EXTRAVAGANT LOVE ~ ENCOUNTERS WITH JESUS ~ JESUS FEEDS THE 5,000 JOHN 6:1-35
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. John 6:1 4 (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? 6 He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do. John 6:5 6 (ESV)
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? John 6:7 9 (ESV)
Matthew 14:15-18 Mark 6:35-38 Luke 9:12-14 John 6:5-9 Now when it was evening, And when it grew late, his Now the day began to wear away, Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing the disciples came to him disciples came to him and said, and the twelve came and said to that a large crowd was coming and said, This is a desolate This is a desolate place, and the him, Send the crowd away to go toward him, Jesus said to Philip, place, and the day is now hour is now late. 36 Send them into the surrounding villages and Where are we to buy bread, so that over; send the crowds away away to go into the surrounding countryside to find lodging and get these people may eat? 6 He said to go into the villages and countryside and villages and buy provisions, for we are here in a this to test him, for he himself knew buy food for themselves. 16 But Jesus said, They themselves something to eat. 37 But he answered them, You desolate place. 13 But he said to them, You give them something to what he would do. 7 Philip answered him, Two hundred denarii worth of need not go away; you give give them something to eat. And eat. They said, We have no more bread would not be enough for each them something to eat. 17 They said to him, We they said to him, Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of than five loaves and two fish unless we are to go and buy food for all of them to get a little. 8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's have only five loaves here and two fish. 18 And he bread and give it to them to eat? 38 And he said to them, How these people. 14 For there were about five thousand men. And he brother, said to him, 9 There is a boy here who has five barley loaves said, Bring them here to many loaves do you have? Go and said to his disciples, Have them sit and two fish, but what are they for me. see. And when they had found down in groups of about fifty each. so many? out, they said, Five, and two fish.
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? John 6:7 9 (ESV)
John 6:10 13 (ESV) 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.
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Jesus Satisfies the Hungry EXTRAVAGANT LOVE DISPLAYED
Jesus Satisfies the Hungry EXTRAVAGANT 1. He cares about our physical needs. LOVE DISPLAYED
Jesus Satisfies the Hungry EXTRAVAGANT LOVE DISPLAYED 1. He cares about our physical needs. 2. He desires for us to trust Him to meet our needs.
PSALM 139 1 You have searched me, Lord, Verses 1-6 Omniscient / All Knowing and you know me. 2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. 3 You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. 4 Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely. 5 You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
PSALM 139 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. 7 Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can Verses 1-6 Verses 6-12 Omniscient / All Knowing Omnipresent / Ever Present I flee from your presence? 8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. 9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn if I settle on the far side of the sea, 10 even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast. 11 If I say, Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me, 12 even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.
PSALM 139 13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother s womb. 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and Verses 1-6 Verses 6-12 Verses 13-18 Omniscient / All Knowing Omnipresent / Ever Present Omnipotent / All Powerful wonderfully made your works are wonderful, I know that full well. 15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. 17 How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them! 18 Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand when I awake, I am still with you.
PSALM 139 19 If only you, God, would slay the wicked! Verses 1-6 Verses 6-12 Verses 13-18 Verses 19-24 Omniscient / All Knowing Omnipresent / Ever Present Omnipotent / All Powerful Obeisance / All Respect / Worship Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty! 20 They speak of you with evil intent; your adversaries misuse your name. 21 Do I not hate those who hate you, Lord, and abhor those who are in rebellion against you? 22 I have nothing but hatred for them; I count them my enemies. 23 Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Omniscient / All Knowing Omnipresent / Ever Present Omnipotent / All Powerful 1 You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. 2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. 3 You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. 4 Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely. 5 You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. 7 Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? 8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. 9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn if I settle on the far side of the sea, 10 even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast. 11 If I say, Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me, 12 even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you. 13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother s womb. 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made your works are wonderful, I know that full well. 15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. 17 How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them! 18 Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand when I awake, I am still with you.
Jesus Satisfies the Hungry EXTRAVAGANT LOVE DISPLAYED 1. He cares about our physical needs. 2. He desires for us to trust Him to meet our needs. 3. He desires to use us to meet the needs of others.
Matthew 14:15-18 Mark 6:35-38 Luke 9:12-14 Now when it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, This is a desolate place, and the day is now over; send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves. 16 But Jesus said, They need not go away; you give them something to eat. 17 They said to him, We have only five loaves here and two fish. 18 And he said, Bring them here to me. v And when it grew late, his disciples came to him and said, This is a desolate place, and the hour is now late. 36 Send them away to go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat. 37 But he answered them, You give them something to eat. And they said to him, Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give it to them to eat? 38 And he said to them, How many loaves do you have? Go and see. And when they had found out, they said, Five, and two fish. Now the day began to wear away, and the twelve came and said to him, Send the crowd away to go into the surrounding villages and countryside to find lodging and get provisions, for we are here in a desolate place. 13 But he said to them, You give them something to eat. They said, We have no more than five loaves and two fish unless we are to go and buy food for all these people. 14 For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.
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Jesus Satisfies the Hungry EXTRAVAGANT LOVE DISPLAYED 1. He cares about our physical needs. 2. He desires for us to trust Him to meet our needs. 3. He desires to use us to meet the needs of others.
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. John 6:14-15 (ESV)
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When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, Rabbi, when did you come here? 26 Jesus answered them, Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. 27 Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal. John 6:25 27 (ESV)
John 6:2 (ESV) John 6:26 (ESV) And a large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick. Jesus answered them, Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.
When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, Rabbi, when did you come here? 26 Jesus answered them, Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. 27 Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal. John 6:25 27 (ESV)
John 6:28 (ESV) John 6:29 (ESV) Then they said to him, What must we do, to be doing the works of God? Jesus answered them, This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.
John 6:30 31 (ESV) John 6:32 33 (ESV) So they said to him, Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform? 31 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. Jesus then said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.
Then the Lord said to Moses, Behold, I am about to rain bread from heaven for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day s portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law or not. Exodus 16:4 (ESV)
The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers it is to him you shall listen. Deuteronomy 18:15 (ESV)
John 6:30 31 (ESV) John 6:32 33 (ESV) So they said to him, Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform? 31 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. Jesus then said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.
John 6:34 (ESV) John 6:35 (ESV) They said to him, Sir, give us this bread always. Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.
JESUS NOURISHES THE BODY John 6:34 35 (ESV) They said to him, Sir, give us this bread always. 35 Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall & SOUL never thirst.
JESUS NOURISHES THE BODY & SOUL
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JESUS NOURISHES THE BODY & SOUL
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