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Joel and Mary Nadel, Covenant Church
From J.C. Ryle’s “Expository Comments on the Gospels - Mark”
House Rules: Phones, Respect, Stay on the Text
Pray
Photo of the Field
Introduction
Coming of John the Baptist
Arrival of Jesus
The Gospel message
Jesus ministry thus far
Teaching with healing and other wonders
Miracles
Teaching His apostles
Today: Jesus creates food for perhaps 15,000 people (Matt says 5000 men, plus women and children
This miracle is mentioned in all four Gospels
This demands more of our attention
A magnificent example of the Lord’s power
Fed 5,000 men and families with five loaves and two fish.
They had nothing to eat
Lord tood the loaves and fishes, blessed, broke and gave to the disciples to distribute
Conclusion of the narrative: And they all ate and were satisfied.
And they took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and of the fish.
Power to create beyond question
Something real, solid, is called into being - did not exist before - something out of nothing
No room for man-made explanations, optical illusions, over active imaginations
None of these would have fed 5000 families
Twelve baskets would not have been taken up if those loaves had not been multiplied
Proves: He who created the world out of nothing was here
Only God could have spread this table in the wilderness
Christians need to keep this in mind, and remember it in time of need
We are in an evil unbelieving world, few are with us, many against us
We have weak hearts, to ready to go the wrong way if its convenient- seems right
The devil is always near, waiting for us to stumble, lose faith, so he can lead us into temptation
Where can we turn for help?
What keeps our faith alive, keeps us from falling into depression?
- Look to Jesus
Remember His almighty power - His miracles
Remember - created food out of nothing, supplies the needs of His followers - even in the wilderness
Jesus still lives, never changes, is on our side
Jesus’ conduct after the miracle
Consider Jesus conduct after this miracle: And after he had taken leave of them, he went up on the mountain to pray.
Great lesson here - Jesus did not look for the praise of man.
After one of His greatest miracles, he went off by Himself, looking to spend time in prayer
He practiced what He preached
Matt 6:6 “But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret.
And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.”
No one did such great works, no one spoke such words, no one was so immediate in prayer
Here Jesus is a great example to us
We cannot work miracles- He stands alone
We can follow His example, at least in private prayer and devotion
If we have the Holy Spirit - the Spirit of adoption - we can pray
Let’s promise to pray more than we have done before - make time, place opportunity to be alone with God
Pray before, and after, your work is done
Bringing it home
We need to examine ourselves about our prayer habits - “How’s your prayer life?”
How much time do we spend in prayer?
Are we making progress/improving our prayer lives?
Do we know what it means to work hard at prayer?
These are good questions to ask ourselves
Our greatest weakness at Christians? Prayer
Jesus prayed all night, prayed to the point of tears, frequently found a private place to pray
Loved His communion with the Father
We are busy, often short change our prayers - no wonder our churches are so needy
James 4:2 “You desire and do not have, so you murder.
You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel.
You do not have, because you do not ask.”
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