30/09/2022
WHY DO YOU FOLLOW JESUS?
After He fed 5000 ppl with 5 loaves & 2 fish, many people followed Him. He knew that they followed because they wanted more bread, not because they believed He was the Son of God.
John 6:25👉"When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?”
V26👉"Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill".
There are many people who don't really believe in Christ. They follow Him for material gains. They follow Him to prosper financially.
Listen to what Christ told them about the love for tangible things. V27👉"Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.”
They failed to believe in the One God sent. All they wanted was to have their fleshly needs satisfied. V29👉"Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.” This is all they had to do. To believe in the true bread, which is the bread of life.
Christ told them about the real bread, not the bread that spoils, V33👉"For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” Bread here stands for all material things that people go to church for. Prosperity gospel obscures people from seeing the real bread.
V35👉"Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty". Here Christ was saying, 'stop seeking things of the world & start seeking me'. Things of the world perish & I don't.
Look, Christ was followed by people who didn't believe. V36👉"But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe". How many people unbelievers do have in our gatherings as believers? People who joined us because they were told that a church can give them prosperity.