K085. Jesus said, My words are life

Joh 6:63 KJV  It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
Did Jesus refer to only some of His words or all of His words and commandments?

Yes, today many preachers and believers say that they believe in the power of His words. But when we talk to them long enough, we realise that they believe only certain words of Jesus Christ. They believe only His words of grace or His words of promises; not His words of commands, laws, doctrine, principles, instructions, convictions, warnings, and rebukes. In another words, their arguments to choose only the 'grace words' or certain words that they like shows us that they have no God's laws in their hearts and minds. They want His bread and miracles; but reject His doctrine and commandments.

There are believers who 'ate' His bread; but rejected Him
They may argue vehemently that they are the believers who have high regard for God's words, but subconsciously, they are the 'word twisters' who are lawless and rebellious in the sight of God. They may believe and eat the bread of Christ, but they cannot submit under the law and teaching of Christ. They may desire Christ, but they behave like the disciples in John 6:
Joh 6:26-67 KJV  .. Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled .. (47) Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.  (48)  I am that bread of life. .. (63) It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.  (64)  But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him .. (66)  From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.  (67)  Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?

There are believers who would argue with the Word
Many may still argue, "No, we love Jesus. We sing everyday that Jesus is the bread and the centre of our life. We have never argued with Him. We would never reject Him. In fact, grace teaches us that, even if we sin, rebel, and reject Him, He would still love us. He would never reject us or spue us out of His mouth. We are highly favoured because of grace. Hence, we are the grace believers who can never fall .. "
I will tell them, You think that you have never argued with Him because you have blinded yourselves with lawlessness in your minds. In fact, the moment you argued, twisted His words, and lied that His words have become obsolete, you had argued with Him. When you said that there was no more command, law, doctrine, principle, instruction, conviction, warning, and rebuke for you and your believers, you had argued against the Word and the Scripture. Please think, If the Word or the Scripture is written for us and not for the world, how can we tell our people, our children, and our churches that the Word (which includes the words of 'bread, commandments, and power') is not for us?

We do not just believe in the 'grace-based' words or 'law-based' words
Hence, we would never split the words of God and tell the people that we can only believe in the 'grace-based' words or 'law-based' words. We believe all the words of God which are profitable to us:
2Ti 3:13-17 KJV  But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.  (14)  But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;  (15)  And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.  (16)  All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:  (17)  That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

Jesus did not tell us to preach only grace
Some may still argue, "No, we should only believe in the 'grace-based' words or 'grace-based' doctrine because we preach the 'grace-based' gospel .."
I will tell them, Yes, the gospel of Jesus Christ is the gospel of grace; but the gospel of Jesus Christ is not all about grace. It is also the gospel of love, joy, peace.  It is the gospel of the kingdom of God. It is the gospel of faith, obedience, repentance, cross, power, judgement .. :
Mar 1:14 KJV  Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,
Mar 8:34-38 KJV  And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.  (35)  For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.  (36)  For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?  (37)  Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?  (38)  Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Rom 1:16-18 KJV  For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.  (17)  For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.  (18)  For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
Rom 2:16 KJV  In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
Rom 10:15-17 KJV  And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!  (16)  But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?  (17)  So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

If we do not preach the Word, we preach another Jesus
2Co 11:3-4 KJV  But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.  (4)  For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.
However, many radical grace believers think that Paul's warning of 'another gospel' is a gospel which is always preached with the law or with many laws, and hence, they think that they would be safe if they would preach only grace. I will tell them, Please read Paul's writing again and ask yourselves, "Would the Pharisees preach their laws as 'another gospel'"? No. Obviously, Paul was referring to the serpent or his preachers who preached 'another gospel' with 'another Jesus'. But how did they preach 'another Jesus'? Of course, they would not preach only God's laws; they would preach a 'Jesus' who said all the things that they liked to hear. Hence, Paul was not likely giving warning against the Pharisees or the law preachers only; but any preacher or false prophet who will distort the words of Jesus. He won't care if you are a law preacher or grace preacher; if you scheme to preach law or grace radically and remove part or all of the words of Jesus Christ, you are preaching another gospel.

Find out what God says instead of what we think
Many hyper grace preachers still argue, "DON'T JUDGE. Don't judge any people who sins or boasts with the grace of God; judge only the legalistic law people who always judge, always teach the laws, and always tell you to do right with the commandments of God. But we are not like the law preachers, we always speak the goodness of God. We always speak grace, preach grace, and 'impart' grace to the people; because the more we speak grace and impart grace to the people, the more we will be edified, we will be blessed, and we will prosper .. "
I will tell them, Please go ahead and preach what you think. But please do not forget to preach what God say. Do you know that it is God's will to 'impart' His laws to His people too. You may think that God wish to impart only grace into the lives of the believers; but God said clearly that He will put His laws into the minds of His people. Now you decide, Which one should we preach more now: the laws of God or the grace of God? Speaking and walking in the truth and honesty of God or confessing and thinking with your vain prosperity doctrine? Should we confess what you say or what God said? Should we preach what you think or what God wrote?
Heb 8:10 KJV  For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
3Jn 1:1-4 KJV  The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.  (2)  Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.  (3)  For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.  (4)  I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
2Jn 1:5-7 KJV  And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.  (6)  And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.  (7)  For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

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