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That You May Believe and Have Life
John #18
John 6:1-14
Well, healing the sick, turning water into wine, Jesus was gaining a reputation.
Last week as we read, Jesus admitted that he was from the Father that he WAS the Son, but that as Son, he was submissive to the will of the Father
We also found out last week that the Religion that the Father desires for us is one that honors Jesus Christ.
IT places Jesus Christ in the place of honor and it draws the world to him.
So, let's continue our journey through John as we move into chapter 6 and one of the most famous events and one of my favorite stories in scripture
As I've suggested before … pay special attention to the words in RED
That is the words of Jesus …
READ 6:1-14
This really is one of those stories that just makes you shake your head.
It's a story that stretches our ability to understand.
Jesus takes a little boys lunch and feeds THOUSANDS of people.
We know there were 5000 men.
Matthew says the count didn't include the women and children so double most like quadruple the number and you get the total number of people
The crowd gathers following Jesus as word traveled that he was in the vicinity, much like the scenes in Rocky, when first a few, then more, and more follow the growingly popular boxer, just doing his morning workout.
Jesus hadn't advertised.
He had not gathered a crowd.
He's just sitting on a hillside with is disciples and thousands are there.
and we study today from question today on How do we FEED the MASSES Isn't that what we're trying to do as a church?
… They haven't eaten, it's late in the day and Jesus asks a question …
Well let's learn from the words of Jesus …
1.
Where Will We Buy Bread?
Why did he ask this question?
V6 gives us the answer.
He was testing his disciples
Testing their faith?
Perhaps
Testing their perception?
Most Likely
Testing their compassion?
Most definitely
A.
Recognize the hunger
V5 says Jesus "looked … and saw"
We look but do we see
We hear but do we listen
There are hungry people all around us
You passed hungry people this week, did you see?
Remember that the purpose of the signs was to reveal Christ in his deity as Messiah.
And so because of what they had seen, these hungry people came to Jesus
Yes they hadn't eaten all day but they were hungry for more than food;
I looked up the English word Hungry
Ä craving or urgent need for food or a specific nutrient; a strong desire
Jesus recognized their hunger
Mt 4:4 Jesus said "man does not live by bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God"
Hunger is something that SCREAMS to be filled … the problem is when we fill it with things that do not satisfy
Micah 6:14 /"you will eat, but not be satisfied, and there shall be hunger within you …/
Isaiah 29:8 /as when a hungry man dreams that he is eating but he awakens, and his hunger remains; as when a thirsty man dreams that he is drinking, but he awakens faint, with his thirst unquenched.
So will it be with the hordes of all the nations that fight against Mount Zion./
BUT In Luke 6:35 Jesus said /"blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied"/
B.
Have Empathy
That is /"the action of understanding, being aware of, being senstitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another/
The difference between Jesus and the disciples was that the disciples recognized their physical hunger but Jesus experienced their spiritual hunger
C.
Respond with compassion
1.
Jesus asked the question … /where shall we buy bread for these people to eat"/
2. in the Mark account the disciples said /"send the people away so they can go … and buy themselves something to eat"/
3.
In mat.
15:23 a Gentile woman is seeking Jesus help and crying out after him and the disciples said /"send her away, she keeps crying out after us."/
Jesus says "where are we going to get the bread"
Philip gives an answer that doesn't answer the question … he says
Eight months wages (200 denari) would not buy enough for everyone to have a bite
JESUS DIDN"T ASK THAT - He didn't ask how much
He asked WHERE …
The disciples were sympathetic to the problem - that is the KNEW it
They were empathetic they FELT it
But they weren't compassionate
That is /"sympathetic consciousness of others' distress TOGETHER with a desire to alleviate it/
The disciples didn't want to alleviate it … not personally … not at personal cost …
Jesus knows we can't afford it
You scan the newspaper, you watch the television and you recognize that there are hungry people all around us
Listen to the conversation at work, in the neighborhood, in the cafeteria and you find we live among hungry people
And Jesus leans into your ear and says "where are we going to get the food to feed these people?"
And you say, "that will cost me too much Jesus"
These hungry people needed more than what 8 months wages would buy.
I think Jesus must have thought to himself ./"Philip,
you have NO IDEA what it will cost to satisfy the hunger of these people"/
Jesus "I emptied my heavenly bank account, I rejected the rights of Godhood, so that these people could have the food they needed"
By the way … Andrew gives an answer …
/"here is a boy with 5 small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many" /
>The where is Jesus -
If you see this story, of course we don't think that the little boy was the solution.
Jesus was the solution … The little boy was just a vehicle for the amazing hand of God
/ /
/"how far will one life go among so many"/
Could it be that YOU are the boy with the LUNCH?
You might think of yourself, at the office, as a little lunch among thousands … so you've got your masking tape on your lunch with YOUR name on it and it's in the fridge but you are saying "this is for me and no one else"
Could Jesus have fed the thousands without the little boys lunch?
You Bet, but because the little boy turned it over, he got to be a part of it.
Take the tape off your lunch, take it out of the fridge and let's see how far it will go in the break room …
Stand on your front porch … and ask "Lord how far can this life go among so many"?
Let's get out in the parking lot and ask "Lord how far can we go among so many in North County?"
So, with the lunch given … Jesus speaks again …
2.
Have the People Sit Down
>Get their attention
>Get them focused on Jesus
>Get them willing to receive
Jesus didn't ask the disciples to perform the miraculous, he asked them to get the people focused on him and he performed the miraculous
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