Mark 6:30-44
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What a Church must do to be effective
What a Church must do to be effective
30 And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.
31 And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
32 And they departed into a desert place by ship privately.
Mark 6:
30 The apostles gathered together with Jesus; and they reported to Him all that they had done and taught.
31 And He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a secluded place and rest a while.” (For there were many people coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.)
32 They went away in the boat to a secluded place by themselves.
Mark 6:30-
Intro: This morning as we continue through the Gospel of Mark. We have seen some great miracles. . We’ve seen the sick healed. The lame walk. The blind receive sight. Demonic spirits cast out. And, even the dead raised. Truly there are some wonderful stories of powerful miracles contained in this Book.
This story we read today about the miracle of feeding a great multitude of people with only five small loaves of bread and two small fish (boy)is a very important story that teaches us much about compassion, faith, prayer, and God’s ability to meet any need
It’s such an important story that it is 1 of only 10 stories that are included in all 4 of the Gospels. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, all include this story.
As we look at this important story, there are some powerful lessons for us to learn. We will look at 3 points to an Effective church..
If we don’t have all 3 of these the church cannot be fully effective at ministering to the needs of the members, or the needs of the lost hurting people in our community around us.
It is vitally important that we understand this truth and apply ALL 3 of these key principles to everything we do here at Pine Grove so that we may fulfill our Mission, Vision, and Purpose as a church.
An Effective Church, must have compassion. VS 34-37
An Effective Church, must have compassion. VS 34-37
34 And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.
34 When Jesus went ashore, He saw a large crowd, and He felt compassion for them because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things.
The disciples have just returned from their short mission trip, 2x2. VS 31 the plan was to rest a while. But things change.
a. Jesus, “was moved with compassion”
Over and over again throughout the Bible we see that God is a God of compassion:
15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, Longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
8 The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; Slow to anger, and of great mercy.
9 The Lord is good to all: And his tender mercies are over all his works.
8 The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; Slow to anger, and of great mercy.
40 And a leper came to Jesus, beseeching Him and falling on his knees before Him, and saying, “If You are willing, You can make me clean.”
41 Moved with compassion, Jesus stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, “I am willing; be cleansed.”
2. Jesus saw them as sheep with no shepherd. They had no shepherd wonder around in all directions. They become easy prey for predators.
a. We need to have that same compassion as Jesus.
b. What is Compassion? Compassion is defined as a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is hurting, in pain, or has had misfortune, and is accompanied by a strong desire to help the suffering.
c. Most people have sympathy for the broken and hurting people around us. They look at their condition and feel great sorrow for them. There are very few people who are truly heartless and uncaring when they see hurting people. But, compassion goes much further than sympathy.
d. Sympathy is an emotion…we feel sorrow for someone who is lost and hurting. But, compassion is more than feeling sorry for someone…it is about taking action. True heartfelt compassion compels us to do something about the condition of those we sympathize with
e. I don’t doubt that there are many people in our churches, and in our communities, who have sympathy for the lost and hurting people of our community. But, there are precious few people, even within our churches, who have a true compassion that compels them to do something about the condition of the lost and hurting around us.
f. Jesus had compassion, but look at His disciples.
35 And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed:
36 Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.
Mark 6:
35 When it was already quite late, His disciples came to Him and said, “This place is desolate and it is already quite late;
36 send them away so that they may go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”
Mark
It was getting late, and Jesus had told them they would get some much needed rest. Elab
a. They may have had some sympathy for the people, but they did not have the compassion that Jesus did. At this time, they just didn’t get it.
b. Jesus Christ is the greatest example of someone with true compassion. Not only did Jesus have compassion and heal people from physical suffering, he also showed the greatest compassion of all for mankind when He died on the cross for our sins.
8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Jesus Christ is the greatest example of someone with true compassion. Not only did Jesus have compassion and heal people from physical suffering, he also showed the greatest compassion of all for mankind when He died on the cross for our sins.
c. Sending Jesus to suffer and die on the cross was God’s ultimate demonstration of compassion for mankind!
d. Jesus saw people, not hungry, but Sheep without a Shepherd. That’s what we need to see in people outside of church.
e. Everyone is worthy of God’s compassion.
f. Look at the disciples request to Jesus. VS 36
g. Let them find themselves something to eat, after all, that’s what Jesus had told them to do when He sent them out 2x2.
h. Jesus is going to teach His disciples about compassion.
i. When we have true compassion for the lost and hurting people around us, we will be willing to pay any cost or do anything necessary to reach them.
j. Without true compassion, we will never make the necessary effort, never be willing to pay whatever it costs, or never make the personal sacrifice that effective ministry requires. We may participate for a while, but when it stops being easy, and it costs us something, we will quit.
l. Jesus is also going to teach them about faith, doing a it with a little.
37 He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?
TO BE AN EFFECTIVE CHURCH
II. An Effective Church will use the people and resources we have.
II. An Effective Church will use the people and resources we have.
VS 38-40
38 He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
Mark 6:
John 6:
8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto him,
9 There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
Jesus sends them to find food for everyone. I have always believed that this young lad came to Andrew and offered his lunch.
a. Andrews brings it to Jesus, but questions “but what are they among so many?” He was saying, there isn’t enough to go around.
b. Its pretty outrageous to think that all these people. VS 44 5000 men.
21 There were about five thousand men who ate, besides women and children.
b. There could have been 15000 to 20000 people.
c The people were tired and worn down from following Jesus around the area for several days. They were hungry and needed to be fed. There was a great task to be accomplished, but very little resources. 2 fish, 5 loaves. Not a loaves of bread like you buy.
d. Our church may be like the 5 loaves and 2 fishes, with 1000’s of people that need to be reached. We don’t have a lot of people, or money.. But if we have faith, and put our faith into action, great things will happen. We have to trust God.
d. Our church may be like the 5 loaves and 2 fishes, with 1000’s of people that need to be reached. We don’t have a lot of people, or money.. But if we have faith, and put our faith into action, great things will happen. We have to trust God.
e. We have to use who and what we have and pray for the Lord to send us the workers we need.
TRUST AND OBEY.
39 And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.
40 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.
Mark 6:39-4
39 And He commanded them all to sit down by groups on the green grass.
40 They sat down in groups of hundreds and of fifties.
Something that I see here. No pushing and shoving, Jesus had everyone sit down in a orderly fashion.
a. When we do ministry, what ever we are doing to reach people, it needs to be done in an orderly fashion.
40 But all things must be done properly and in an orderly manner.
I Corthians
a. Work with what and who we have, do all things in an orderly manner.
III. AN Effective Church will be Effective through faith and prayer.
III. AN Effective Church will be Effective through faith and prayer.
VS 41-44
Mark 6:41
41 And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.
41 And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up toward heaven, He blessed the food and broke the loaves and He kept giving them to the disciples to set before them; and He divided up the two fish among them all.
1. Finally, we see the third key element of effective ministry highlighted in this portion of scripture.
a. Jesus took the 5 small loaves and two small fish, blessed it, and then divided it among the people.
b. In this act, we see a perfect example of faith and prayer working hand in hand to accomplish the mission of God.
c. I think its extremely important that we understand how these two work together as one, and that when it comes to effective ministry, they are inseparable.
d. Without faith we will never commit ourselves to fervent prayer, and without fervent prayer we will never develop the necessary faith we need to see the miracle working power of God.
6 And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.
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Notice the pattern Jesus followed here:
Then He instructed them to have all the people sit down in groups on the green grass. 40 So they sat down in ranks of hundreds and fifties. 41 Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke the loaves. He kept giving them to His disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.
1. First there was faith, then prayer, followed by greater faith, which resulted in a miracle working power of God being released into the situation.
a. Jesus instructed the Disciples to get the people in groups ready to receive the meal before he did anything else. This was an act of faith. He had compassion on the people, and knew that His heavenly Father also had compassion for the people. They had a need and He prepared them to receive a blessing by faith.
b. Next, Jesus committed the situation to God through prayer. He took what the Disciples had to offer and committed it to God through prayer. He was saying, “Father, you see the need of the people, and you see what we have on hand to work with, now as we commit all we have to your service, add Your divine power to it and multiply it to meet the need!”
c.We need to pray that way. “Lord, we want to reach our community, we are few in numbers, we little in money. But by faith we ask you to give us the compassion, faith, and provide for us the means to reach the lost, an help the hurting”
d. Jesus then began to break the bread and fish into pieces by faith and instructed the Disciples to feed the people…and he continued dividing, and they continued serving until all the people were filled and could eat no more.
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42 They all ate and were satisfied,
43 and they picked up twelve full baskets of the broken pieces, and also of the fish.
44 There were five thousand men who ate the loaves.
1. Everyone ate. Everyone was filled. Every need was met. No one did without. No one was left behind. That is effective ministry. In fact, you can't get more effective than that. EVERYONE was filled.
a. Not only did the people have enough, but notice that there were 12 baskets of leftovers. Anyone think this was a coincidence? I sure don’t! There was a basket of leftovers for each of the twelve Disciples! I think the Lord was teaching them a lesson they would never forget that day. He not only taught them that He could meet there every need, He taught them that He is a God of abundance!
b. If our ministry here in this community is to be effective, it MUST be implemented through faith and prayer.
Conc: I believe that God has a strong call on this local church body we call Pine Grove Baptist. He’s given us a clearly defined Mission, Vision, and Purpose. And, I believe He wants us to be effective in carrying out our Mission, Vision, and Purpose.
If our ministry here in this community is to be effective, it MUST be implemented through faith and prayer.
In order to be effective, ministry must :
1. Have Compassion.
2. Have to use the people we have and that God will send us. We must use the resources we have and that God will send us.
3. Implemented through Faith and Prayer.
a. God has a plan for this church, God has a plan for you in this church. Do you know your spiritual gifts, are you using them?
b. Are you sacrificially giving of your time, talents, and finances to the cause of Christ? If not, you’re missing out on the greatest blessing that God can give you, and the church is not as strong as it could be.