Preaching to the Flesh

A missionary was sent overseas to preach the gospel. He was a man who loved scripture and loved verses like "Go into all the world and preach the gospel". When he arrived he used all the enthusiasm he could muster and taught the verses the Lord had given him to preach.

Back in those days before blogs and email they sent and received telegrams and His church sent one asking him "how is everything going?" He then sent a telegram back saying "Jesus is doing a mighty work here I am so happy to be part of it." The church received this with joy and thought of the revival that would be going on in a far away land so they quickly sent back another telegram "how many people have joined the church?" He replies "none, but hundreds have left".

We often concentrate on the times when Jesus fed the 5000 or the crowds that were so big that men would lower a crippled man from the roof so Jesus could perform miracles. Times were not always like this with Jesus. There were times when Jesus would proclaim the truths of the scripture often about election and there would be no one left except His disciples and even they would exclaim "This is a difficult statement; who can listen to it?" John 6:60 (Concerning eating His flesh and drinking His blood). Jesus never preached to the flesh he always preached to the Spirit of a man. For the kingdom He established is Spirit and Truth.

For an in-depth study please read Drinking Deeply's Post on John 6:35-71 (7 mins)