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John 6:1-22 Teen Church
Introduction:
· Last week we finished off John 5. Now, that was a tricky chapter, so we’re going to just go back over the main points that we hit.
The chapter started with Jesus claiming a strong relationship between himself and the Father.
The Father provided him with all the direction and guidance that he needed to do his work, and by doing that work as perfectly as he did, Jesus provided witness to the Father.
· After this, we saw that Jesus has the ability to give life.
The power to do this comes because the Father has given it to him.
Just as God the Father has life in himself, so Jesus too has life in himself, and this allows him to give that life to others.
From having life in himself, Jesus is able to give it over to others.
How does this happen?
Well, Jesus preaches his message, and then when people come to believe in it, they receive life, and life abundantly.
That is what is happening in this time that is coming and has now come.
Later, we saw that there would be a time where Jesus would come again.
And when he came again, he would be in the role of a judge.
He tells us in vv28-30 that there will be a time in the future when all who have died will be raised, some to new eternal life, and some to eternal strife and damnation.
And the thing that separates them, as we saw before, was their reaction to Jesus.
· Now, this is a lot for Jesus to claim about himself.
As v18 reminds us, he’s basically just considered himself to be equal with the Father.
So, in v31-47 he gives us four sources of testimony to back up what he says about himself.
The first is John the Baptist.
Jesus tells us that he does not rely on man’s testimony, but he nevertheless appeals to John because the people trusted John, and Jesus hopes that by appealing to John more of them may come to believe.
But he has greater sources of testimony.
These include the works his Father has given him to do.
His miracles testify that he is who he says he is.
For if he wasn’t, how would he be able to do what he does?
Similarly, the Father himself testifies that Jesus is all that he says he is.
Finally, the Scriptures, that is, the OT, testifies that Jesus is who he says he is.
This is bad news for the Jews.
They consider themselves to be people of the book, people who seek to study and understand Scripture well.
But now they’re being told that these Scriptures point to Jesus.
This means that if they don’t see Jesus in the Scriptures, they’ve clearly misunderstood.
So, with those four strands of evidence, we can have confidence to say that Jesus is who he says he is.
· Today we’ll be looking at the start of John 6. We’ll be looking at two miracle stories.
But these miracle stories are deeper than first meets the eye.
So what we’ll do is go through the miracle at face value, trying to understand what happened, and then we’ll take a look at the spiritual significance of each.
Finally, we’ll see what it means for us.
· So, to break it down, we’ll look at:
o 1-15: The feeding of the five thousand.
o 16-24: The walking on water.
1-15: The Feeding of the Five Thousand
· Okay, so the time we’re given is some time after the events of John 5.
Where is Jesus?
o He’s on the shores of the sea of Galilee.
· Who follows him, and why? (vv2-3)
o A great crowd, because they have seen the miracles he’s been doing.
· And so what does Jesus do?
o He goes onto a mountainside to teach his disciples.
It seems he wanted to be alone with them, but this was not possible.
· And when was this? (v4)
o Around the time of the Passover.
Remember that.
· In v5, Jesus notes the crowd.
What does he then ask Philip?
o Where they will get food for the crowd.
· And why does he ask this? (v6)
o To test him.
I’m not sure if it’s irreverent to say this, but being Jesus’ disciple sounds like it was frequently challenging.
· In what way do you think this was a test for Philip?
o It’s not clearly stated, so we do need to speculate.
But it seems to have been a test of his faith.
Does he really think that Jesus is able to provide, even when he can’t see how?
· And what does this verse say about Jesus?
o That he knew exactly what he was going to do.
· Why do you think John includes this?
o To show that Jesus is in control of what’s happening.
He’s not winging it, but operating according to a definite plan.
· How does Philip respond?
(v7)
o He says that it would take a lot of money to feed these people.
· Now look at vv8-9.
How does Andrew respond?
o He shows Jesus a boy with loaves and fish.
· And what does he have to say about this food?
o He doubts that it will be enough to feed such a large mass of people.
· What does Jesus do in v10?
o He tells the disciples to seat everybody.
The place was full of grass, so that would have been fine for them.
· And how many people are there?
o Well, there are 5000 men.
The men is important, because it means that we don’t actually have a full reportage of the people there.
There could easily have been many more than that, if most men had at least a wife, and even some children.
· In v11, Jesus takes the loaves, gives thanks and distributes.
How much does each person eat?
o As much as they want.
· Why do you think John includes this tidbit?
o To show the extent of the miracle.
Jesus doesn’t simply feed them a little token meal.
Every person is full with all they need.
· What does Jesus then tell his disciples to do? (v12)
o Gather the left overs into baskets.
· And how many baskets are filled?
(v13)
o 12.
· And when people see this miracle, what do they say about Jesus? (v14)
o They say that he is the prophet who was to come.
This is a reference to Deuteronomy 18:18.
· And what do they try do to him?
(v15)
o They try make him king by force.
· But Jesus is wise to this, so what does he do?
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