05-25: Feeding the 5000
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Thank you for joining us today for worship! We continue looking at the Scriptures to learn how God reveaals His ways. Today, Pastor Tag walks us through the feeding of the 5000 in John 6.
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John 6:1-14
The Feeding of the Five Thousand
(Matthew 14:13–21; Mark 6:30–44; Luke 9:10–17)
[1] After this, Jesus crossed to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias). [2] A large crowd followed Him because they saw the signs He was performing on the sick. [3] Then Jesus went up on the mountain and sat down with His disciples.
[4] Now the Jewish Feast of the Passover was near. [5] When Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?” [6] But He was asking this to test him, for He knew what He was about to do.
[7] Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to have a small piece.”
[8] One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him, [9] “Here is a boy with five barley loaves and two small fish. But what difference will these make among so many?”
[10] “Have the people sit down,” Jesus said. Now there was plenty of grass in that place, so the men sat down, about five thousand of them.
[11] Then Jesus took the loaves and the fish, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted.
[12] And when everyone was full, He said to His disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over, so that nothing will be wasted.”
[13] So they collected them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.
[14] When the people saw the sign that Jesus had performed, they began to say, “Truly this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”
Notes:
*Notes are slides used on Sunday morning made available for your personal notes and study.
Isaiah 55:8-9 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.”
Principles of Miracles:
1. All miracles have a specific purpose.
2. His miracles mirrored His character (Mark 6:34).
3. He did not use His miracles to benefit Himself, either in reputation or personal gain.
4. His miracles not always included someone’s faith.
5. All His miracles were to glorify His Father.
6. All His miracles of healing did not give way to relapse.
How Men Think—“their ways.”
When it comes to spiritual things we do the following:
1. Avoid it: “Send the crowds away so that they may go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.” (Mark 6:36; Matthew 14:15).
2. Calculate it: Human reason is not faith but so to prove it impossible. “Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, for everyone to have a little (6:7; about 200 days of wages).”
3. Doubt it: Offered a solution that they know wouldn’t work: Andrew brought a young boy to Jesus who willingly offered his lunch to Jesus. The disciples said, “What are these among so many?”
4. Manipulate it: The crowd, once fed, began to whisper, “Let’s make Him king!” Why? Because He fed them, gave them what they needed and they saw how He would benefit them.
