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liberty bible church 4~/27~/08 a.M.
By Tom Zobrist
“Does God STill Perform Miracles?”
John 6:1-14
introduction
Illus. of Barna stats on miracles.
What do you think?
Does God still perform miracles?
If so, what do they look like?
And how can I put myself in a position to see one or perhaps be the beneficiary of His gracious, miraculous provision?
OPEN to the passage.
*Prop.
*In this passage, we see how the common man can see God work a miracle.
Open in PRAYER.
PREVIEW the passage.
The feeding of the 5,000 is the only miracle, besides the resurrection, that is recorded in all 4 Gospels, which points to its significance.
Still, Jesus speaks of it throughout the rest of this lengthy chapter.
No doubt, it was a spectacular event for all involved.
So, how did this miracle happen?
Does God still do miracles like this or similar?
How can I be part of one?
What can we learn from these 5,000 men?
First, if we want to see a miracle, we must…
i.
walk with jesus 1-4
Illus. of I heard someone say once that winning the lottery was a miracle.
The odds were so great that it had to be a miracle.
NO!
A miracle would have been had they not played and won.
(with no one else playing for them, either) It’s no miracle to win a game of chance.
If you want to win, you have to play.
I don’t recommend this.
I recommend hard work and savings and trusting God.
Walk with Jesus and that puts you in a position to experience miracles.
One warning…
a. Trust his power
V 1 1.
Examining all the other Gospel records and the chronology involved, it can be concluded that about six months have passed since the end of John 5.
This is about one year prior to the crucifixion.
John the Baptist had been killed, the disciples had gone throughout Galilee doing their preaching, and Jesus had developed quite a following.
Jesus is seen crossing the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias, after a city on the west side of the sea.
V 2 2.
Jesus is found by the crowds, looking for a miracle.
They had exhausted the treatments of man and had no other hope.
If they were to get a miracle, they had to go to Jesus.
They had seen what He could do and wanted Him to work on their behalf as well.
Trust His power and…
b. go where he is (we may have to go out of our way)
Illus. of people that will travel the globe to find doctors and specialists that will treat their ailments.
They go it of their way looking for help.
We may have to go out of our way to follow Jesus.
V 3 1.
He crosses the sea and goes up a mountain, and still the people find Him.
The people continue to pursue Him.
They will cross seas and climb mountains to find Him, even if it…
V 4 2.
They should have been thinking about Moses’ deliverance from the Egyptian bondage, the miracle of the Red Sea crossing, the manna in the wilderness, and the miracle of the water from a rock.
But, they weren’t thinking about the past.
They needed something now.
They needed a new deliverer from the bondage of Rome, the bondage sin, the bondage of sickness.
They hoped it would be Jesus.
Side note: This is the second of three Passovers mentioned by John.
This makes it apparent that Jesus’ ministry lasted about three years and had about one year to go.
*Trans.*
If we want a miracle, we must WALK WITH JESUS.
We must go where He leads, whenever He leads, and trust His power to sustain us.
Second, we must…
ii.
willingly use our available resources vs. 5-9
Illus. of many argue that we wouldn’t have the gas prices that we have if we would develop some of our own resources.
Hence, we shouldn’t be surprised that we are running short on oil and paying huge prices in the world market.
I’m not an economic expert, but I do know that God wants us to use our resources before He can work a miracle.
We saw that in His daily provision of manna in the wilderness and we see that in our account here.
Two questions need to be answered here.
First…
a.
What is the need?
V 5a 1.
This was a large group of people.
Thousands and thousands were approaching the Lord and His disciples.
Jesus is thinking ahead of what was going to be needed.
V 5b-6 2.
He did not ask this for information, but to begin His lesson for the disciples.
Jesus had a plan, but the disciples had to be prepared for future ministry and we had to be taught how God can miraculously provide.
Philip, you’ll recall was from Bethsaida, the closest town.
He would have known where bread could be bought in this town.
V 7 3.
There were two problems, really three.
The number of people, the lack of money, and the time of the day.
Bread was not readily available for purchase late in the day.
Illus. of not being able to get it at Pocoti in the late afternoon.
They sell out.
Besides the fact, there are thousands of people and not that much is ever available.
If it were, we don’t have the money.
This would have been about 8 months worth of wages.
Philip spelled out the problems.
There are always those that will tell you that it can’t be done when you are striving to do something great for God.
Philip and the others had a lesson to learn about faith and the power of God.
b.
What do we have at our disposal?
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