🌙 Evening with GodPastor Xutene Wanakaija · 5 min 35 s
Do You Know About God, or Do You Know Him?
“Knowledge is linked to Revelation.”
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The video starts in French. The English voice is an automatic AI dub, made by YouTube, of Pastor Xutene Wanakaija's original French teaching.
Original teaching in French · aired October 31, 2026 · free to watch
How can you know God other than through the intellect?
“I love godliness and not sacrifices, and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.” The message shows that this knowledge is linked to revelation, which God gives to the intuition of our spirit and not to the soul. God’s people fall into corruption when they carry on with the old life instead of beginning the new life. The Cross is the solution for obtaining that knowledge.
This message is for you if…
- you serve God but feel you lack the knowledge of Him
- you live your faith mostly through your intellect
- you want God’s nature to be seen in you
Summary
Knowing facts about God is not the same as knowing Him in a way that transforms our lives. Reflecting on Hosea 6:6 and John 17:3, Pastor Xutene Wanakaija explores the relationship between knowing God and receiving a revelation of Christ.
The message contrasts understanding that stays at the level of the intellect with knowledge rooted in our spiritual life. It calls us to let the life received through the Holy Spirit become the life we actually live.
The Cross remains central: giving God every right to live His life in us. This evening reflection invites us to look beyond outward religious activity and seek the inward change through which Christ's character and way of thinking become visible in us.
Key points
Pastor Xutene Wanakaija teaches in French. Quotations below are EPLV translations; open “Original French” to read his exact words.
God speaks to the spirit
“when God speaks, He never speaks to the soul. He always speaks to our spirit, and more precisely to the intuition.”
Translated from French ·
Original French
« quand Dieu parle, il ne parle jamais à l'âme. Il parle toujours à notre esprit et plus précisément à l'intuition. »
The old life
“calmly continue on their way with the old life.”
Translated from French ·
Original French
« continue tranquillement leur chemin avec la vieille vie. »
The Cross, the solution
“The Cross: that is the solution for obtaining Knowledge.”
Translated from French ·
Original French
« La Croix, voilà la solution pour obtenir la Connaissance. »
The trap of the intellect
“the intellect is the function of the soul that was deceived by the enemy in the Garden of Eden.”
Translated from French ·
Original French
« l'intelligence, c'est la fonction de l'âme qui a été trompée par l'ennemi dans le jardin d'Eden. »
Godliness, the nature of God
“Godliness is the nature of God.”
Translated from French ·
Original French
« La piété, c'est la nature de Dieu. »
Without godliness
“But if we do not have the nature of God, which is godliness, it is zero.”
Translated from French ·
Original French
« Mais si nous n'avons pas la nature de Dieu, ce qui est la piété, zéro, hein. »
Scripture in this message
📖 Hosea 6:6
“For I love godliness and not sacrifices, and the Knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.”
Translated from the French Bible quoted in the message ·
Original French
« Car j'aime la piété et non les sacrifices, et la Connaissance de Dieu plus que les holocaustes. »
📖 John 17:3
“Eternal life is that they know You, the only true God, and the One You have sent, Jesus Christ.”
Translated from the French Bible quoted in the message ·
Original French
« La vie éternelle, c'est qu'ils te connaissent, toi, le seul vrai Dieu et celui que tu as envoyé, Jésus-Christ. »
📖 Hosea 4:6reference identified by EPLV
“My people are destroyed because they lack Knowledge.”
Translated from the French Bible quoted in the message ·
Original French
« Mon peuple est détruit parce qu'il lui manque de la Connaissance. »
📖 Psalm 51:7reference identified by EPLV
“I was born in iniquity, and my mother conceived me in sin.”
Translated from the French Bible quoted in the message ·
Original French
« Je suis né dans l'iniquité et ma mère m'a conçu dans le péché. »
Put it into practice today
- Make the life of God, received at your new birth, your life.“We must learn to make the life of God that we received on the day of our New Birth our life,”
Original French
« Nous devons apprendre à faire de la vie de Dieu que nous avons reçu le jour de notre Nouvelle Naissance, notre vie, »
- Seek godliness, the nature of God.“God says: “I love godliness.””
Original French
« Dieu dit : "J'aime la piété." »
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