“BUT, JESUS BROUGHT GROWTH!” The church today, is often found looking through the lenses of the beneath; John 8:23; And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. “BUT, JESUS BROUGHT GROWTH!” 1 Chronicles 4:9; And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow; Job 14:1; Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. “BUT, JESUS BROUGHT GROWTH!” But, Jabez was said to be honourable. He believed in truth and doing the right things. He did not want a distressed life. John 6:63; It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. 1 Chronicles 4:10; And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested. Jabez wanted an enlarge coast, a seashore; what the word had to land. Matthew 6:33; But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. “BUT, JESUS BROUGHT GROWTH!” Matthew 17:14; And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, (Philippians 3:14; I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus) Matthew 17:15; Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water. (Jude 1:23; And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.) Matthew 17:16; And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. (Church, now where is the growth; John 1:17; For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. Titus 2:11; For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, v12; Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; v13; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.) Matthew 17:17; Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me. (What’s taking you so long; Mark 4:24; And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear; with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.) Matthew 17:18; And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour. (Where is the growth? Hebrews 4:2; For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. James 4:7; Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.) “BUT, JESUS BROUGHT GROWTH!” Teaching! Overseer/Apostle