Matthew 16:8
But Jesus, aware of this, said, “You men of little faith, why do you discuss among yourselves that you have no bread?”
Matthew 16:5-12
¶ And the disciples came to the other side of the sea, but they had forgotten to bring any bread. And Jesus said to them,
“Watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
They began to discuss this among themselves, saying,
“He said that because we did not bring any bread.”
But Jesus, aware of this, said,
“You men of little faith, why do you discuss among yourselves that you do you not yet understand or remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets full you picked up?
Or the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many large baskets full you picked up?
How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread?
But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
Then they understood that He did not say to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
{{{ aging the Lord shows us even His disciples had a problem with faith, but yet they became each who took up their cross and followed Christ, and are the ones He used to take His gospel to the world.
Are we any different? I don’t think we are any different,
As we saw yesterday Christ Jesus has stated He will never forsake us, and if we have excepted Him in to our hearts He has asked the Father (GOD) to send us the Holy Spirit to dwell in us to teach us,
He Christ Jesus has given us every opportunity to succeed and become faithful followers of His.
His free gift of salvation, and His free gift of the Holy Spirit sent to dwelling in us, these are all we need.
A major problem is we have become so attached to the ways of the world, the money, the stuff and things, a position, worldly concepts we have become a people that think more is better, more is success, a people of little to no form of gratitude or thankfulness for what Christ has dune for us by hanging on that cross, or by raising from the dead three days later.
Christ Jesus makes it verry clear in Matthew 7:21-32 what will happen to those who put their faith in all of the above rather than Him
Matthew 7:21-23
¶ “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.
Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’
And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS."
This is not a game, for once Christ appears in the clouds for those who are His it is dune.
You need to totaly grasp the fact this not a game that you can hit refresh and start over.
We are told in Matthew 7:13-14
¶ “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.
For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.”
Christ has given us warning after warning. Our faith may be week but we need to take the faith we do contain and place it in Christ and in Christ alone.
James 1:5
¶ But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.
For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
If you are double minded: if all the world’s riches, goals, desirers are more important to you then your walk with Christ, then your faith in Christ will be at the least week, chances are in reality it will be non-excitant.
Want your faith in Christ to be stronger than get in His word and start following His lead, repent of the sin in your life, follow His commandments, and start living the life He set out for you before you were even born.
James 4:1
¶ What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members?
You lust and do not have; so you commit murder. You are envious and cannot obtain; so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask.
You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.
You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God?
Therefore, whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
Or do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose:
“He jealously desires the Spirit which He has made to dwell in us”?
But He gives a greater grace. Therefore, it says, “GOD IS OPPOSED TO THE PROUD, BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE.”
Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Be miserable and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy to gloom.
Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.
James 4:8
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
{ If you will draw near to God, He will draw near to you, let go of the world and its ways, draw close to God and see what happens.}
James 4:3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.
{ You ask but do not receive because you ask because your motives are wrong.
Want your faith in the Lord to grow?
Then make your priority’s wright spend time in the word of GOD, not just reading the words but reading what the Lord your God is saying to you, His book the Bible was written to you for you. To show you how you are to live, and by spending time with it on a personal level asking the Holy Spirit to teach you what Father God and Christ Jesus are so eagerly waiting for you to know except and understand about their love for you.
For if you understand these things your faith will grow. }
Will you take time to consider what the Lord has said, and dune.?
Do you want your faith in Christ to grow?
If so then turn away from this world ways and turn to Christ.
Spend more time with the Lord then in the ways of this worlds.
Are you truly awaiting His return or are you more concerned about the next sports event coming up, the next dollar you are going to collet, the next pat on the back you may receive?
are you on the broad path to the wide gate that leads to destruction?
Or are you willing to put your faith in Christ Jesus and take the pathe to Heaven on the narrow path that leads to the small gate.
That choice is yours and yours alone.
Think about it.