I spent most of my youth going from one church to the other when they preached the same message – Do good and God will save you. Looking back, I was lost and confused. Churches do not emphasize on reading the Bible. And when I read the Bible in the past, I focused on how to live a morally good life. In 2017, God showed me clearly that the Roman Catholic church and the Protestant churches are the same. They do not feed God’s sheep.

They have all turned aside, together they are corrupt; There is no one who does good, not even one. (Psalm 14:3)

While churches put much emphasize on morality, church authorities and those who call themselves Christians are immoral in God’s sight because they have abandoned Sola Gratia. Since 2017, I’ve been looking for the two men shown in my dream who will be the center of the new reformation. When I read Matthew 14:14, I feel the sadness of Christ because many are without a shepherd. I was also one of them until the Holy Spirit came and started to teach me. God showed me four daughters of my mother. And this reformation is the third one, the most important.

In this chapter, Christ continues to show us that God’s plans and His wills are the opposite of men’s plans and their wills. John the Baptist was sent by God and yet, those who call themselves as God’s children killed him. Although it was Herod who put him to death, the Jewish authorities did not protect John or speak against Herod for his evil doings. People who eagerly sought God’s words went to the wilderness to see John the Baptist and heard his message. They believed in Christ and considered John as a prophet. The Jewish (church) authorities hated John because they hated God. And God hated them.

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? (Matt 3:7)

While the church authorities say that they keep the Law and teach people how to keep the Law, God sees them as evildoers because they do not know God. Many people were oppressed because of the strict rules conducted by the Jewish (church) authorities, and they were not fed and were hungry both physically and spiritually. Thus, Christ felt compassion for them and fed the five thousand. It was a unique miracle along with the similar event written in Matthew 15, where Christ fed the four thousand. It is easy to think that Christianity is about helping the poor and feeding the hungry. It is easy to focus on our physical needs than spiritual needs. Christ fed those who are hungry, but not all understood the message Christ brought. In John 6, Christ rebukes those who are after earthly prosperity.

Jesus answered them and said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate some of the loaves and were filled. Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal.” (John 6:26-27)

In John 6, Christ tells us that we must eat Him to have eternal life. We must become one with Him. I am not talking about how to become one with Him. It is a free gift of God. But most people, even Christians, do not accept this free gift. They hate Sola Gratia. They say, “I am capable of satisfying God by myself. Just give me a message so that I can apply it to my life. I can please God with my own hands. Do not give me a message that I cannot do anything about in my life.”  

Application. This is a wretched word before God. We cannot apply our heart to God’s instructions by our own will and efforts. God forbids our applications. Our work is to accept that God does everything. We are born in sin and live a life of Romans 7. God changes our heart to obey Him. Our own will and efforts are useless. Christ came and laid the foundation of the church. The church grows by God’s power.

Those who have no knowledge of God say that we can gain eternal life. They say we can get it if we try hard enough. They say God will show us mercy if we try hard. Then don’t they stay awake 24/7 and do works? Morality pleases only myself and others. This leads to hypocrisy. All those who are given the Holy Spirit live a life God wants by the power of God. True Christians do not boast about themselves or their works. All bad works were done by us, all good works done by the Spirit. As we become powerless in the eyes of the world, God’s power in us becomes strong.

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. (2 Corinthians 12:9)

But those who have not received the Holy Spirit do not accept God’s good news. They say they must work. Even Adam could not stay righteous by works. How can we become righteous by works?

Although Christ fed the five thousand and the four thousand in separate occasions, only the remnants are saved.

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 are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet understand nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets you picked up? Nor the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many large baskets you picked up? How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you about 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. (Matthew 6:6-12)

Many people are called to listen to God’s good news. But not all accept it because most of them are filled with the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees, who focus on earthly matters and praises from men.

Then the Jews began to argue with one another, saying, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?” So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves. The one who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink. The one who eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him. Just as the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, the one who eats Me, he also will live because of Me. This is the bread that came down out of heaven, not as the fathers ate and died; the one who eats this bread will live forever.” These things He said in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum. So then many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, “This statement is very unpleasant; who can listen to it?” But Jesus, aware that His disciples were complaining about this, said to them, “Is this offensive to you? What then if you see the Son of Man ascending to where He was before? It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh provides no benefit; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit, and are life. But there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray Him. And He was saying, “For this reason I have told you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted him from the Father.” As a result of this many of His disciples left, and would no longer walk with Him. So Jesus said to the twelve, “You do not want to leave also, do you?” Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life. And we have already believed and have come to know that You are the Holy One of God.” (John 6:52-69)