE: Mail fail! Seattle's out-of-control crime and drug problem in Democrat-controlled city have forced USPS to pause deliveries to an entire zip code this month - Around 900 residents in the 98118 zip code did not receive their mail as delivery services were halted due to mail theft and 'equipment security concerns' - They were told to pick up their mail from the local post office and stood in long queues of up to an hour before UPS lifted the ban on Tuesday - Thieves had stolen a master key which is used by the USPS to open collection boxes, cluster box units and outdoor parcel lockers - By KAMAL SULTAN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM - PUBLISHED: 12:55 EDT, 20 May 2023 | UPDATED: 13:08 EDT, 20 May 2023 - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12105973/Seattles-control-crime-drug-problem-forced-USPS-pause-deliveries-one-zip-code.html

Steve Bannon interviewed by Mike Adams: Saving the Republic is within our grasp! - https://www.brighteon.com/e6933bdc-fdf4-4465-aa66-327c9af11b12

DeSantis Tries to Bribe White Hats for Endorsements - By Michael Baxter -May 21, 2023 - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who is expected to enter the 2024 presidential race this week, has been trying to bribe high-ranking military officers with promises of promotions in exchange for presidential endorsements, sources in Gen. Smith’s office and at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago headquarters told Real Raw News. On Wednesday, May 17, Generals David H. Berger and Eric M. Smith received in the mail letters DeSantis had authored and which encouraged them to abandon their support of Donald Trump and MAGA and instead endorse DeSantis in upcoming Republican primaries as well as in the general election, a source in Gen. Smith’s office told Real Raw News. https://realrawnews.com/2023/05/desantis-tries-to-bribe-white-hats-for-endorsements/

TIM BROWN - Study Proves Modern Genocide: America's Post 9/11 'War On Terror' Killed Over 4.5 Million People - Sunday, May 21, 2023 8:11 - Not only have we been lied to about what actually took place on 9/11 and who was behind it,  but we were lied to about the countries that were involved.  The US has been embroiled in years long wars over those lies and we have lost thousands of our own people in the process while killing millions.  A recent study reflects that more than 4.5 million people have lost their lives as a result of the so-called ‘War on Terror.’ https://beforeitsnews.com/war-on-terror/2023/05/study-proves-modern-genocide-americas-post-911-war-on-terror-killed-over-4-5-million-people-2447500.html

Ukrainian Colonel speaks the truth hidden from us for the past 15 months about the Russian troops. - Sunday, May 21, 2023 4:11 - https://beforeitsnews.com/war-and-conflict/2023/05/ukrainian-colonel-speaks-the-truth-hidden-from-us-for-the-past-15-months-about-the-russian-troops-2478286.html

CHRISTIAN PATRIOT NEWS: Trump ReTruthed, Covfefe: The Simplicity, Complexity & Genius of The Q Plan, in a Word! - Sunday, May 21, 2023 9:45 - We are the enemy of Big Tech, Big Money and Big Media. Together, let’s expose the lies of the enemy. Impart a little truth every day. Especially the Truth that Jesus Christ is Lord! https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2023/05/trump-retruthed-covfefe-the-simplicity-complexity-genius-of-the-q-plan-in-a-word-3663355.html

New Judy Byington. SGAnon ~ Situation Update 05-21-23 ~ Trump Return - Restored Republic via a GCR - Sunday, May 21, 2023 9:40 - https://beforeitsnews.com/prophecy/2023/05/new-judy-byington-sganon-situation-update-05-21-23-trump-return-restored-republic-via-a-gcr-2541697.html

(VIDEO) The Billion Dollar Covid Hoax: How They Conned the World and Got Away with Mass Murder! How $1.8 Trillion Was Spent to Kill Us Instead of Cure Us! - Sunday, May 21, 2023 9:38 - The world, as we knew it, has borne the brutal onslaught of a malevolent force, not only in terms of a lethal contagion but a calculated tyranny that has resulted in the obliteration of social normalcy and cohesion. The Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) “pandemic” was heralded as an unforeseen catastrophe, but the aftermath paints a grim picture of a premeditated catastrophe – leading to needless millions of deaths and a staggering loss of $1.8 trillion.  https://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2023/05/video-the-billion-dollar-covid-hoax-how-they-conned-the-world-and-got-away-with-mass-murder-how-1-8-trillion-was-spent-to-kill-us-instead-of-cure-us-3793183.html

Heather Mac Donald and "the Pursuit of Equity" - Sunday, May 21, 2023 9:33 - Some readers describe Ann Coulter as a flame-thrower, and her columns are always provocative, whether you agree with her or not.  However, at TakiMag she’s just reviewed Heather Mac Donald’s book, When Race Trumps Merit: How the Pursuit of Equity Sacrifices Excellence, Destroys Beauty, and Threatens Lives. And the review is excellent – and informative: https://beforeitsnews.com/tea-party/2023/05/heather-mac-donald-and-the-pursuit-of-equity-2755254.html

HARBINGER DAILY: The Rebellion, The Rage And The Regret Of The Nations – By Dean Dwyer - May 21, 2023 - As we witness the turmoil in and amongst the nations at the moment, Psalm 2 is one of those passages of Scripture which speaks volumes about our world today. It begins: Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? https://harbingersdaily.com/the-rebellion-the-rage-and-the-regret-of-the-nations/

ZERO HEDGE: You Are Not Alone, Anger Is Building Across The World! - BY TYLER DURDEN - FRIDAY, MAY 19, 2023 - 04:00 PM - Authored by Bruce Wilds via Advancing Time blog - You are not alone if you are tired of watching your government grow increasingly oppressive and corrupt. Many people across the world share your pain. People continue to voice their anger and discontent, however, this is something the media often chooses not to report for it is owned by those same forces which are attempting to enslave us. Those on the left referred to the right as fascist or Nazi while those on the right refer to the left as communist. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/you-are-not-alone-anger-building-across-world

X22 Report - The Economic Illusion Is Being Exposed! The World Is Watching! - Must Video - Sunday, May 21, 2023 12:29 - The [WEF]/Biden admin push for the Gree New Deal is not working out for them, now they see a two-tiered system, those that have special privileges can have gas and those who are surfs will use electric stoves. The economic illusion is being exposed. Trump says to stand firm on debt ceiling. https://beforeitsnews.com/economy/2023/05/x22-report-the-economic-illusion-is-being-exposed-the-world-is-watching-must-video-3086250.html

Down to the River to Pray...Studyin' about that Good Ol' Way — Via the Wayfaring Gal (5/21/2023) - Sunday, May 21, 2023 12:41 - Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. (2Tim 2:15) https://beforeitsnews.com/prophecy/2023/05/down-to-the-river-to-pray-studyin-about-that-good-ol-way-via-the-wayfaring-gal-5212023-2541704.html

 

 


 Grounded in Reason – The Four Factors of Faith

by Jack Kelley

Published on: November 28, 2014

Researched by Pastor Gary Boyd

May 21st 2023

 

If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you Luke 17:6.

 

Abraham had waited 20 years for the son God had promised him. He and Sarah even had a son with the help of a surrogate mother, but the Lord had told him Ishmael was not the son He had promised. Finally Isaac was born, the one through whom God would bless all mankind (Genesis 21:12). But some years later, before any of these blessings came to pass, God directed Abraham to sacrifice Isaac as a burnt offering. Though heart broken, Abraham took Isaac to the place the Lord had picked out, built an altar there and placed his son upon it (Genesis 22:1-10).

 

The Prophet Elijah was beside himself. The Israelites kept vacillating between worshiping God and Baal. Their indecision was driving him crazy and he let them know it. “How long will you waver between two opinions? If God be God then worship Him. But if it’s Baal, then worship him.” After much prayer he arranged a public demonstration. Challenging the priests of Baal to a contest, he had two altars built and two bulls slaughtered and placed on the altars. The people gathered to watch. Then he told them that whichever god sent down fire to consume the offering is the one they should worship. Everyone agreed, and the priests of Baal began calling their god.

 

All morning long they danced, cut themselves with knives as part of their religious ritual and called out to Baal. During the afternoon Elijah began taunting them , suggesting their god was perhaps busy or traveling or in the bathroom, and they became even more ecstatic in their worship, but alas, no fire. Then about sunset Elijah had his altar doused in water three times and began to pray, reminding God of their earlier agreement (1 Kings 18:16-37).

 

The court was in a panic. The King of Babylon had just ordered the execution of all his advisers for failing to interpret a dream. Daniel, like the calm in the midst of a raging storm, promised the King’s assistant that he would interpret the King’s dream, thus saving the lives of all the advisers. Then he ran home to pray with his friends. He hadn’t a clue as to what the dream was or what it meant, and was counting the Lord to tell him (Daniel 2:1-18).

 

What’s Reasonable?

 

I think it was Josh MacDowell who said we don’t have to check our brains at the church door to worship God. Christianity is a thinking person’s religion, and our Lord expects us to use the intellect He has so generously given us. The examples I’ve given above are meant to illustrate that point.

 

When Abraham took Isaac to Mt. Moriah, he reasoned that since God had said all His promised blessings to Abraham’s descendants would flow through Isaac, then if Abraham sacrificed him there, God would have to raise him from the dead (Hebrews 11:17-19). He knew that God could not break the covenant promise He had made. As he placed Isaac on the altar, God stopped him and told him to use a ram that was caught in a nearby thicket instead. Then Abraham and Isaac understood that they were acting out a prophecy of the time when the Lord would offer His only Son as a sacrifice for sin on that same spot. Abraham named the place “Jehovah Jireh” the Lord will provide, and from then on it was said, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided” (Genesis 22:11-14).

 

When Elijah received his directions during a private prayer, he reasoned that God, Who longed for the Israelites to come back to Him, would not embarrass him in public (1 Kings 18:36). His faith in God’s integrity allowed him to officiate over one of the greatest grandstand plays of all time. When he began praying God sent the fire, and it consumed the sacrifice, the altar, the water and even the stones around it. The Israelites turned back to God and a three-year drought that God had sent as a judgment on the people ended that very day (1 Kings 18:38-46).

 

Daniel was a prince in Israel, one of those in the line of succession for David’s throne, when at about age 16 he was taken hostage to Babylon. The year was 605 BC and Babylonian King Nebuchnezzar had just defeated Egypt and Assyria, making him ruler of the world. After laying siege to Jerusalem, he took Daniel, his three friends, and some others hostage to assure the compliance of the now vassal King of Israel.

 

Once in Babylon, the King put the Jewish teenagers into a training program, as was his custom with foreign royalty, to teach them the Babylonian system and culture. The King was impressed with their intelligence and when they graduated, he appointed them to his body of advisers. When the senior members of this group couldn’t interpret the King’s dream, he issued an extermination order for the entire group.

 

Daniel reasoned that God hadn’t put him in such an influential position with the Babylonian King just to see him executed, so he took a leap of faith by telling the King’s assistant that he could interpret the dream. And sure enough, after the prayer session with his three friends the Lord gave Daniel the interpretation in a vision (Daniel 2:19). The King was so impressed that he elevated Daniel to ruler over the entire province of Babylon and head of all his advisers. Daniel’s three friends were named chief administrators over the province of Babylon (Daniel 2:48-49).

 

Some time later these three, who we know as Sahdrach, Meshach, and Abednego were sentenced to death for refusing to worship a pagan idol the King had fashioned. They reasoned that God could save them from the punishment due them but even if He didn’t, it was better to die in faith than live in idolatry (Daniel 3:16-18). Bound and thrown into a roaring furnace, they were joined there by one whose form was like the Son of God. When the King called them out, only the ropes that had bound them were burned. The King published an edict requiring all his subjects to honor the God of Israel (Daniel 3:19-30).

 

Many years later, when he was an old man, Daniel himself was accused of refusing to worship the King. At sunset he was thrown into a den of hungry lions as punishment. All night long he sat there while the lions got hungrier and hungrier. Daniel’s moment by moment faith sustained him until morning when the King released him, again honoring the God of Israel (Daniel 6:16-23). Daniel and his friends reasoned that the God Whom they honored with their faithfulness would not dishonor them by withholding His.

 

Adult Lessons From Children’s Stories … The Four Factors of Faith

 

These children’s stories always encourage me and I could go on talking about them until you stop me. But my point here is to draw attention to one fact. In each case, the people involved had to think their way through a pretty serious situation. And when all their emotions screamed for them to act one way, they applied a huge dose of reason to justify acting differently.

 

In doing so they demonstrated four tools for us to apply when facing a faith-testing situation. We’ll call them the Four Factors of Faith.

 

1.They knew God’s will and understood His ways.

2.Their leap of faith was based on sound reasoning.

3.They asked His help early and often.

4.They trusted Him for a successful conclusion.

 

Based on man’s definition of the word, there was nothing reasonable about the faith of these men, and that’s why I didn’t title this study “A Reasonable Faith.” A faith grounded in reason is extreme in every sense of the word. In fact, most would call it unreasonable. But it’s the kind of faith that’s available to us for use when circumstances require it.

 

More Examples

 

When Jairus, the synagogue ruler, was told not to bother Jesus anymore about healing his daughter because she had died, the Lord told him, “Don’t be afraid, just believe, and she will be healed”. He did and she was (Luke 8:49-56).

 

When Peter asked the Lord to bid him come out of the boat and walk across the water, Jesus said, “Come,” and Peter did (Matt.14:28-29).

 

When the disciples told Jesus they only had five loaves of barley bread and two small fish to feed over 10,000 people, Jesus gave thanks and told them to start passing the food around. They did and there was enough left over after everyone was finished eating to fill 12 baskets. (Mark 6:32-44)

 

These are not reasonable requests to make. And yet the Lord made them, giving each one the faith to obey, and seeing them safely through the situation.

 

But the most unreasonable thing of all is the one He reserved for us. He tells us to believe that He became a man, lived a sinless life, and died for all the sins of mankind. Then He rose from the grave to walk among His followers again. He did all this to purchase a pardon that He’s promised to grant without condition or exception to all who choose to accept it. Finally He invested us with the faith to trust Him in this, the most important choice we’ll ever make (Ephe. 2:8-9), and promised to see us safely through to a successful conclusion, eternal life with Him.

 

If you’re reading this article, you’ve probably made that choice. And that means you’re betting your eternal destiny on Him. You’re OK with this because you understand His will and know His ways. Therefore, your leap of faith is based on reason. You pray often, and are trusting Him for the successful conclusion He promised. The Four Factors of Faith make yours a faith grounded in reason.

 

Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come (2 Cor. 1:21-22).

 


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