John 6:1; After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (or Tiberias).
John 6:2; A large crowd followed Him, because they saw the signs which He was performing on those who were sick.
John 6:3; Then Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat down with His disciples.
John 6:4; Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.
John 6:5; Therefore Jesus, lifting up His eyes and seeing that a large crowd was coming to Him, *said to Philip, "Where are we to buy bread, so that these may eat?"
John 6:6; This He was saying to test him, for He Himself knew what He was intending to do.
John 6:7; Philip answered Him, "Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, for everyone to receive a little."
John 6:8; One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, *said to Him,
John 6:9; "There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these for so many people?"
John 6:10; Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
A huge crowd is following Jesus... because "they saw signs He was doing". But then Jesus takes His disciples "up on the mountain".
It seems Jesus likes to take us up to the high places. He likes to take us up on the mountain with Him. There is a whole thread that could be discussed about that.
I have to love Jesus here. He sees the crowd gathering around Him. So then Jesus, in His way... asks Philip... "where's the nearest McDonalds".
I don't suppose there were a lot of grocery stores or fast food chains in the hills of Israel in those days.
Verse 6 is the one I want to focus on here... It says that Jesus asks Philip about buying the bread... "to test him". Test him? In what way?
This wasn't about tempting Philip to sin. This wasn't even Satan doing the testing here. It was Jesus. Does Jesus test us? In what way?
It says here that Jesus already "knew what He was intending to do". Ha... if only we knew in advance, what God was "intending to do".
In verse 10 it says there were 5,000 men. That's just men. It doesn't us how many women and children were there, this crowd could have possibly been 10 or 20 thousand people.
Is there a town near where you live with a population of 20,000 people? Imagine all those people coming to see you for lunch. How many sandwiches are you going to make?
Nothing catches Jesus by surprise. God isn't surprised by anything. The people didn't lead Jesus away from the town. Verse 2 above says they "followed" Jesus.
Jesus led them away from the town. Was He surprised there were no stores here? Was He surprised the people were hungry? ... but Jesus already knew what He intended to do.
I wonder, how many times does Jesus lead us someplace. Some place unfamiliar to us. Some place away from the rest of the world. ... and then what? He just leaves us stranded there?
Jesus tested Philips faith here. The people are hungry Philip, what are we going to do about it? How many times has God put in a place where your faith was tested?
God I lost my job, God I have no money. God I'm sick today, God I'm hurting today. My car broke down, my refrigerator quit working. My *gasp* cell phone quit working.
Do these things catch God by surprise? Does God sit up in heaven and say... "oh my goodness, what am I going to do now?" Did you ever stop to consider, maybe these are the times,
the times when Jesus tests us. To see where our faith is. Is it in Him, or in the world and in our own ability.
Philip tells Jesus, a years worth of wages wouldn't even feed these people Jesus. Philip, like most of us... was focusing on the material. On what we could do, instead of what God could do.
John 6:2; A large crowd followed Him, because they saw the signs which He was performing on those who were sick.
John 6:3; Then Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat down with His disciples.
John 6:4; Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.
John 6:5; Therefore Jesus, lifting up His eyes and seeing that a large crowd was coming to Him, *said to Philip, "Where are we to buy bread, so that these may eat?"
John 6:6; This He was saying to test him, for He Himself knew what He was intending to do.
John 6:7; Philip answered Him, "Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, for everyone to receive a little."
John 6:8; One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, *said to Him,
John 6:9; "There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these for so many people?"
John 6:10; Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
A huge crowd is following Jesus... because "they saw signs He was doing". But then Jesus takes His disciples "up on the mountain".
It seems Jesus likes to take us up to the high places. He likes to take us up on the mountain with Him. There is a whole thread that could be discussed about that.
I have to love Jesus here. He sees the crowd gathering around Him. So then Jesus, in His way... asks Philip... "where's the nearest McDonalds".
I don't suppose there were a lot of grocery stores or fast food chains in the hills of Israel in those days.
Verse 6 is the one I want to focus on here... It says that Jesus asks Philip about buying the bread... "to test him". Test him? In what way?
This wasn't about tempting Philip to sin. This wasn't even Satan doing the testing here. It was Jesus. Does Jesus test us? In what way?
It says here that Jesus already "knew what He was intending to do". Ha... if only we knew in advance, what God was "intending to do".
In verse 10 it says there were 5,000 men. That's just men. It doesn't us how many women and children were there, this crowd could have possibly been 10 or 20 thousand people.
Is there a town near where you live with a population of 20,000 people? Imagine all those people coming to see you for lunch. How many sandwiches are you going to make?
Nothing catches Jesus by surprise. God isn't surprised by anything. The people didn't lead Jesus away from the town. Verse 2 above says they "followed" Jesus.
Jesus led them away from the town. Was He surprised there were no stores here? Was He surprised the people were hungry? ... but Jesus already knew what He intended to do.
I wonder, how many times does Jesus lead us someplace. Some place unfamiliar to us. Some place away from the rest of the world. ... and then what? He just leaves us stranded there?
Jesus tested Philips faith here. The people are hungry Philip, what are we going to do about it? How many times has God put in a place where your faith was tested?
God I lost my job, God I have no money. God I'm sick today, God I'm hurting today. My car broke down, my refrigerator quit working. My *gasp* cell phone quit working.
Do these things catch God by surprise? Does God sit up in heaven and say... "oh my goodness, what am I going to do now?" Did you ever stop to consider, maybe these are the times,
the times when Jesus tests us. To see where our faith is. Is it in Him, or in the world and in our own ability.
Philip tells Jesus, a years worth of wages wouldn't even feed these people Jesus. Philip, like most of us... was focusing on the material. On what we could do, instead of what God could do.
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