Is speaking in tongues from God or the devil?

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TOPIC: Is speaking in tongues from God or the devil?

The most important thing you need to know about speaking in tongues is what Jesus said about it, and He did not mince His words in Mark 16:17: "And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues." Jesus declared that tongues is a supernatural sign that can and should accompany everyone who believes in Him. God does not give His children any bad gifts, so we shouldn't fear or ridicule the gift of tongues.

When we talk about tongue, devil too has his tongue, but he is only copying and mimicking Christianity to deceive baby in Christ, demonic tongue are not from God and doesn't carry fire neither does it has the backing of God Almighty

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WHAT MUST I DO TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK IN TONGUES ?

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TOPIC: WHAT MUST I DO TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK IN TONGUES ?

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As from now till next week by God's grace I will be dealing with all the questions that comes to me at the cause of the teaching of speaking in tongues. God bless you all.

As with any spiritual gift we do not have the ability to speak in tongues naturally, but it is one of many special gifts from God – like a tool which He enables us to use so that He is glorified and the church is strengthened.

In 1 Corinthians 12:27-31 the Apostle Paul explains that God gives a variety of different gifts to the church. Nobody has all of them, but everybody is given some.

Most of the gifts are given to build up other Christians, but ‘tongues’ is a gift that encourages the person who speaks unless interpretation is also given so that the church can understand what has been said:

“He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church. I would like every one of you to speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the church may be edified.” 1 Corinthians 14:4-6 (NIV)

Do read 1 Corinthians chapters 12-14 through slowly and carefully to understand the logic of what the apostle Paul is teaching.

There have been some misunderstandings about the use of speaking in tongues. While the early church recognised tongues as a sign that somebody was a believer in Jesus, it does not make a person a Christian, nor does every Christian have that gift. Neither is it the only evidence that someone is filled with the Holy Spirit; because we read that every believer in Christ has the Holy Spirit:

“You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.” Romans 8:9 (NIV)

“And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession—to the praise of his glory.” Ephesians 1:13-14 (NIV)

Neither are tongues evidence of being ‘super-spiritual’ because it is possible to speak in tongues and not have a heart full of God’s love: 1 Corinthians 13:1 says, “If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.” (NIV)

But the Apostle Paul does not despise tongues: “I would like every one of you to speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the church may be edified.” 1 Corinthians 14:5 (NIV) and also see 1 Corinthians 14:18.

There is nothing you have to do in order to be able to speak in tongues because it is not a human ability! It is a gift that God will give you if it is His will and your desire.

Speaking in tongues is not a right for all Christians. But what is to be expected is that God will graciously give you gifts that He knows will help you to build up His body (the church). It is up to you under the guidance of your church leaders to discover what those God given gifts are. If you eagerly desire the greater gifts and are asking God out of a genuine motivation to glorify Him and build up His church then why would He not equip you for His service?

However if you seek to use gifts for your own ends – gaining a better standing in the church, for example, then you will need to revisit 1 Cor. chapters 13&14. We read there that the greatest gift of all is love. Where love comes first the desire for gifts is to glorify Christ and serve His church:

“Follow the way of love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy.” 1 Corinthians 14:1 (NIV)

MAY GOD'S SPIRIT NEVER DEPART FROM US ALL. AMEN
YOURS ISRAEL O ISRAEL
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PROBLEM OF THE INTERPRETATION OF TONGUES AND ITS UNDERSTANDING

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TOPIC: PROBLEM OF THE INTERPRETATION OF TONGUES AND ITS UNDERSTANDING

One of the problems in the church of Corinth was that tongues-speakers were speaking out in the service, exercising their gift of tongues with no interpreter and with no one present who spoke that language.
The result was that the tongues-speaker was commanding attention, but his words were meaningless, since no one could understand him. Paul strongly advised that all use of tongues in the church must be interpreted:

“In the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue” (1 Corinthians 14:19).

There was no benefit to other church members in hearing something they could not understand. Exercising the gift of tongues in church, simply for the sake of showing everyone that you had the gift, was conceited and unprofitable. Paul told the Corinthians that, if two or three tongues-speakers wanted to speak in a meeting, then a spiritually gifted tongues-interpreter must also be present. In fact, “if there is no interpreter, the speaker should keep quiet in the church and speak to himself and to God” (1 Corinthians 14:28).

The temporal nature of the gift of tongues implies that the gift of interpretation of tongues was also of a temporal nature.
If the gift of speaking in tongues were active in the church today,

1. It would be performed in agreement with Scripture.

2. It would be a real and intelligible language (1 Corinthians 14:10).

3. It would be for the purpose of communicating God’s Word to a person of another language (Acts 2:6–12), and

4. It would be done “in a fitting and orderly way” (1 Corinthians 14:40), “for God is not a God of disorder but of peace—as in all the congregations of the Lord’s people” (1 Corinthians 14:33).

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Every Demonic Confusing spirit in your life and in your church is hereby silence forever in Jesus Name

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GIFT OF INTERPRETING TONGUES

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TOPIC: GIFT OF INTERPRETING TONGUES

Along with the gift of speaking in tongues is another spiritual gift mentioned in 1 Corinthians 12:10—the gift of interpreting tongues. The gift of interpreting tongues is the ability to translate a foreign language into the language of the hearers. The gift of interpreting tongues is a separate gift, but it seems to have been used in conjunction with the gift of speaking in tongues.

The gift of tongues was the supernatural ability to speak a foreign language that the tongues-speaker had never learned. We see this gift in use in Acts 2:4–12, as the Jews in Jerusalem heard the gospel preached in a wide variety of languages. A person with the gift of interpreting tongues, then, could understand what a tongues-speaker was saying even though he did not know the language being spoken.

This lack of prior knowledge of a language is what distinguishes the spiritual gift from the natural gift of being able to understand and speak a variety of languages. The tongues-interpreter would hear the tongues-speaker and then communicate the message to anyone present who could not understand the language.

The goal was that all could understand and benefit from the truth being spoken. According to the apostle Paul, and in agreement with the tongues described in Acts, the gift of tongues was meant to communicate God’s message directly to another person in his or her native language. Of course, if those present could not understand the language being spoken, the tongues were useless—and that’s what made the tongues-interpreter, or tongues-translator, necessary. The goal was the edification of the church (1 Corinthians 14:5, 12).

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Is the gift of tongues for today?

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TOPIC: IS THE GIFT OF TONGUES FOR TODAY ?

First Corinthians 13:8 mentions the gift of tongues ceasing, although it connects the ceasing with the arrival of the “perfect” in 1 Corinthians 13:10. Some point to a difference in the tense of the Greek verbs referring to prophecy and knowledge “ceasing” and that of tongues “being ceased” as evidence for tongues ceasing before the arrival of the “perfect.” While possible, this is not explicitly clear from the text.

Some also point to passages such as Isaiah 28:11 and Joel 2:28-29 as evidence that speaking in tongues was a sign of God's oncoming judgment.

First Corinthians 14:22 describes tongues as a “sign to unbelievers.” According to this argument, the gift of tongues was a warning to the Jews that God was going to judge Israel for rejecting Jesus Christ as Messiah.
Therefore, when God did in fact judge Israel (with the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans in A.D. 70), the gift of tongues would no longer serve its intended purpose. While this view is possible, the primary purpose of tongues being fulfilled does not necessarily demand its cessation. Scripture does not conclusively assert that the gift of speaking in tongues has ceased.

At the same time, if the gift of speaking in tongues were active in the church today, it would be performed in agreement with Scripture.

1. It would be a real and intelligible language (1 Corinthians 14:10).

2 It would be for the purpose of communicating God's Word with a person of another language (Acts 2:6-12).

3. It would be in agreement with the command God gave through the apostle Paul, “If anyone speaks in a tongue, two—or at the most three—should speak, one at a time, and someone must interpret. If there is no interpreter, the speaker should keep quiet in the church and speak to himself and God” (1 Corinthians 14:27-28).

4. It would also be in accordance with 1 Corinthians 14:33, “For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.”
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Gift of speaking in tongues pt1

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TOPIC: GIFT OF SPEAKING IN TONGUES?

We shall be going in this direction this week as one of the reader of IOI CHRISTIAN MORNING MEAL ask me this important question about Speaking of tongue.

The first occurrence of speaking in tongues occurred on the day of Pentecost in Acts 2:1-4. The apostles went out and shared the gospel with the crowds, speaking to them in their own languages: “We hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!” (Acts 2:11). The Greek word translated tongues literally means “languages.” Therefore, the gift of tongues is speaking in a language a person does not know in order to minister to someone who does speak that language. In 1 Corinthians chapters 12–14, Paul discusses miraculous gifts, saying, “Now, brothers, if I come to you and speak in tongues, what good will I be to you, unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or word of instruction?” (1 Corinthians 14:6).

According to the apostle Paul, and in agreement with the tongues described in Acts, speaking in tongues is valuable to the one hearing God’s message in his or her own language, but it is useless to everyone else unless it is interpreted/translated.

A person with the gift of interpreting tongues (1 Corinthians 12:30) could understand what a tongues-speaker was saying even though he did not know the language that was being spoken. The tongues interpreter would then communicate the message of the tongues speaker to everyone else, so all could understand. “For this reason anyone who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret what he says” (1 Corinthians 14:13).

Paul’s conclusion regarding tongues that were not interpreted is powerful: “But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue” (1 Corinthians 14:19).
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How to Develop Faith pt5

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TOPIC: HOW TO DEVELOP FAITH Pt5

As we move further in our teaching, if you have been following, we stopped yesterday at point 7.
Let's continue "How to Develop Faith.

8. Speak the WORD. By saying with your mouth you exercise your faith, you hear the Word and you build it into your life. God’s Word is anointed and has power when it is spoken to change the spiritual atmosphere (Joshua 1:8; Romans 10:10). Confession of God’s Word (saying the same thing as God’s word) brings you into the place where the Lord will move to fulfil it (Hebrews 3:1). The angels hearken to the voice of God’s Word (Psalms 103:20)

9. Seek holiness, purity of heart. “Pursue peace with all men, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.” (Hebrews 12:14).

It is with the heart that man believes (Romans 10:10). To the extent that the heart has uncleanness, unforgiveness and other bad conditions within, the man will lose the spiritual perception of the Lord which enables his heart to believe. Purity and faith feed each other.

Your faith will grow as you put all this points into your daily life

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How to Develop Faith pt4

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TOPIC: HOW TO DEVELOP FAITH Pt4

Continue from yesterday, today I will talk further on two point, I believe God to bless you and interpret his word into your heart better than I wrote for the development of your faith in Jesus Name

6. Develop a life of praise and worship. Praise drives the powers of darkness away and brings the throne of God into your circumstances. Praising God is an act of faith and helps your faith to grow. It is commanded (Hebrews 13:15). Worship is admiring God through the Spirit. If you can perceive who is God, His power, faithfulness and love your trust and faith in Him will grow.

7. Spend as much time as you can with people of faith. The spirit of faith on them will touch your life also (Proverbs 13:20).

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Every unfriendly friend that is attacking your progress and causing set back for you is hereby put to publicly shame render powerless in Jesus Name

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How to Develop Faith pt3

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TOPIC: HOW TO DEVELOP FAITH Pt3

CONTINUE FROM POINT 3

4. Obey God and the conviction of the Holy Spirit. It is as you walk that you gain strength. God will not reveal greater things to you until you are faithful in the things He is showing you NOW. Therefore obedience to the Spirit and what He is showing you through the Word or through your conscience is important in the development of your faith. You cannot have living faith without taking some practical steps of obedience. Act on what God is saying!

5. Give thanks. Give thanks for the results before you see. Don’t complain – that shows you doubt God’s love and God’s answer to your situation. Give thanks in all situations
(1 Thessalonians 5:18).

When you put all this point in mind and in practice in your life you will see your faith growing and things we become easy spiritually as you grow in faith

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Every mountain of frustration and problem before you is level right now in Jesus Name

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How to Develop Faith pt2

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TOPIC: How to Develop Faith pt2

I started to teach us about how to Develop our faith since yesterday of which I gave just one point, today I will tell you two point.
Because without faith we can't do anything, faith is the key to our miracle.
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2. Realise that every believer has been given a measure of faith by God. (Romans 12:3). We just have to use and develop what God has given. We must put it into action.

3. Pray in tongues and be full of the Spirit (Jude 20). We will look at this later. If you have been baptised in the Spirit as the disciples were in the book of Acts, you should pray and praise in tongues often because through this you “edify yourself” (1 Corinthians 14:4) and “build yourself up in your most holy faith”. Praying in tongues is a key to being full of the Spirit. Since faith is a fruit of the Spirit, all things things are related together.

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Every evil forces that is ruling your life may the fire of the holy spirit burn them to ashes in Jesus Name

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Benefits of having faith pt3

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TOPIC: BENEFIT OF HAVING FAITH Pt3

... Continue from last messages...

5. IN PARTICULAR, FAITH IS THE MAJOR KEY FOR AN EFFECTIVE HEALING AND DELIVERANCE MINISTRY.

Jesus Christ “the same yesterday, today and forever” lives in the Christian (Hebrews 13:8, Galatians 2:20), and through the Christian wants to reveal the power of salvation to men in a way they can see and feel. In this way, our evangelism concerning the Kingdom of God will not be in talk, but in power (1 Corinthians 4:20).

If God had giving you an assignment in this world faith is needed if not there is bound to be a misleading, this is one of the reason why some people who are in the ministry for the lord turned to do charm to help them self, when they lack faith to make things happen in the name of the Lord.
With faith charm is useless, there is power in having faith in the power of God, there is nothing as "helping God".

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In Jesus Name today, faith will work put your miracle for you

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Benefit of having faith pt2

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TOPIC: BENEFIT OF HAVING FAITH

... CONTINUE FROM YESTERDAY...

3. FAITH BRINGS ALL THE BENEFITS OF SALVATION INTO OUR LIVES
(Ephesians 2:8,9). This includes healing, prosperity, peace, love, joy (1 Peter 1:8), deliverance from demons and the curse, sanctification of the mind and emotions (the salvation of the soul) and any other benefit which the word of God promises to us.

4. FAITH IS A SPIRITUAL FORCE THROUGH WHICH OUR MINISTRY FOR CHRIST BECOMES EFFECTIVE.
(Mark 11:23; Matthew 17:19,20). Faith is a major key to ministry success. It brings to you what you need for your ministry, and by imparting it to others through your life and your ministry of God’s Word, you enable them to receive the blessings of God’s grace mentioned above.

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May God increase your faith to obtain you miracle in Jesus Name

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We need hope for the future

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TOPIC: WE NEED HOPE FOR THE FUTURE.

If the Lord tarried we all shall go through the experience of Death.. You can stay away from Church, you can fail to read your Bible, you can say no to the Holy Ghost, you can reject Christ’s offer of Salvation. But there is one agent and officer of God that you cannot put off. The Angel of Death will claim us all. When God sends him to write the "END" to life, you cannot push him away. You cannot say "Come back tomorrow or next week." You are powerless against the Death Angel. Hebrews 9::27, says, "It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this is the judgment."

When the doctors and nurses cannot help you, "Jesus is all that you need". You can have Him on your side when you need Him most. He said, "I will never leave us nor forsake us.

He will be with us even when we walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death. He is the King and Conqueror of Death; so there is no fear for the Christian who has Jesus on their side.

As Christians we may have very little in this world, But we are rich in Hope. And that Hope is free for the asking. Jesus says, "Put your trust in Me." He will forgive us for the past. He will help and guide us through our present life. He will give us Hope for the Future.

"JESUS IS ALL THAT YOU NEED"

Peter tells us in my text that the choice of Salvation is not optional! For he said, "Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou are the words to eternal life." Only Jesus can give us Salvation. Acts 4:12 says, "Neither is there salvatio in any other; for there in none other Name under Heaven, given among men, whereby we must be saved." Salvation comes only from God and Jesus was God in the Flesh.

The salvation question is already settled. Peter said, "Thou hast the words." We must go to Jesus Christ for the Blessed Assurance and Security. St John 10:27-29 says, My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them to me, is greater that all. And no man is able to pluck them out of my father’s hand."

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In Jesus Name Hell will not be your end, you shall surely make Heaven in Jesus Name

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We need strength and guidance for our present life

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TOPIC: WE NEED STRENGTH AND GUIDANCE FOR OUR PRESENT LIFE.

Some people go to Fortune-Teller for guidance; some call the Physic Network; some write to newpaper columnist for Hyroscopes and some consult their friends. Now we all are human and no human being can give us perfect guidance. No one knows what tomorrow may bring; no one can look into the future.

But the Holy Bible tells, us where to seek guidance. James 1:5 says, "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and unbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

Jesus knows our Past, our Present, and our Future. There is no uncertainty in Him. He sees the end from the beginning to the end. There is nothing that come upon us that is not known to Him. And because He knows all about us He can help us.

Before a person is converted he has temptation on every side; together with sorrow and heartaches. After conversion you may still have these things, but there is a difference now. Before conversion you we all alone as you faced these things; after conversion you have someone to help you. The Lord Jesus Christ. He is all that you need!

Whatever you need today, Jesus is ready to supply it. Jesus is alive. He is real. He can help us when life problem become too complexed and life burden become too heavy.

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May God take care of everything that is giving you problem and may God make you smile for victory in Jesus Name

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We need forgiveness for our past

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TOPIC: WE NEED FORGIVENESS FOR OUR PAST.

As we look over our past we all can see one sin after another along the way. If nothing is done about our sin, we would forever be separated from the presence of God and would be thrown into an eternal hell.

Sin is like a great rock tied around our neck, pulling us down into the depth of the sea. Only Christ can cut the rope that is cause us to drown; only Christ can rescue us from destruction and death. Sin is like a cloud between us and God. Only Christ can melt that cloud and enable us to see the face of God.

Jesus was in Capernaum, preaching in a certain house, when four men went out and brought a sick man and placed him before Jesus.

Jesus said to the sick man....."Thy sins are forgiven thee" Mark2:5. The crowd began to murmur and someone said, "That Blasphemy, only God can do that, only God can forgive sin. But Jesus was God in the Flesh and the power to forgive sin was invested in Him. To prove this point He healed the man and sent him on his way.

The church cannot forgive sin! The Priest cannot forgive sin! The preacher cannot forgive sin. Only God can forgive sin and Jesus was God in the Flesh.

John tells us that only the Blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God can cleanse us from all sin. 1 John 1:7. And because of that cleansing we are able to reign with God and Jesus in Heaven. Jesus’s Blood was sufficient enough for us. Jesus is all that we need.

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May God cleans all ugly past that is causing problem for your present life in Jesus Name

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Jesus is all that you need

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TOPIC: JESUS IS ALL THAT YOU NEED

St John 6:66-69

"From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with Him. Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? Then Simon Peter answered Him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. And we believe and are sure that thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God."

Philippians 4:13

"I can do all things through Christ which strengthen me."

One day the Apostle Paul looked out upon life. And he thought about all of the problems that we have. He thought about all of the troubles that we go through. He thought about all of the burden that we bear. And he then said, "Who is sufficient for these things?

2 Corinthian 2:16.

There is only one answer to this question. No human being, no matter how great they are, can meet every need in our life. But there is one who can meet our every need. His name is Jesus Christ. He is a n Adequate and all-sufficient Savior. He can meet our every need in life. In Him and with His help we can face up to life and all of its problems.

Our text today take place just after Jesus had fed the five thousand. He had proven that He could meet man’s physical needs. Now the crowds began to gather around Him. They cared nothing about Him, but just for what He could do for them.

They were not interesting in Him as a Savior, they simply wanted something for nothing. So Jesus preached a sermon to them; a sermon in which He appealed for them to surrender their lives; a sermon in which He demanded that they give instead of receive.

They were willing to follow Him as long as He was feeding them and requiring nothing in return. But when He began to tell them what would be required and expected of them if they continued to follow Him; the great crowd turned away and went back to the world. It’s the same way Today.

Let a pastor or preacher preach about the free grace of God; let him tell of all that a man receive as a Christian; let him tell of Heaven and the joy in the bye and bye, and men will follow Him and call him a great preacher.

But let him call upon people to forsake the world and follow Jesus; let him ask for money for the work of Gospel; let him ask them to go out into the highways and hedges to witness for Christ and the majority will turn their backs and walk away.

It is easy for some people to say "AMEN" when the preacher speaks about what Christ gives us, but they are strangely silent when he speaks of what we should give Christ or the Preacher.

Muzzle not the ox that thread the corn. And elder that rule well is due doubt honor. If you give a prophet a drink when he’s thirty you will receive a prophet reward in return.

Yes, as the crowd began to leave Jesus sadly turned to His disciples and said, "Will you also go away? And bold Peter who often say the wrong things, said the right thing this time. He said, "Lord to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words to eternal life. And we believe and are sure that thou are the Christ, the Son of the Living God! John 6:68-69

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In Jesus Name all your worries and problems will be solve and you shall laugh last in Jesus Name

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