John 6:8-15
8One of His disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, says to Him, 9“There is one little boy here who has five barley loaves of bread and two fish, but these-what are they to so many?”
10But Jesus said, “Make the people to recline.” Now there was much grass in the place. So they reclined (the men in number about five thousand). 11Then Jesus took the loaves of bread, and having given thanks, He distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to the ones reclining, likewise also of the fish, as much as they wanted! 12And when they were satisfied, He says to His disciples, “Gather together the broken pieces of bread having been leftover, so that nothing shall be lost.” 13So they gathered together and filled twelve hand-baskets with broken pieces of bread from the five barley loaves which were left over by the ones having eaten.
14Therefore, the people having seen the sign Jesus did, said, “This is truly The Prophet, the One, coming into the world!” 15Then Jesus having known that they are about to come and to take Him by force so that they should make Him king, withdrew into the mountain, Himself, alone.
Good Day Child of God! "Father? Your Will Be Done!" When you think about the situation as you are reading the verses above, it doesn't occur to most that evening was almost there, and in terms of time, thousands, maybe tens of thousands of people, are being fed by the Twelve.
Consider this. They are called Disciples, not Apostles. There were many that followed Jesus as closely as they could. One would call them Disciples, and with that in mind, hundreds of men could feed thousands in a reasonable amount of time. Again, don't read and run. Pray, read, think. Repeat. Above all, keep it in context, and find the message.
Today's easy lesson: Every time we get a group of verses that are not obvious in what they may have to say, my mind goes to what Jesus said, "A time is coming, and now is, that the Father will be worshiped in spirit and in truth." The reason is this; We are so filled with our self loving human outlook that we tend to miss the easiest lessons and therefore are poorly informed about God's Will, the Bible's intent, which does not leave us enough information to Live as a Child of God.
What is the message? We are continuing with the verses we started from last Study where we discussed not rushing through the Bible, but taking a small section at a time, a paragraph if you could stop there. Before starting, always put this thought in place; pray, read, think, repeat. Keep it in context, and find the message. The lesson above was taken as a miracle by the people, but the message is that they showed their true colors by allowing Jesus to see how far along they had failed to come in understanding His Father's Will. They wanted to make Him their King on earth. That was not the program then, and it is not the program now. Christians across the spectrum of the 33,000 denominations have made a bad choice. They are all doing the same thing, following a form of the Mother Church, the Roman Catholic Church, misusing God's Word to control people who Believe if they do certain things they can get God to give them their wants here on earth. Does that sound like Spirit and Truth? Of course no Christian thinks of it like that, it's just the way life is. I do for you. You do for me. Simple. God has made it simple too, but His being is not flesh and blood, He is Spirit. We must wake up to that fact quickly, or there will be a price to pay for many; "I never knew you." Wake up! Your Father is ready, willing, more than able to help, but He is your Abba, Daddy, Father, not God Vending Machine. Have a Grace Day!
Brother Glenn
This blog link: http://askgodsword.blogspot.com/
Complete New Testament Grace Studies link: http://gracehouseministry.blogspot.com/
8One of His disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, says to Him, 9“There is one little boy here who has five barley loaves of bread and two fish, but these-what are they to so many?”
10But Jesus said, “Make the people to recline.” Now there was much grass in the place. So they reclined (the men in number about five thousand). 11Then Jesus took the loaves of bread, and having given thanks, He distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to the ones reclining, likewise also of the fish, as much as they wanted! 12And when they were satisfied, He says to His disciples, “Gather together the broken pieces of bread having been leftover, so that nothing shall be lost.” 13So they gathered together and filled twelve hand-baskets with broken pieces of bread from the five barley loaves which were left over by the ones having eaten.
14Therefore, the people having seen the sign Jesus did, said, “This is truly The Prophet, the One, coming into the world!” 15Then Jesus having known that they are about to come and to take Him by force so that they should make Him king, withdrew into the mountain, Himself, alone.
Good Day Child of God! "Father? Your Will Be Done!" When you think about the situation as you are reading the verses above, it doesn't occur to most that evening was almost there, and in terms of time, thousands, maybe tens of thousands of people, are being fed by the Twelve.
Consider this. They are called Disciples, not Apostles. There were many that followed Jesus as closely as they could. One would call them Disciples, and with that in mind, hundreds of men could feed thousands in a reasonable amount of time. Again, don't read and run. Pray, read, think. Repeat. Above all, keep it in context, and find the message.
Today's easy lesson: Every time we get a group of verses that are not obvious in what they may have to say, my mind goes to what Jesus said, "A time is coming, and now is, that the Father will be worshiped in spirit and in truth." The reason is this; We are so filled with our self loving human outlook that we tend to miss the easiest lessons and therefore are poorly informed about God's Will, the Bible's intent, which does not leave us enough information to Live as a Child of God.
What is the message? We are continuing with the verses we started from last Study where we discussed not rushing through the Bible, but taking a small section at a time, a paragraph if you could stop there. Before starting, always put this thought in place; pray, read, think, repeat. Keep it in context, and find the message. The lesson above was taken as a miracle by the people, but the message is that they showed their true colors by allowing Jesus to see how far along they had failed to come in understanding His Father's Will. They wanted to make Him their King on earth. That was not the program then, and it is not the program now. Christians across the spectrum of the 33,000 denominations have made a bad choice. They are all doing the same thing, following a form of the Mother Church, the Roman Catholic Church, misusing God's Word to control people who Believe if they do certain things they can get God to give them their wants here on earth. Does that sound like Spirit and Truth? Of course no Christian thinks of it like that, it's just the way life is. I do for you. You do for me. Simple. God has made it simple too, but His being is not flesh and blood, He is Spirit. We must wake up to that fact quickly, or there will be a price to pay for many; "I never knew you." Wake up! Your Father is ready, willing, more than able to help, but He is your Abba, Daddy, Father, not God Vending Machine. Have a Grace Day!
Brother Glenn
This blog link: http://askgodsword.blogspot.com/
Complete New Testament Grace Studies link: http://gracehouseministry.blogspot.com/
