After these things Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. 2 Then a great multitude followed Him, because they saw His signs which He performed on those who were diseased. 3 And Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat with His disciples.
4 Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near. 5 Then Jesus lifted up His eyes, and seeing a great multitude coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread, that these may eat?” 6 But this He said to test him, for He Himselfwhat He would do.
7 Philip answered Him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may have a little.” 8 One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him, 9 “There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are they among so many?”
10 Then Jesus said, “Make the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. 11 And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks He distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down; and likewise of the fish, as much as they wanted. 12 So when they were filled, He said to His disciples, “Gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is lost.” 13 Therefore they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten. 14 Then those men, when they had seen the sign that Jesus did, said, “This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world.” 15 Therefore when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him king, He departed again to the mountain by Himself alone. —John 6:1-15
What does Jesus see?
- Jesus saw not only the problem but the.
Psalm 25:10 - All the paths of the Lord are mercy and…
Seeing the multitude approaching, Jesus asks Philip a question:
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- to prove his character and steadfastness of his faith
- to draw out his faith
Jesus was getting them to look beyond
- Their faith was overshadowed by looking at human helplessness instead of looking at their divine resource -
Jesus leads His followers right into confronting their
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- He wants to bring us up to the level of who
- Invited into a sharing of His
4 Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me. 5 “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do
When humanity does the math there is always a deficit, but with Christ’s calculations there is always a
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God is always inviting us to think LARGE and expand our
We aren’t meant to approach life with a mindset of lack (what we don’t have) and instead approach life with a mindset of
Psalm 23:1, 5
- “The Lord is my shepherd, I will not
- “my cup runs
Jesus already has a plan in play, the question is will we be a
- Go with what you know.
- Faith says I will obey even when I don’t