Sermon Tone Analysis

Of the thousands of miracles done by the Lord Jesus during His time here on Earth only two are recorded in all four gospels.

The first miracle recorded in all four of the gospels is Christs resurrection the other is this event called the feeding of the 5,000.

We have all heard the story, it is probably the most told story by Sunday School teachers to little children because it involves a little boy, and we learn the lesson that little becomes much when God is in it.

Which is a beautiful lesson to teach, it is easy to understand.

But as you begin to look just beneath the surface you find that there are other things that are taking place while this miracle is occuring the God reveals to us as we study His word.

This familiar miracle occured near the end of the Lord’s ministry in Galilee and is the climax of His time there.

Let’s remember some of the things we have seen Jesus do in the gospel of Mark.

We have learned that Mark’s gospel has one focus to show that Jesus is Lord, Jesus attempts to show nonbelievers this truth through using situations and miracles, to show that He had authority over all creation.

Jesus had a Forerunner (JTB)

Jesus overcame Satan

Jesus proclaimed the Kingdom of God was “at hand”

Jesus was Lord over His disciples

Jesus showed power over a demon possesed man in church

Jesus stayed up all night healing the sick and casting out demons

Jesus preaches the Word of God

Jesus cleansed a leper

He healed the paralyzed

Jesus claimed to be Lord over the Sabbath

Healed a man with a withered hand

Jesus is more powerful than the storm

Jesus was rejected by His own people

All these events were there to show the people and to show us that this was no ordinary man.

This was to show everyone that Jesus is Lord over all things.

Now we come to the clmax of all the miracles perhaps this one event is more important to us than all the other parables combined.

Here Jesus shows us that He and He alone is the only one who can satisfy our hunger.

(all of us have longings) *** ILLUSTRATION***?

The feeding of the 5,000 was Jesus’ most extensive miracle.

However the name is somewhat misleading because not just 5,000 were fed.

As Matthew explains

Assuming the number of women was equal to the number of men and that the number of children was at least the same as the number of adults, this would have been a crowd of nearly 20,000 or more.

Now it is one thing to instantly create a meal for 15 folks, but to instantly create a meal for 20-25,000 people was something only the Maker of the universe could do.

But even more amazing that we learn here the heart of God.

God’s Son not only had the power to meet a vast number of human needs, He also had the sincere desire to do so.

He fed this crowd even though He knew that most of the people in the crowd that day would reject him right after the miracle.

Yet He generously fed them anyway, because Jesus loves people.

Jesus is teaching us in this passage that He is Jehovah Jireh the Lord our provider!

But what does He provide in this passage?

It is more than just a meal.

Let’s take a look together.

Jesus provided

Rest For The Weary

Mark 6:

Have you ever been serving Jesus and become weary?

Have you ever done everything in your power to serve Christ all day long and as a result become tired from the extra effort it took?

This is how the disciples felt, earlier in the day Jesus had sent the 12 disciples out to do his work.

He told them to go preach a message of repentance throughout the cities of Galilee.

Matthew 10:

This mission trip would have lasted for weeks maybe even months, but they were to travel to all the cities of Galilee and preach this message.

Now they have returned as they return the gather together with Jesus, and reported to Him all the things which they had done and taught.

Think about it, these men were on foot traveling the country side sharing a message that would have made everyone they knew angry.

Each one of the disciples except for Judas was from Galilee and they were faced with persecution and rejection.

They would have been stressed out, and exhausted this was the first time they had ever done anything like this.

It would have made them even more nervous when they heard that JTB who taught the same message they were teaching had just been beheaded.

But when Jesus asks you to do something extraordinary He doesn’t just leave you out there never intending on giving you a time of rest.

Notice it was Jesus who commanded them to go away by yourselves to a secluded place and rest for awhile, because there were many people coming and going and they didn’t even have time to eat.

The Lord saw them in their weariness and responded with tenderness.

So the disciples got into a boat and went away to a secluded place by themselves.

It was probably easy to find a boat since they were from the area and most of them were former fisherman.

Jesus does not call us into solitude but as the pressures of life and serving the Lord mount up Jesus is most definitely a proponent of quiet time.

It is essential that if you are going to abide with Christ that you learnt he art of quiet time alone with Jesus and His word.

No one can face the stress and pressures that come with life and ministry unless they learn that it is imperative to be alone with the master.

Jesus provided rest for the weary but He also provided

Truth For The Wandering

Mark 6:33-3

So Jesus being compassionate towards His disciples begin to push out into the lake and get a much needed break from their long time of ministering.

But as they begin to push out a crowd looks and sees them and many recognized them.

They watched Jesus and His disciples leave in the boat and began running down the bank after them.

They saw the signs he was performing on others and they thought hey we want in on some of these miracles.

We will see later on that most of these people were thrill seekers they wanted to see the miracles for the experience of just saying they saw one.

They werent really interested in what Jesus had to say they wanted to know what Jesus could do for them!

Those who were sick wanted to be healed, and those who were well wanted to be entertained.

So these people watch the direction of the boat and they must have been some sort of excited because the boat is sailing straight across to the destination but they run so fast they beat the boat to the other side.

“They ran there together on foot from all the cities and got there ahead of them.”

They are pulling up at their location and the crowd is waiting for them.

Some break that was lol

“when Jesus went ashore, He saw a large crowd that had already gathered.”

I mean what were these people thinking couldnt they give the guy a break even for a few hours?

I mean they violated His privacy, He was trying to spend some one on one time with his disciples and rest.

But this shows us that Jesus is interrupt able.

You know when I was a kid I had a bad habit of cutting people off and interrupting adults right in the middle of a conversation.

a couple conversations from my dad and his belt stopped that real quick.

I remember him being annoyed and saying Kyle we do not interrupt people, son if you interrupt one more time your going to be in trouble.

Dad was trying to teach me manners.

I’m glad he did, now I have three little boys and one little girl and they are always interrupting me.

PAYBACK

It is just impolite to interrupt someone, isn’t it?

I mean couldn’t they tell Jesus was needing some time to rest with His disciples?

You know they knew He had been traveling and teaching… I mean come on who do they think they are!

But in Luke’s account of this same story he adds a very important detail, he tells us that Jesus responded by “welcoming them” The Lord could have ignored them or sent them away; He could have even got back into the boat and headed to a different location.

Instead, He welcomed them....

Do you want to know something amazing?

The creator of the entire universe is willing to welcome you even when you think your issue isn’t as big as someone elses even when you think god has more important things to do than worry about the stuff your going through.

Jesus will stop and meet your need.

Someone needed to hear that this morning, for some of you, you have real issues and real needs and you think that the Lord has bigger fish to fry but can I show you the most beautiful thing in this passage?

Jesus welcomes you, even though He has people who are suicidal, or battling cancer, or homeless, He will stop and welcome you to come to Him with your inner worry, the smallest details of your life.

Isn’t that good to know about your savior?

Look again at verse 34 “He had compassion on them because they were like sheep without a shephered;and He began to teach them many things”

The verb “felt compassion” comes from the Greek word “splanchnizomai” it literally means “to be moved in ones bowels” where the feelings of pain are felt.

Jesus was deeply in pain moved by the genuine concern for these people, because spiritually speaking they were like sheep without a shephered for thier souls.

It’s important to understand this, sheep without a shephered in the ancient world were in a host of dangers.