And when everyone was full, He said to His disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over, so that nothing will be wasted.”When they were filled, he said to his disciples, “Gather up the broken pieces which are left over, that nothing be lost.”When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.And when they were filled, he saith unto his disciples, Gather up the broken pieces which remain over, that nothing be lost.
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… With your Bibles open, please join me as I read John's words from chapter 6, verses 1-15. Again, John 6, verses 1-15. And then locate Mark 6, verse 45, and I'll read verses 45-52 as we read the account of Jesus walking on the water from that passage. I'll give you a moment to find both. John 6, verse 1, and then Mark 6, verse 45, where you'll put your finger as we turn back to John 6, 1 to 15. And remember, I'll be reading from the New Living Translation. 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? …
… wanted and he did the same with the fish and when they had all had enough to eat he said to his disciples gather the pieces that are left over and let nothing be wasted so they gathered them and filled 12 baskets with the pieces of the barley loaves left over by those who had eaten remember Philip's worry? What was it? We don't have enough money to do the bare minimum. Jesus doesn't do the minimum. Jesus's limitations aren't your limitations and his limitations aren't my limitations. He provides enough bread, not for a bite, but for everyone to have their fill. Verse 14, after the people saw the sign Jesus performed, they began to say, surely this is the prophet who came, who, who is to come into the world. This is Deuteronomy 18, 15, looming in their minds. Jesus, it says though, knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountainside by himself. It's every introvert's favorite verse in the Bible. …
… chapter of John, you'll find out that Jesus had fed 5,000. Notice if you will, in verse 12. And when they were filled, he said unto his disciples, gather up the fragments that remain that nothing be lost. Therefore they gathered them together and filled 12 baskets with the fragments. Now, why did they fill 12 baskets? How many disciples? 12 disciples. All right. He says, now take everything. Take the fragments that remain. Every disciple has a basket of bread sitting right at his feet. In that boat is a basket of bread. He's just done a miracle. And now here they are filled with fear. They're thinking, why has Jesus forgotten us? They'd forgotten Jesus. They had forgotten what He had already done. Aren't we prone to do that? I mean, how many times our Lord has delivered us? How many times our God has performed miracles for us, but we have forgotten. But our Lord waited. Why did He wait? Well, His wait, His delay before He did come to them was strategic, and it was deliberate. Would you write this verse down, Isaiah chapter 30 and verse 18, and therefore will the Lord wait that he may be gracious unto you. Isn't that a great verse? And therefore will the Lord wait, not that he might be cruel to you, but that he might be gracious unto you. And therefore will he be exalted. Now God is in the business of getting glory to himself, that he may have mercy upon you for the Lord is a God of judgment. That means …
We continue this morning with our study of the gospel according to St. John, and this morning we will begin our study of the sixth chapter, which is one of the most important chapters of the entire gospel. So our lesson this morning is from John chapter 6, verses 1 through 14, and here we have John's record of the feeding of the 5,000. After these things Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. And then a great multitude followed Him because they saw His signs, which He performed on those who were diseased. And Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat with His disciples. Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near. And then Jesus lifted up His eyes, and seeing a great multitude coming toward Him, He said to Philip, Where shall we buy bread that these may eat? But this He said to test Him, for he himself knew what he would do. And Philip answered him, Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may have a little. …