Food! And more food! (John 6:1-14 Bible Study)
Channel: LifeChange
Date: 14/03/2021

Presented at the Church@ForestLake on Sunday, March 14, 2021 by Bob Bennett. 
Life Lessons: 
1. There is fulfillment and joy in obeying the Lord and doing the work of the ministry.
2. We gain strength by doing - and finishing - the work that our Lord sends us to do.
3. No matter what the circumstances, and no matter how old you are, God is not finished with you yet. Keep serving Him!
4. When Jesus tells you to do the impossible, it’s no longer impossible.
5. When we speak God’s Word to people with the authority of Jesus, people will respond.

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Combination of the accounts of this event from Matthew 14, Mark 6, Luke 9 & John 6: 

  Then He called His twelve disciples together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases. He sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. So they departed and went through the towns, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.
    After these things Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias by boat to a deserted place by Himself. And the apostles, when they had returned, told Him all that they had done. And He said to them, “Come aside by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.” For there were many coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat. So they departed to a deserted place belonging to the city called Bethsaida in the boat by themselves. But the multitudes saw them departing, and many knew Him and ran there on foot from all the cities. They arrived before them and came together to Him. Then a great multitude followed Him, because they saw His signs which He performed on those who were diseased. And Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat with His disciples. 
    When He came out, saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep not having a shepherd. So He began to teach them many things.  He received them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who had need of healing. 
    Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near. When the day was now far spent, His disciples came to Him and said, “This is a deserted place, and already the hour is late. Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country and villages and buy themselves bread; for they have nothing to eat.” But Jesus said to them, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.” Then Jesus lifted up His eyes, and seeing a great multitude coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread, that these may eat?” But this He said to test him, for He Himself knew what He would do. Philip answered Him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may have a little.” One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him, “There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are they among so many?” 
    Then Jesus said, “Bring them here to Me.” Now there was much grass in the place. He said to His disciples, “Make them sit down in groups of fifty.” So the men sat down, in number about five thousand, besides women and children. When Jesus had taken the loaves, looking up into Heaven, He blessed and had given thanks, He broke them, and distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down; and likewise of the fish, He divided among them all - as much as they wanted. 
    So when they were filled, He said to His disciples, “Gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is lost.” Therefore they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten. 
    Then those men, when they had seen the sign that Jesus did, said, “This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world.”

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