Dupade’s Word is true
Jec ũré Dupade Uruode
Twice Jesus gave bread to great crowds of people long ago:
My friends, you know that Dupade’s Word is true, but the walking spirit, Satan, scatters us so that not all of us are coming together to hear it. And we find his Word uninteresting because we are out of fellowship with Dupade. And when we are involved in sin we find his Word deroco (uninteresting). But when one of us thinks the right thoughts, Dupade becomes increasingly more important to him. Therefore, I want to tell you about what Dupade’s Word says in Mark 8 about feeding a great group of people.
The ‘cojñone’ were 4,000 who listened to Jesus’ teaching:
My friends, probably you are already acquainted with this passage in Dupade’s Word. It’s a hard one. You know that Dupade’s Son Jesus Christ took the crowd of 4,000 to the shores of a large lake long ago.
And you know that Dupade’s Son Jesus Christ, his disciples, and the people had been together three days to hear the teachings of Jesus. But they had nothing to eat at all. They were so taken up with what their teacher taught them that they didn’t take time out to eat.
Jesus felt sorry for the great crowd of people:
And afterwards Jesus said to his disciples: “I feel sorry for these people; they have already been with me three days and have had nothing to eat. If I send them home hungry, they will collapse on the way.”
Some of their houses were very far away. And that’s why Jesus didn’t dismiss the crowd in case someone would be overcome with hunger and get dizzy and faint before he reached his house.
Jesus knew all things. He knew that his Father would help them. But he wanted his disciples to know it, too, and that’s when he asked his disciples, “How many loaves of bread do you have?”
John tells about another large group of people; there were 5,000 in this group:
In the book of John, it tells how it happened with the crowd of 5,000. And you know on that occasion there was a little boy with food who was not much older than Jorge or Ruben. This little boy had been so caught up in what Dupade’s Son Jesus Christ was teaching that he must have forgotten all about his lunch – the bread he’d brought along. He didn’t think about it. He was so busy listening to his teacher that he forgot all about his food. But he had five breads. He gave them to the disciples and they showed them to their teacher Jesus and said: “This little boy has five breads in his lunch and says there are two fish as well.”
Jesus broke the little boy’s bread into pieces for the crowd to eat:
And then it was that they gave the five breads to Jesus. And Jesus, it’s said, started breaking them in pieces. And then it was that he told his disciples to tell the people to sit down.
They told the people, and the whole crowd sat down. And then it was that Jesus thanked his Father for the bread and Dupade helped his Son. And afterwards the bread began to increase, and they ate it.
When I think about what it would be like to make some bread for all of us here in Zapocó, I don’t think five breads would be enough. It would really be delicious and we’d all want some of it. There were five breads, 5,000 people, and they ate until their bellies were full.
The disciples gathered up the bread that was left over:
My friends, where it tells about these things in Mark 8 it says that Jesus’ disciples gathered up the bread that was left over. How many containers full of left overs were there? How many, my friends? ¿How many containers of bread?
There were 12. That’s how many. My friends, how many disciples did Dupade’s Son Jesus have? There were 12 disciples and 12 containers full of bread. After the crowd had eaten, the disciples had plenty to eat themselves – a container for each of them!
The people did not forget what Jesus had done:
My friends, when Jesus had finished feeding the crowd the bread that his Father had increased, probably he and his disciples ate. Afterwards Jesus went off alone to pray and the people went away. And the disciples started off across the lake in their boat. But the people who had been there didn’t forget what Jesus had done at all. They kept track of everywhere Jesus went, so they could go wherever he was. Jesus was still on the other side of the lake.
But after awhile he also went over to the other side of the lake. And when the people heard the news that Jesus was there, and they went to him again. Jesus said to them, “I know you. You are looking for me because I prayed to my Father and asked him to help me to increase the bread to feed you.” This is what he told them.
Jesus is the living bread:
And then Jesus said, “I am the bread of life. That is the bread that gives people everlasting life and I am the one who provides that bread. He who comes to me to get that bread will never go hungry again. And if that person believes in me he will never be thirsty again.”
But the crowd of people said to Jesus, “Teacher, bring that bread, whatever it is, and we’ll eat it.”
Then Jesus told them plainly, “I am that bread.” And then he said, “Dupade sent me to this earth so that you might believe in me.” This is how he spoke to them.
It’s the same way today, though, when people don’t like what Jesus says, they go away.
The whole group of them took off in different directions. No one stayed with Jesus, none of the crowd, because they hated Jesus’ words when he told them he was the living bread.
The people hated Jesus’s words when he told them to eat the living bread:
My friends who are here today, why do you think the people hated Jesus’ words about the bread? Why did they hate it when he said, ‘Dupade sent bread for you to eat’?
They hated his words. Why was that? What was it that made the people hate what Jesus had to say about bread?
My friends, the people hated Jesus words about bread, because they were looking for a different kind of bread; the bread they ate daily. I have decided that we, too, are most of the time just seeking our daily bread as well, bread for our stomachs. That’s all we desire. I don’t think we are all that interested in living bread either.
Our stomachs want bread and we do what our stomachs want:
Men and women, my friends, what we go after is what our bellies want. We are not interested in getting living bread for our souls at all. Whenever our belly tells us it wants bread, we go get it. But we know that what our stomachs want is a very ordinary thing. But what is good for our souls, what our souls crave, is for Jesus to dwell in our hearts.
Therefore, my friends, concerning all this, we know that the crowd of people that called themselves Jesus’ disciples didn’t like the words about bread that Jesus told them all about. He said: ‘I am the bread you should eat. Dupade sent me to this earth so that you might believe in me.” This is what he told them.
But all the people left him. They all took off. They were gone.
The multitude took off, but all the disciples stayed with Jesus:
And, my friends, about all this, the twelve young men remained there with Jesus. And Jesus asked them: “What do you say? Do you want to leave too?”
But one of them answered him and said: “Lord, no way can we leave. There is no teacher anywhere that has words like yours. For your words give us eternal life.” This is what they said to Jesus. “We who are your disciples know that you are the Christ we’ve been waiting for. You are the Son of Dupade who is living in heaven.”
Judas hated the living bread also:
And Jesus answered them and said: “I have chosen you twelve men? And yet there’s one of you that the walking spirit has not let go of?”
Who is that one? Judas was who he spoke about, and you know there are other Judas’s right now.
He was a disciple of Jesus. But you, friends of mine, concerning all this, I don’t want us to be like Judas. Jesus spoke to him on that day, but Judas heart was resistant against him. And Judas took off. He had taught people about Jesus, he taught them about Dupade’s Word also, but he hadn’t stopped his ugly ways at all.
It was later that the ugliness overcame him, and he gave Jesus up to the evil men who were seeking to kill him. Judas wanted bread for his belly and was disinterested in what Jesus could give him which was eternal life.
Our bellies want the kind of bread we eat each day:
Therefore, my friends, all of you, about this, you all know what happened. We see that the crowd Jesus taught who called themselves his believers were only looking for bread for their bellies. They weren’t seeking living bread for their souls at all.
And my friends, what it is you are seeking. Is it bread for your belly? Is that what you want most today?
My friends, about this, if we are only going after the desires of our bellies, then we are not following Jesus. And so, we go after and go after the will of our bellies. Our belly is demanding, and it wants bread every day and it says, “Get me some. I want some bread.” And we go get it, and we go get it, and we go get it. We don’t go after the things our souls desire at all.
Our souls really want us to go after Jesus, to do his will because it is the will of Jesus who we have faith in, the living bread. That’s because Jesus is in our hearts.
I don’t want us to be like Judas. That’s because Judas was quite aware of his sin according to Dupade’s true Word. My friends, what are you seeking?
Jórgedé likened his teaching to his dirty clothes:
Let’s say I went out to hunt honey and came across an armadillo, and in the process of digging it out, my clothes got all muddy. Do you think I would just put them aside and not tell Jórgedaté anything about them? Wouldn’t I say, “Jórgedaté, my clothes are over there. They are all muddy. Here’s some soap for you to wash them.”
What do you think? If I hadn’t pointed them out to her, would she have picked them up and washed them? No, I don’t think so. She probably wouldn’t have seen them.
My friends, men, and women, if Jórgedaté didn’t pick up my clothes, afterwards they would get all smelly and full of mildew right there where I left them. Afterwards, on another day, we’d surely have to throw my clothes away because they’d be ruined.
Judas knew the sin in his heart, but he didn’t tell Dupade about it:
And, friends, we can see that this is what happened to Judas when Jesus said plainly, “There’s one of you that the walking spirit hasn’t let go of.”
Yes, Judas knew that what he was planning in his heart was evil, but he didn’t tell Dupade anything about it. Just like me – if I hadn’t told Jórgedaté about my clothes; if I hadn’t said, ‘My clothes are over there, wash them,’ she would not have washed them at all. But if I had shown her the soap and said, ‘Jórgedaté, there’s my clothes, wash them,” then she would have washed them clean.
You know very well about the living bread:
That’s how it is, we’re just like Judas. So, friends of mine, to sum it up, you know all about the living bread. So, don’t let your belly tell you what to do – demanding you to bring it bread. If we keep on serving our belly, then its demands will grow and grow, then after a while we won’t go after Jesus’ ways. We won’t have anything more to do with him. For Dupade tells us that Jesus is the real bread that gives us life. Jesus said, “I am the bread that gives life. I am the road that leads to heaven.”
Therefore, friends of mine, about this, you are informed. It’s not like you’re just now hearing about it for the first time. Dupade’s believers have been teaching Dupade’s Word all along, and you know it. I don’t want us to be like the crowd of people that Jesus taught who said they were believers but were preoccupied with getting bread for their bellies.
Some of them, though, the eleven, wanted the living bread. And they got it and it filled them up. And they were Jesus’ true disciples. And because they were full of Jesus, they were powerful like Jesus is powerful.
And you know all about Jesus’ disciples. Judas, however, had evil in his heart that he didn’t confess to Dupade, so Dupade didn’t do anything about it.
That’s probably enough of my talking about armadillos:
I’ve given enough examples to you about digging out armadillos and muddy clothing and about not telling Jórgedaté to wash them. And not telling her: “Here’s my clothes. Wash them.” And because I didn’t tell Jórgedaté about them, she didn’t do anything about them, and afterwards my clothing was ruined, and we threw them out. Just like that. And if I were wise I would have told Jórgedaté about them and would have said, “Wash them,” then she would have, and they’d have been all clean and useful again.
We are all aware of the sin in our hearts:
And it’s like that with us, friends, men and women, these days. We all know when we have sin in our hearts. And we know that if we tell Dupade about our sins, he does something about them, he forgives them and washes us clean.
Men and women, friends, concerning these things, we can’t make ourselves right with Dupade on our own. That’s impossible. Sin comes into our minds every day. But, my friends, about this, pray to Dupade every day, and ask him to wash you clean in His Son’s blood. For Dupade’s Son Jesus spilled his blood so that there would be a remedy for our sin and evil thoughts. (I John 1:7–9)
I remember Tetáguedé:
Oh, how well I remember Tetáguedé when he was alive, and I would say to him: “Tetáguedé, believe in Dupade,” I’d say.
But Tetáguedé would quickly respond and say: “Uncle,” he’d say, “It’s fine for me not to believe in Dupade, because you’re mistaken about him,” he’d say. “For the believers are always bawling each other out,” he’d say. “That’s all I want to say on the subject,” he’d say.
For we believers do blame each other and accuse each other. That’s because we don’t examine our own hearts to see the sin in them. So, we accuse other believers of wrong doing. (John 13:35)
And so, we can see it’s the same today as with the great crowd of people. People don’t want to accept for themselves the words of Jesus who said: ‘I am the bread that Dupade sent to you to eat. But you won’t eat it.’ That’s when the crowd of people left him.
The ‘walking spirit’ is our enemy, he wants us to forsake Dupade:
Therefore, my friends, about these things, you have already heard them. So, diligently look for that living bread. There’s lots of us here on earth looking for a good life. But we are not looking for the sin in our own hearts, so we can confess it to Dupade. And because of the sin in our hearts, we cannot have a good life.
The road we travel on is long and hard for us:
It’s like what happened to me when we were on the road to Zapoco, we were worn out from the journey. It’s that way with our faith these days, our faith grows weak. We’re poor and in need. We lack money. We lack clothing. The walking spirit troubles us to make us give up on Dupade.
It’s true what Paul wrote about himself and the things he went through. But not only Paul, Jesus suffered also. While on earth Jesus got tired traveling to different places to teach people about his Father and the things that we should do. He would be tired, but didn’t have a house to sleep in. He was often hungry but had nothing to eat.
And it’s like that for you who believe in Dupade today, we struggle to get things for yourselves. And the people who have a lot of things, never seem to have enough. But they don’t know Dupade and so they don’t realize that it is Dupade who blessed them with the things they do have. They don’t share what they have with their fellow men. They happily go on their way. But Dupade’s believers are often poor. They are often tired. They often have more pain than their bodies can stand. (I Peter 4:12-13)
Therefore, my friends, about these things, this isn’t the first time you have heard these things, for Dupade’s believers have taught Dupade’s Word to us. But if you want to read about what Jesus did to feed the crowd of people, and about the living bread, my words can be found in Mark, chapters 8, 9 and 10, and in John 6 also.
Key:
Dupade – God
Dupade’s Word – God’s Word
Walking spirit – Devil
Cojñone – People who are not of the Ayoré tribe
Deroco – Flavorless, uninteresting
Jorge and Ruben – Little boys in Zapoco at the time Jórgedé gave this message
Jórgedé – Father of Jorge
Jórgedaté – Mother of Jorge
Things break us – Things are hard for us
Jórgedé – Zapoco, Bolivia – 10-13-1974.
Transcribed by: Janet Briggs.
Translated to English by: Maxine Morarie.
