Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

Jesus Feeds the Five ThousandJohn 6:1-15

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Would you like to spend some time with this person?What would you ask him?If this magazine had existed in Bible times, Jesus might have made the cover. He was very popular.Not always popular for the right reasons.Sometimes people followed him for physical blessings, like food and healing.But Jesus tells them, I amthe bread of life.He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believesin me will never be thirsty.

I amthe bread of life.He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believesin me will never be thirsty. John 6:35

What happens to people who come to Jesus, the Bread of Life?What kind of hunger and thirst is Jesus talking about?For what kinds of spiritual food do we hunger?How is Jesus himself the bread that feeds us?When do we receive Jesus, the Bread of Life, together with actual bread?

Dearest Jesus, our Bread of Life,Feed our souls through your Word with the eternal food of forgiveness, peace, hope, and joy.AmenReview

What sin had John brought to Herods attention?How did Herod feel about John?What did Herod do to John as a present to Herodiass daughter?What do we do when the law calls us to repentance?

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How did Jesus show his disciples that they could trust him for all their physical needs?Part 1: What physical need of the people did Jesus recognize?John 6:1-5Why did a crowd follow Jesus?John 6:1-2 (NIV 1984)

Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias),2and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the miraculous signshe had performed on the sick.What other need did Jesus recognize?John 6:3-5 (NIV 1984)3Then Jesus went up on a mountainsideand sat down with his disciples.4The Jewish Passover Feastwas near.5When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip,Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?Jesus had shown compassion by teaching the people and healing their sick.What physical need of the people did Jesus recognize?Key Point 1

Jesus saw that more than five thousand people needed food.

Jesus knows that we need food, just as the people in the story did, and he provides for useven for the wicked. So why do we pray, Give us today our daily bread?

God knows that all people need food, and he provides for everyone. Why, then, are some people in the world starving?

Besides food, what other physical needs do we have?What, then, is meant by daily bread?What did Jesus want his disciples to do?John 6:6-9What reason does Scripture give for Jesuss question to Philip?John 6:6 (NIV 1982)

6He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.How did Philip answer Jesus?John 6:7 (NIV 1984)

7Philip answered him, Eight months wageswould not buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!

How did Andrews statement show that the situation seemed impossible?John 6:8-9 (NIV 1984)

8Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peters brother,spoke up,9Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?

In whom did Jesus want the disciples to trust?Jesus wanted the disciples to realize that the situation was humanly impossible.

What did Jesus want his disciples to do?Key Point 2

Jesus wanted his disciples to trust in him completely.

Psalm 50:15 (NIV1984)Callupon me in the day of trouble; I will deliveryou, and you will honorme.What is Jesuss invitation and promise in this verse?Name a situation that might occur at home in which you would call upon the Lord to help you.How might he deliver you?What is our response to his help?We honor Jesus because he delivers us from all our troubles.illnessStudy for a testAn accidentHow did Jesus prove to his disciples that they could trust him?John 6:10-15How did Jesus feed more that five thousand people so that they had as much as they wanted?John 6:10-11 (NIV 1984)

10Jesus said,Have the people sit down.There was plenty of grass in that place, and the men sat down, about five thousand of them.11Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks,and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.When they had finished eating, what did Jesus instruct the disciples to do?John 6:12 (NIV 1984)

12When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples,Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.How much was left over?John 6:13 (NIV 1984)

So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.

What did the people want to do with Jesus?John 6:14-15 (NIV 1984)14After the people saw the miraculous signthat Jesus did, they began to say, Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.15Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him kingby force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.

How did Jesus prove to his disciples that they could trust him?Key Point 3

Jesus miraculously providedfood for the people.

How did Jesus show his disciples that they could trust him for all their physical needs?Jesus saw that more than five thousand people needed food.

Jesus wanted his disciples to trust in him completely.

Jesus miraculously providedfood for the people.

TruthJesus miraculously fed more than five thousand people with only five small loaves and two small fish.

We trust Jesus to provide for all our physical needs and thank him for doing so.