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The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes 0:10 Good morning. Welcome to stand on the word. Today, we are in John chapter 6. And here's the question. What could God do with what's in your lunchbox? Verse 9. There is a lad0:22 here who has 5 barley loaves and 2 small fishes, but what are they among so many? Now this chapter is the account of the feeding of of the 5000. This is in all 4 of the0:34 gospels, but in this 1, John provides a little more information. In fact, this entire chapter is pretty much focused on this event and the conversation that takes place afterwards. The0:45 occasion was, at the time of the Passover. Right? The people were heading to Jerusalem. This was 1 year before Jesus' crucifixion, and he knew his time was not yet. Now0:57 the previous year, he had been in Jerusalem at the Passover, and the religious leaders launched this plot to to kill him. So he didn't go this year. This was probably the first time since he was a1:09 boy that he did had not gone to Jerusalem for the Passover. And this is an important point because not going to Jerusalem for the Passover really violated religious tradition. Going back to the1:21 first temple period, there were 3 pilgrimage pilgrimages a year that they were to make, to the temple. In the second temple period, tradition points to 1 pilgrimage,1:33 and that was generally the Passover, as we read in Luke chapter 2. Alright. Verse 1. After these things, Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias, kinda like the Gulf of Mexico.1:45 It's now the Gulf of America. The name changed. Verse 2. Then a great multitude followed him because they saw his signs, which he performed on those who were diseased. Now the people followed him because1:57 of the miracles that he did. Verse 3. And Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat with his disciples. Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near. Then Jesus lifted up his eyes and seeing a great multitude2:08 coming toward him, he said to Philip, where shall we buy bread that these may eat? So why did Jesus ask Philip this question? Philip had been with Jesus from the very start.2:20 He was there when Jesus turned the water into wine. Well, look at the next verse. But this he said to test him, for he himself knew what he would do. Jesus knew what he was gonna do, but he asked Philip.2:32 See, life is filled with faith test. This was a a faith and a vision test. Notice Jesus didn't ask how they would buy the food, but where. Verse 7.2:44 Philip answered him, 200 denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them that every 1 of them may have a little. Jesus was focused on the sources of the supply. Philip was focused on2:56 the demand. We look at the how can we get it. Jesus was pointing him to the where. There was there are no pointing him to the where. There was there are no supply chain issues with God.3:08 Verse 8. 1 of his disciples, Andrew, Simon's brother Simon Peter's brother said to him, there is a land here who has 5 barley loaves and 2 small fishes, but what are they among so many?3:20 Now I I I I'll tell you. I love this verse. There is a young boy who has 5 barley loaves and 2 small fishes, but what are they among so3:43 man of the 5000 people identified, it is hard to believe that he is the only 1 who had some food with him, or maybe he was the only 1 willing3:55 to share what he had with Jesus. What he had was insignificant by itself, but it became a part of 1 of the greatest miracles4:07 Jesus performed, and it set the stage for 1 the most profound teachings on eternal life. I think it's safe to say that that little boy never forgot that4:19 day. So what could Jesus do with what's in your lunchbox? If only we would freely offer what we have to him, he would multiply it4:30 exponentially. Verse 10. Then Jesus said, make the people sit down. Now there was much grass in the place where the men sat down in number about 5000. And Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he4:42 distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down, and likewise the fish as much as they wanted. You know, God is a God of order. Notice they they all sat down,4:54 but then look at this. They had as much as they wanted. Jesus is the bread of life, and he satisfies our every need. Verse 12. So when they were filled, he said to the5:06 disciples, gather up the fragments that remain so that nothing is lost. Therefore, they gathered them up and filled 12 baskets with the fragments of the 5 barley loaves, which were left over by those who had eaten. Now5:17 it's not recorded what happened to those leftovers. I don't know. Maybe they had to go boxes that were made up for the people as they were going to Jerusalem, but it's clear there was an effort made not to waste5:26 anything. It's good stewardship. Verse 14. Then those men who had seen the sign that Jesus did said, this is truly the prophet who has come into5:38 the world. 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. Now you have 15:50 crowd wanting to kill him, the other crowd wanting to make him king. You know, the fact that Jesus fed them, they saw him as a prophet, and they were gonna force him to become their leader.6:02 But as we're gonna see here in the teaching that follows, their eyes, once again, were focused on the natural realm, not the spiritual. They were focused on the here and now. They wanted a political leader. They wanted6:14 someone to deliver them, reestablish the sovereignty of the nation, but God was looking at something much, much bigger. Now I'm gonna skip over the next portion of Jesus walking on the water, and we're gonna go toThe Bread of Life Discourse 6:26 verse 27 where the people came looking for Jesus and, apparently, their next meal. Verse 27. Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life,6:38 which the son of man will give you because God the father has set his seal on him. Then they said to him, what shall we do that we may work the works of God? Jesus answered and said to them,6:50 this is the work of God that you believe in him who he sent. So here's the work of God. Believe in Jesus. Believe. You know, we we're we're not saved by works. We're not saved7:02 by anything we can do. We believe, and that is the work that God as he works out in our hearts, that's the salvation as we believe. For by grace are you saved through faith and not honor7:14 yourself. It is the gift of God, lest any man should boast. Verse 30. Therefore, they said to him, what sign will you perform then that we may see it and believe you? What7:26 work will you do? I mean, they just saw all of this, and they're asking for more. Our fathers ate the manna in the desert as as it is written, he gave them bread from heaven to eat.7:38 Alright? There wasn't another meal. Then Jesus said to them, most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but my father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the7:49 bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world. Now don't miss this. The manna that God sent from heaven each morning in the Old Testament as they were wandering in the wilderness was a type.8:01 It was an illustration of Jesus, the bread of life coming down from heaven to the earth. Verse 34. Then they said to him, lord, give us this bread always. Alright? We want it all the time. And8:13 and and it's kinda like the the woman at the well. You know, I want that water so I don't have to come and draw. Again, they weren't seeing the spiritual side of this. Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life. He who8:23 comes in me shall shall never hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst. Jesus is that bread of life that satisfies our every8:35 need. Verse 36. But I said to you that you have seen me and do not believe. All that the father gives me will come to me,8:47 and the 1 who comes to me, I will by no means cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me. Again, we see Jesus. He's8:58 not doing what he wants to do. He's not he's not freestyling. He is doing the will of God, and and this is, as we we've seen repeatedly, surrendering his9:10 will to the will of the father, which is what we're to do as he taught us to pray. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. It is surrendering our desire,9:22 denying ourselves, and allowing the will of God to embrace us, lead us, and guide us. This is the will of the father who sent me, that all he9:34 has given me, I should lose nothing, but should raise it up on the last day. Verse 40. And this is the will of him who sent me, that everyone who sees the son and believes in him may have9:46 everlasting life, and I will raise him up on that last day. Verse 44. No 1 can come to me unless the father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up on that last day. Skip to verse9:58 47. Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in me has everlasting life. I am the bread of life. That there it is. Believe in him, and you will have everlasting life. Verse 58.10:10 This is the bread which came down from heaven. Not as your fathers ate the manna and are dead. It was temporary. He who eats this bread will live forever. These things he said in the synagogue as he10:22 taught in Capernaum. Therefore, many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, this is a hard saying. Who can understand it? Drop to verse 64. But there are some of you who do not believe, for Jesus knew from the10:33 beginning who they were who did not believe and who would betray him. And he said, therefore, I have said to you that no 1 can come to me unless it has been granted to him by my father. From10:45 that time, many of his went back and walked with him no more. Then Jesus said to the 12 I mean, this was some hard stuff. You know? When you read through this entire chapter, there's some challenging things here. Some of10:57 them just, I can't do it. They walked Jesus said to the 12, do you also wanna go away? Now listen to what Peter says. Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom11:09 shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. Great question. Great response by Peter. Great question. Great response by Peter. Who has what the Lord has to offer? The11:21 words of life, eternal life. Nothing else compares to Jesus. Father, we thank you for your word. Thank you for the bread of life. Thank you for Jesus Christ11:33 who came to this earth as that bread of life from heaven that we will as we believe we have eternal life, and it's not like the bread that we see in the old testament, the manna that came down and was only good for a11:45 day and it would spoil, and you'd have to get the get it again the next morning. The bread of life is eternal. And I pray, father, for those on this journey that if they've not yet yet11:57 tasted of that bread of life, they've not believed that today would be the day of salvation that they would believe. Thank you for your word. Thank you for the Holy Spirit. We pray this in Jesus' name.12:09 Amen. Alright. Thanks for joining me this morning. Until next time. Keep standing on the word.12:17 Today's study comes from the stand on the word bible reading plan available for free at f r c dot o r g slash bible. By following along in just a few minutes a day, you12:29 can read through the entire Bible in just 2 years. Learn more and request the free reading guide at frc dot org slash bible.In this video 0:00 The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes6:15 The Bread of Life Discourse94K followers
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