🌙 Evening with GodPastor Xutene Wanakaija · 3 min 57 s
You've Received God's Gifts. Will You Keep Following Him?
“But that is not everything. We must go further.”
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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 November 4, 2026 · free to watch
How can you keep from stopping halfway after receiving the life of Christ?
The water from the rock speaks to us of the life of Jesus flowing, and that rock which followed Israel in the desert is Christ. Yet, despite all the blessings they received, most of that generation perished in the desert: this was preserved for our instruction. The new birth is not everything; we must go further and watch over the natural life that keeps complaining. Denying ourselves and accepting the Cross as a principle of life is letting God become our life, and so being spared from unbelief.
This message is for you if…
- you are born again but you feel you are stopping halfway
- you have received much from God and you want to stay faithful
- you want to be taught so you can come out of unbelief
Summary
Receiving God's gifts is not the end of the journey. Beginning with Isaiah 48:21 and the spiritual rock in 1 Corinthians 10, Pastor Xutene Wanakaija reflects on Christ as the source of life and on Israel's journey through the wilderness.
The message takes seriously Paul's warning: many received remarkable benefits, yet did not please God. It calls believers to move beyond the beginning, guard against unbelief, and receive spiritual instruction. Jesus' call to deny ourselves and take up the Cross remains central. This is an invitation to let God's life become our life as we continue following Him.
Key points
Pastor Xutene Wanakaija teaches in French. Quotations below are EPLV translations; open “Original French” to read his exact words.
The rock was Christ
“That rock which followed Israel in the desert was Christ.”
Translated from French ·
Original French
« Ce rocher qui suivait Israël dans le désert était Christ. »
Despite all the blessings
“Despite all that, most of them perished in the desert.”
Translated from French ·
Original French
« Malgré tout ça là, la plupart d'entre eux périrent dans le désert. »
For our instruction
“it is to serve as instruction for us who have reached the end of the ages.”
Translated from French ·
Original French
« c'est pour nous servir d'instruction à nous qui sont parvenus à la fin des siècles. »
Going further
“But that is not everything. We must go further.”
Translated from French ·
Original French
« Mais ce n'est pas tout. Il faut aller plus loin. »
Watching over the natural life
“It is in you, it is in me. Let us watch over that life.”
Translated from French ·
Original French
« Elle est en vous, elle est en moi. Veillons à cette vie-là. »
Spared from unbelief
“In this way, we will be spared from unbelief.”
Translated from French ·
Original French
« Ainsi, nous serons épargnés de l'incrédulité. »
Unbelief and ignorance
“It is unbelief and ignorance. Lack of faith and lack of teaching.”
Translated from French ·
Original French
« C'est l'incrédulité et l'ignorance. Manque de foi et manque d'enseignement. »
Scripture in this message
📖 Isaiah 48:21
“He will make water flow from the rock for them. He will split the rock and the water will gush out.”
Translated from the French Bible quoted in the message ·
Original French
« Il fera jaillir pour eux l'eau du rocher. Il fendra le rocher et l'eau coulera. »
📖 1 Corinthians 10:4reference identified by EPLV
“for they drank from a spiritual rock that followed them, and that rock was Christ.”
Translated from the French Bible quoted in the message ·
Original French
« car ils buvaient à un rocher spirituel qui le suivait et ce rocher était Christ. »
📖 1 Corinthians 10:11reference identified by EPLV
“it is to serve as instruction for us who have reached the end of the ages.”
Translated from the French Bible quoted in the message ·
Original French
« c'est pour nous servir d'instruction à nous qui sont parvenus à la fin des siècles. »
Put it into practice today
- Watch over your natural life.“Let us watch over that life.”
Original French
« Veillons à cette vie-là. »
- Deny yourself and take up your Cross.“Let him take up his Cross and follow Me.”
Original French
« Qu'il se charge de sa Croix et qu'il me suive. »
- Let yourself be taught.“we must be taught by ministries, by men of revelation.”
Original French
« nous devons être enseignés par des ministères, des hommes de Révélation. »
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