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SERMON TIMELINE

1. Introduction

2. John the Baptist

3. The Baptism of Jesus

4. Temptation of Jesus

5. The Preaching Ministry of Jesus I

6. The Preaching Ministry of Jesus II

7. The First Disciples

8. A Teacher with Authority

9. At the Home of Simon and Andrew

10. Jesus Cleanses the Leper

11. Jesus Heals the Paralytic

12. Jesus and the Tax Collector

13. Jesus Questioned About Fasting

14. Of Wine and Wineskins

15. Jesus, Lord of the Sabbath & Resurrection Sunday 2025

16. Hard Hearts and Hard Thoughts

17. Three Responses to Jesus

18. Jesus Appoints the Apostles

19. The Family of Jesus

20. The Unforgivable Sin

21. The True Family of Jesus

22. Parable of the Four Soils

23. How Well Do You Listen

24. Parable of the Growing Seed

25. Parable of the Mustard Seed

26. Benefits of Private Teaching

27. Jesus Calms the Storm

28. Who is Afraid of Jesus?

29. The Touch of Jesus

30. When Familiarity Breeds Contempt

31. Principles of Evangelism

32. Weakness in the Seat of Power

33. The Need for Rest

34. Feeding 5000

Today is Sunday. September 14^th, 2025

SCRIPTURE REFERENCE

Mark 6:30-31
“And they went away in the boat to a desolate place by themselves. (last week we read about finding REST)

33 And the people saw them going, and many recognized them and ran there together on foot from all the cities, and got there ahead of them.

34 And when Jesus went ashore, He saw a large crowd, and He felt compassion for them because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things.

35 And when it was already quite late, His disciples came to Him and began saying, “This place is desolate and it is already quite late; 36 send them away so that they may go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”

37 But He answered and said to them, “You give them something to eat!” And they *said to Him, “Shall we go and spend two hundred denarii on bread and give them something to eat?” [Roman silver coin, about a day’s wage]

38 And He *said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go look!” And when they found out, they *said, “Five, and two fish.” 39 And He commanded them all to sit down by groups on the green grass.

40 And they sat down in groups of hundreds and of fifties. 41 And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up toward heaven, He blessed the food and broke the loaves. And He kept giving them to the disciples to set before them, and He divided up the two fish among them all. 42 And they all ate and were satisfied, 43 and they picked up twelve full baskets of the broken pieces, and also of the fish. 44 And there were five thousand men who ate the loaves.”

I. WHAT FEEDING THE 5000 REVEALS ABOUT JESUS

a. Firstly, compassion

i. Jesus wanted His disciples to rest, which is why they left in the boat. But the people saw them, and beat them to where they were headed.

ii. Instead of moving on, or not stopping, Jesus had compassion on them and was moved to serve.

iii. We see this same compassion in Matthew 9:36; Matthew 10:1 which moved Jesus to send out the apostles to the people

iv. This qualifies Jesus to be a perfect High Priest

Hebrews 4:14-16 “Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us take hold of our confession. 15 For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things like we are, yet without sin. 16 Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”

1. Why did Jesus leave heaven to become man?

a. To be our High Priest who can sympathize with our weakness!

b. He was tempted in all things like we are, yet did not sin.

c. Therefore, let us have confidence in drawing near to the Throne of Grace so that we may receive mercy and help in OUR time of need, when we are tempted.

Hebrews 5:1-2 “For every high priest taken from among men is appointed on behalf of men in things pertaining to God, in order to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins, 2 being able to deal gently with the ignorant and misguided, since he himself also is subject to weakness;”

The miracle of feeding the 5000 reveals the compassion of the Lord!

b. Power of the Lord

i. This miracle reveals the power of the Lord

ii. Turning a few loaves and a couple of fish into enough for 5000, with left overs remaining.

iii. 12 baskets to be exact.

1. Twelve apostles

2. Twelve tribes

3. Matthew 26:53 says Jesus could call twelve legions of angels

4. New Jerusalem, after the second coming of the Lord, will have 12 gates guarded by 12 angels, 12 foundation stones and a tree of life yielding 12 kinds of fruit (Revelation 21:12, 14; Revelation 22:2)

5. 12 represents spiritual authority and divine government

6. It communicates God’s perfect order, and His complete provision

iv. This is the sort of power that provides MORE than one needs

Ephesians 3:20 “Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or understand, according to the power that works within us,”

This miracle reveals the overwhelming power of our Lord!

c. Order among the people of God

i. Jesus had the people arranged in an orderly fashion

ii. Multitudes grouped in 100s and 50s

iii. Order is typical of the Lord, and evidence of order is throughout creation!

Colossians 1:16 “For in Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him.”

Psalm 19:1 “The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And the expanse is declaring the work of His hands.”

Romans 1:19-20 “because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. 20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, both His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.”

iv. He desires this in the organization and worship of His church as well!

I Corinthians 14:33 “for God is not a God of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.”

I Corinthians 14:40 “But all things must be done properly and in an orderly manner.”

One of the things that drove me crazy when I was president of the Ministers Association was some of the unorganized pastors, and their disordered services.

I hated “winging it” or making it up as you go, which was sometimes done by lazy leaders who failed to spend any time preparing the service.

Having to wing it or go with the flow if something goes wrong is different than being too unconcerned with the quality of an orderly service to care.

From the Gospel of Mark’s account we can see what feeding the 5000 reveals about Jesus’ compassion, His power, and the order among the people of God.

From John’s account of the same event, we will see what feeding 5000 reveals about man’s misunderstanding, materialism, and the spiritual dullness of the people.

II. WHAT FEEDING 5000 REVEALS ABOUT MAN

a. Misunderstanding

i. The peoples first reaction to Jesus was correct (John 6:14), that He was the prophet who was to come into the world.

1. Foretold by Moses in Deuteronomy 18:15-18

2. Confirmed by Peter Acts 3:18-26

ii. However, their desire to make Him king reveals their misunderstanding

1. They wanted to make Jesus a literal earthly king (John 6:15)

2. But His kingdom was not an earthly one (yet), but a spiritual one

John 18:36 “Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then My servants would be fighting so that I would not be delivered over to the Jews; but as it is, My kingdom is not from here.”

Luke 17:20-21 “Now having been questioned by the Pharisees as to when the kingdom of God was coming, He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed, 21 nor will they say, ‘Look, here!’ or, ‘There!’ For behold, the kingdom of God is in your midst.”

iii. We must be very careful in presuming the will of God

Isaiah 55:8-9 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” declares Yahweh. 9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts.”

1. Therefore we should be quick to “listen” to the word, rather than presume.

“Guard your steps as you go to the house of God and draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools; for they do not know they are doing evil. 2 Do not be hasty with your mouth or impulsive in your heart to bring up a matter in the presence of God. For God is in heaven but you are on the earth; therefore let your words be few.” Ecclesiastes 5:1-2

We see how man, though he sees miracles, can misunderstand God’s will.

b. Materialism

i. Many sought Jesus for the wrong reasons

1. They wanted the food He provided (John 6:26)

2. They should have sought the “food” or “bread of life” that endures to everlasting life (John 6:27)

a. Remember early on in Mark we saw some who followed Jesus because they were devoted, others because they were curious or wanted something, and the last were demon possessed to keep an eye on the movement.

I Corinthians 11:20-22 “Therefore when you meet together in the same place, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper,

21 for in your eating each one takes his own supper first, and one is hungry and another is drunk [so they DID use wine for communion, not grape juice].

22 For do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I will not praise you.”

Verses 23-26 Paul explains what Communion is, and how it is to be administered as an ordinance of the church.

I Corinthians 11:27-32 “Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. 28 But a man must test himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 29 For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not judge the body rightly. 30 For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number [s]sleep. 31 But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with the world.”

Verse 34 “If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that you will not come together for judgment.”

ii. Jesus wanted to give the bread that leads to everlasting life…not just feed the hungry crowds.

iii. Today, we see people choosing churches for the wrong reasons.

1. Entertainment, youth programs, etc.

2. Or worse, using churches with no personal commitment to the Body of Christ.

a. Food giveaways

b. Benevolence funds

c. Deacon funds

d. Help with housing, bills, etc.

e. I even see churches offering gift cards and weekly prizes to get attendance…this is sad

I know of a church who spent thousands each month for food giveaways. I asked, “do you have a good turnout?” to which they answered, “Yes! They line up and the parking lot is full!”

I asked, “How long have you been providing this service?” They answered “20 years!”

I asked, “In all that time has 1 person come to you to proclaim they accepted Christ, ask to be baptized, or even attended your church?”

The answer was, “No.”

What did Jesus say about the servants using the talents that the master gives, and getting no return on them?

They were called wicked and lazy because they got zero return for the money given them.

If a “ministry” produces no converts, no baptisms, no new members to the Body of Christ, is that ministry serving the Lord, or is it serving the people running it?

Who is truly benefiting from many of the ministries out there in the world today?

Yes, there are overhead costs to a ministry. One of the great ministries out there is Samaritan’s Purse. Almost 85% of its expenses were the actual ministry. 6.88% was administration fees, and 8.6% fund raising costs.

Places that committed fraud, Greater Ministries International, Baptist Foundation of Arizona, Angel Food Ministries, House of Prayer Christian Churches of America, Hillsong Dallas, fraud, misuse of money.

If someone is calling themselves a ministry, you need to ask, is this ministry helping others, or the people running it.

So we see, people following Jesus for the wrong reason, looking for handouts. But we also see in scripture, those who call themselves ministers, who are using ministry to line their pockets.

c. Spiritual dullness

i. The people began to complain about Jesus because of His claim to be bread from heaven (John 6:41)

ii. Many still saw Him as the son of Joseph and Mary (John 6:42)

iii. They struggled over His teachings, many taking everything literally (John 6:52)

iv. And we read in John 6:60 and John 6:66, even many of His disciples left Him

John 6:60 “Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this said, “This is a difficult statement; who can listen to it?”

John 6:66 “As a result of this many of His disciples went away and were not walking with Him anymore.”

v. Today we see the same thing.

1. Many are unwilling to stay in church

2. Many are unwilling to make use of their time to learn and apply what they learn to their lives because they feel its too difficult to change.

Hebrews 5:11-14 “Concerning him we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. 12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food. 13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he is an infant. 14 But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern both good and evil.”

I know professing Christians that are so immature spiritually, yet believe they are mature.

How do you know they are spiritual infants?

They do not understand the basic principles of the word of God. The foundational, immutable, unchanging, absolute truth of the word of God.

They believe ignorant myths, and superstitions. Stories and fantastical personal experiences that contradict the Word of God. Yet, they refuse to place scripture above any emotional experience or fable told to astound.

This was no different in the day of Jesus.

CONCLUSION

This miracle shows that in a crowd coming to Jesus, there were some who were true, some who were there simply to take, and some who were devoted.

Jesus showed His compassion to the needs of the people, even when His disciples were in need of well deserved rest. Showing Jesus is the Good Shepherd who serves.

NEXT WEEK: “Part 35: Jesus Walks on Water”

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Thursday, September 18, 2025

Gospel of Mark Part 34: Jesus Feeds 5000