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Series: Anything is Possible
Title: Hebrew Happy Meal
Text: John 6 (ESV)
Sunday, January 26, 2025
Pastor Tom Cogle
Target: Jesus does more with less and then gives it to us to bless.
I. Obstacles Create Opportunity: “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? He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do.” (John 6:5-6)
A.Cost Analysis: Jesus shows up best in places where things don’t add up.
1. Location was Remote: “desolate place” (Luke 9:12)
2. Late in Day: “hour is now late”
(Mark 6:35)
3. Lack of Money: “Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to get a little.” (John 6:7)
B. Convenience Factor: “Send the crowd away to go into the surrounding villages and countryside to find lodging and get provisions.” (Luke 9:12)
II. Insignificant becomes the Indescribable: “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are they for so many?” (John 6:9)
A. Get it into His hands: “Bring them here to me.” (Matthew 14:18)
B. Bless what you Got: “And taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing over them.”
(Luke 9:16)
C. Miracle is in the Breaking: “And he divided the two fish among them all.” (Mark 6:41)
D. You get to Pass it out: “gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.” (Luke 9:16)
III. Unexplainable becomes Understandable: “Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost.” … “When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said, “This is indeed the Prophet who is to come into the world!” (John 6:12,14)
A. Jesus is greater than Moses: “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.”
(John 6:32)
B. Jesus is the Manna from Heaven: “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.”(John 6:35)
Takeaway: Is the Da-Bread in the Boat?