Healings and Lunch
The Life of Christ • Sermon • Submitted • Presented
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· 4 viewsBig Idea: Even in our moments of scarcity, Christ offers an abundance that transforms our situations, teaching us to trust in His provision and to recognize His presence in our life circumstances. Summary: In this passage, Jesus heals a multitude of people and miraculously provides food for 4,000 men, illustrating not just His ability to perform miracles, but His compassion for the physical needs of the crowd who had followed Him, emphasizing that He meets us right where we are. Application: This sermon holds significance for Christians who may feel overwhelmed by their circumstances, reminding them that Jesus sees their needs and responds with provision and care, encouraging them to trust in Him during lean times.
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The Abundance of Christ: From Scarcity to Plenty
The Abundance of Christ: From Scarcity to Plenty
1. Healing Hearts and Bodies
1. Healing Hearts and Bodies
Jesus went on from there and walked beside the Sea of Galilee. And he went up on the mountain and sat down there.
And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them,
so that the crowd wondered, when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.
2. Compassionate Concern for Needs
2. Compassionate Concern for Needs
Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion on the crowd because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat. And I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.”
3. Curiosity in Christ’s Call
3. Curiosity in Christ’s Call
And the disciples said to him, “Where are we to get enough bread in such a desolate place to feed so great a crowd?”
And Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven, and a few small fish.”
4. Overflowing Abundance in Christ
4. Overflowing Abundance in Christ
And directing the crowd to sit down on the ground,
he took the seven loaves and the fish, and having given thanks he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.
And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces left over.
Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.
