The past Sunday Pastor taught on “What’s the Answer – Are the Gospels believable?” This teaching is a follow up to that message.
Pastor takes us to the story of the Feeding of the 5000 BUT it’s not about the feeding!! So what is this teaching about if it isn’t about the miracle of Jesus feeding 5000 men (plus all the women and children) from 5 small barley loaves and 2 little fish, then what’s this teaching about? Why even bother looking at the story if we’re not going to look at the miracle of Jesus?
Well, come along and find out what Pastor is going to show us today!
The story of the Feeding of the 5000 is found in all 4 Gospels and Pastor shares a small detail that has great impact on exposing the truth of the Gospels.
Feeding of the 5000 in all 4 Gospels
⁃ Matthew 14:13-21
⁃ Mark 6:30-44
⁃ Luke 9:10-17
⁃ John 6:1-14
Feeding of the 5,000
⁃ Mark talks about “the green grass” – Mark 6:39
⁃ John tells us there was “plenty of grass” – John 6:10
⁃ This is important because it shows that the 4 Gospels compliment one another and together give us insights we might otherwise miss. It is a testimony to their reliability and that they are written by eyewitnesses and people who know the eyewitnesses.
⁃ John 6:4 we read “The Jewish Passover Festival was near,”
⁃ Mark 6:31-32 tells us the “so many people were coming and going” that Jesus and His disciples “went away by themselves.”
⁃ Then we read from Luke 9:10 “they withdrew by themselves to a town called Bethsaida.”
⁃ Then in Mark 6:34 Jesus “saw a large crowd”…. And He “began teaching them”. With this being the time of the Passover there would be many in Jerusalem and the surrounding area.
⁃ Then in John 6:5 we read that Jesus said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” (Philip was from the town of Bethsaida)
⁃ Next Andrew speaks up in John 6:8-9, “Here is a boy with 5 small barley loaves and 2 small fish…” (Andrew was also one of the disciples from Bethsaida)
⁃ Why is “barley” significant? It’s because the Passover follows the Barley harvest. (Late March or early April)
⁃ The feeding of the 5000 is happening during Passover and barley harvest times, which means the rainy season is over, and the season moves into drier hotter weather – the harvest time. The rains from the previous months during growing season would have left the hill sides full of “green grass” as Mark tell us in chapter 6 verse 39 and there was “plenty of grass” as John says in John 6:10
This is a small thing to prove, but these small details testify to an even greater truth and that is that we can trust the Word from God!
He is faithful. He keeps His Word and His Word is TRUE even when it comes to green grass that grows!
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