God is Able to Multiply to Meet Your Need and then Still Leave You Extra
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“After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased. And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples. And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh. When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?”
John 6:1-5 KJV
“And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.”
Matthew 14:21 KJV
“And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.”
Mark 6:44 KJV
“For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.”
Luke 9:14 KJV
How much do you have (no matter how little) have you given to God?
Giving Thanks More Important Than Miracles
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“(Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:)”
John 6:23 KJV
“And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?”
John 6:25 KJV
These guys didn’t call Jesus LORD but they called him Rabbi.
Jesus didn’t answer their question:
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“Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.”
John 6:26 KJV
Jews Require a Sign
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“They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?”
John 6:30 KJV
“For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:”
1 Corinthians 1:22 KJV
“But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.”
1 Corinthians 1:23-24 KJV
Believe and Then Receive
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“They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?”
John 6:30 KJV
“The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.”
Matthew 8:8 KJV
“The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.”
Mark 7:26 KJV
They Downplayed Jesus’s Miracle By Citing Moses
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“Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.”
John 6:31 KJV
“And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.”
Deuteronomy 8:3 KJV
“Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.”
Nehemiah 9:20 KJV
The Purpose of Living the Word of God
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“Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.”
John 6:32-33 KJV
“And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.”
Deuteronomy 8:3 KJV
