Pastor Matt Lewandowski
February 25th, 2024
Gospel of John - John 6:1-15
JOHN 6:1–14
After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. 2 And a large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick. 3 Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples. 4 Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand. 5 Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?” 6 He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do. 7 Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to get a little.” 8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him, 9 “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are they for so many?” 10 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, about five thousand in number. 11 Jesus then took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated. So also the fish, as much as they wanted. 12 And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost.” 13 So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves left by those who had eaten. 14 When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said, “This is indeed the Prophet who is to come into the world!”
15 Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.
1: JESUS
THIS MIRACLE.
JESUS
John 6:5 ESV - Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?”
JESUS HAD
Mark 6:34 “hen he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things.
JESUS SPEAKS TO PHILIP (AND THE DISCIPLES)
Acts 1:1 ESV - In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach,
2: JESUS
HIS DISCIPLES IN THE WORK.
HIS QUESTION
HIS QUESTION
HIS QUESTION WAS INTENDED TO
3: THE NEED FAR OUTMATCHED THEIR
AND
.
John 6:7–9 ESV - 7 Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to get a little.” 8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him, 9 “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are they for so many?”
WHAT THEY HAD:
HOW COULD THE DISCIPLES FEED A CROWD OF UPWARDS 20K PEOPLE?
HOW COULD ANY OF US BE ABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS AROUND US THAT GOD IS CALLING US TO?
4: JESUS MULTIPLIES THE BREAD AND
THROUGH HIS
John 6:10–11 ESV - 10 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, about five thousand in number. 11 Jesus then took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated. So also the fish, as much as they wanted.
Mark 6:41 ESV - And taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing and broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the people. And he divided the two fish among them all.
REVISIT THE IDEA THAT JESUS INVOLVED HIS DISCIPLES IN THE WORK.
DON’T MISS THIS:
John 6:12–13 ESV - 12 And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost.” 13 So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves left by those who had eaten.
RESPONSE: