After this, Jesus crossed over to the far side of the Sea of Galilee, also known as the Sea of Tiberias. A huge crowd kept following him wherever he went, because they saw his miraculous signs as he healed the sick. Then Jesus climbed a hill and sat down with his disciples around him.(It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover celebration.) Jesus soon saw a huge crowd of people coming to look for him. Turning to Philip, he asked, "Where can we buy bread to feed all these people?" He was testing Philip, for he already knew what he was going to do. Philip replied, "Even if we worked for months, we wouldn't have enough money* to feed them!" Then Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, spoke up. "There's a young boy here with five barley loaves and two fish. But what good is that with this huge crowd?" "Tell everyone to sit down," Jesus said. So they all sat down on the grassy slopes. (The men alone numbered about 5,000.) Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks to God, and distributed them to the people. Afterward he did the same with the fish. And they all ate as much as they wanted. After everyone was full, Jesus told his disciples, "Now gather the leftovers, so that nothing is wasted." So they picked up the pieces and filled twelve baskets with scraps left by the people who had eaten from the five barley loaves.
This is another synopsis week. My head is almost out of the water, so anticipate full text recaps soon.
The focus this week was on the miracle that took place during the feeding of the 5000. The miracle here is the fact that the boy actually gave up his lunch. To communicate this, at the very beginning of the sermon, I ate a piece of chocolate. I described it and made it very desirable to the congregation. After they were all wanting a piece, I passed around the box, and told them all that they could have some. The Box was empty. There were no treats to be had. It was an easy transition into asking,"What if the boy had eaten all his lunch on the way into town?" Then he would have been deprived of seeing Jesus work. He would have been full physically, but empty spiritually.
At the end...I had chocolates at the door for them to pick up.
This is another synopsis week. My head is almost out of the water, so anticipate full text recaps soon.
The focus this week was on the miracle that took place during the feeding of the 5000. The miracle here is the fact that the boy actually gave up his lunch. To communicate this, at the very beginning of the sermon, I ate a piece of chocolate. I described it and made it very desirable to the congregation. After they were all wanting a piece, I passed around the box, and told them all that they could have some. The Box was empty. There were no treats to be had. It was an easy transition into asking,"What if the boy had eaten all his lunch on the way into town?" Then he would have been deprived of seeing Jesus work. He would have been full physically, but empty spiritually.
At the end...I had chocolates at the door for them to pick up.
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