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 Well, I appreciate that special.

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 That really goes kind of well with the message this morning.

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 If you want to start finding your place in John chapter 6.

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! Earlier I kind of teased about being here.

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 We could check off our list for pastor.

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 And I got to thinking, I was like,

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 Hey, man, there might be people here that thought I was serious.

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 You know, I'm kidding.

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 And as great as a man as Pastor Smith is,

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 that's all he is.

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 And we don't have to give account to him in the end.

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 You know, the Lord knows.

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 And I know Pastor Smith would like us to be here in church.

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 But this message this morning, something from nothing.

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 The inspiration, I guess, for this is we were coming up with names

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 for our Sunday school class.

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 And I was trying to find something about young people in the Bible,

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 something that would kind of go along with our class.

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 And the little lad that gave his lunch or, you know, whatever, his food to Christ.

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 I was like, that really stuck out.

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 You know, when you boil it all down, he gave all that he had to Jesus.

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 And that's my goal for our young people.

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 That's what I'd like for all of us.

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 And that was where the inspiration, so our class name is Loaves and Fishes,

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 just kind of a reminder of what that young boy did

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 and what, you know, the inspiration for our class.

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 John chapter 6.

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 Go ahead and stand with me, if you will.

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 Well, we'll be reading the first 14 verses.

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 So starting verse 1, it says,

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 After these things, Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee,

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 which is the Sea of Tiberias.

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 And a great multitude followed him,

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 because they saw his miracles, which he did on them that were diseased.

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 And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.

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 And the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.

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 When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, he saw a great company come unto him.

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 He saith unto Philip,

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 Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat?

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 And this he said to prove him, for he himself knew what he would do.

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 Philip answered him,

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 Two hundred penny worth of bread is not sufficient for them,

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 that every one of them may take a little.

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 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him,

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 There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves,

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 and two small fishes.

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 But what are they among so many?

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 And Jesus said,

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 Make the men sit down.

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 Now there was much grass in the place,

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 so the men sat down and number about five thousand.

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 And Jesus took the loaves,

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 and when he had given things,

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 he distributed to the disciples,

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 and the disciples to them that were set down.

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 And likewise of the fishes as much as they would.

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 When they were filled,

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 he said unto his disciples,

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 or he said unto his disciples,

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 Gather up the fragments that remain,

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 that nothing be lost.

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 Therefore they gathered them together,

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 and filled twelve baskets with the fragments

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 of the five barley loaves,

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 which remained over and above,

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 unto them that had eaten.

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 Then those men,

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 which they had seen,

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 when they had seen this miracle,

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 that Jesus did,

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 said,

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 This is of a truth,

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 that prophet,

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 that should come into the world.

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 Let's go ahead and pray.

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 Dear Heavenly Father,

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 I thank you for this time

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 that we're allowed to come to your house,

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 and worship you.

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 Lord, I pray that you would

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 calm my nerves,

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 and just give me the words

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 that you'd have me to speak.

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 Lord, I pray that you would

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 just let our hearts

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 be open to what you have for us.

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 Lord, I know that

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 there's things that we're all going through,

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 that maybe nobody else knows about,

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 Lord.

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 Lord, I just ask that you would

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 just let us set those worries aside

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 at the moment,

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 and just focus on what you have for us.

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 I thank you,

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 and I love you,

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 in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 You can go ahead and be seated.

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 You know, this is,

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 as I was reading,

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 some people kind of think

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 that this is the greatest miracle

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 that Christ performed,

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 because all four gospel writers,

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 they all have it in account.

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 All Matthew, Mark, Luke, John.

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 And it's interesting,

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 their personal takes,

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 you know,

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 if there was an incident

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 that happened here today,

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 and we all had to give

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 our version of what happened,

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 they would all be different.

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 We all have different personalities.

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 Some of us pay attention

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 to details better than others.

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 You know,

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 there would be little things.

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 It would all be the same story.

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 It would just be a little different,

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 and that's interesting

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 about these four accounts.

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 You know,

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 as I was thinking,

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 you know,

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 Jesus is at it again.

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 He's teaching.

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 He's doing miracles.

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 You know,

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 Mark 6,

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 that's a parallel account

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 of this passage.

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 It tells us that

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 everyone was so busy,

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 Jesus and the disciples,

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 ministering to people.

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 They didn't even have time to eat.

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 That's how busy it was.

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 They were,

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 the Bible says that

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 the people kind of pressed them.

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 They were so busy.

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 And other accounts tell us

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 that Jesus told his disciples,

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 hey,

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 we got to get out of here.

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 We got to go rest.

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 Let's leave.

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 And the people saw

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 that Jesus and the disciples

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 were getting in a boat,

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 and the Bible tells us

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 that they ran out of the cities

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 because they wanted to continue

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 with Jesus.

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 You know,

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 they're busy.

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 He's an important guy.

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 You know,

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 he's,

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 I was looking here,

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 his performance,

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 you know,

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 the miracles that he's doing,

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 his precepts.

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 He's teaching parables.

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 He's teaching,

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 you know,

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 this miracle,

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 feeding these 5,000 people,

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 you know,

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 as I was kind of studying for this,

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 it really took me a while

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 to come up with a title.

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 I know you don't need one,

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 but I like to have one.

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 And there was different titles

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 kind of going through my mind,

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 you know,

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 something about,

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 you know,

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 blessed leftovers,

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 right,

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 because sometimes leftovers

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 aren't so great.

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 And so that was a title

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 kind of rolling around in my head,

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 you know,

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 peculiar,

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 uh,

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 uh,

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 mathematics,

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 you know,

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 because he ends up

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 multiplying by dividing.

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 So I was like,

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 oh,

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 you know,

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 but we landed on something

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 from nothing

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 because that's,

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 I think,

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 what I want to focus on

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 is first off,

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 as I was reading through this text,

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 the first thing that really

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 stuck out to me

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 was the problem of the people.

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 You know,

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 people have problems.

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 All of us in here,

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 we have our own problems

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 that we're dealing with,

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 whether they're physical,

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 mental,

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 emotional,

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 financial,

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 you know,

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 whatever,

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 we have problems

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 and this crowd was no different.

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 You know,

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 they were seeking Jesus

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 because they knew,

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 they had seen

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 that he's healing people.

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 I mean,

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 not one of us in here,

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 if we had a child

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 who was sick,

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 an ailing family member,

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 and we saw that someone

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 could take care of him,

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 you better believe

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 we'd be running out there

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 with that boat,

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 you know,

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 we'd be out there.

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 That's what these people

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 were doing.

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 Number one,

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 they sought him.

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 They ran to meet Jesus

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 by foot

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 while he traveled

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 in the boat.

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 Mark chapter 6

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 tells us that.

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 They sought him

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 because he healed

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 the diseased.

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 You know,

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 he continued healing

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 as they followed.

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 A lot of these people,

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 they probably only came

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 because of what Jesus

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 could do for them

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 physically.

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 And there's a lot of people

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 who come to church

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 today even.

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 You know,

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 we've seen them.

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 They come in

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 and they ask,

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 you know,

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 I need some money.

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 I have some hard times

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 going through.

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 There's nothing really

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 wrong with that

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 in and of itself.

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 You know,

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 it's a good start.

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 That's where we can,

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 you know,

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 get them into church,

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 start ministering to them.

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 That's our job.

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 You know,

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 Jesus,

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 I don't believe

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 he was letting himself

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 being taken advantage of.

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 He was ministering

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 to these people

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 because they were needy.

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 You know,

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 not only was he healing,

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 but he was still teaching.

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 He was teaching them

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 in love.

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 You know,

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 these people knew

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 that Jesus was the answer

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 and Jesus is still

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 the answer today.

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 You know,

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 they stirred him.

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 The Bible tells us

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 that Jesus,

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 and they were leaving

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 because they're hungry.

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 They're tired.

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 They were going to go

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 and get some rest.

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 And the Bible tells us

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 that Jesus,

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 you know,

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 he saw the great multitude.

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 You know,

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 I think he had pity on them.

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 He saw

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 that they needed something.

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 The Bible says,

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 you know,

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 it likens him

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 as a shepherd

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 and he sees these sheep.

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 He didn't let this,

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 you know,

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 you read here later on,

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 the disciples saw this crowd

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 as an inconvenience.

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 How many times

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 are we like that?

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 You know,

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 how many times

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 is it not really

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 a convenient time

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 to serve the Lord?

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 You know,

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 we got to take time

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 out of our day

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 to go do this,

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 go do that,

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 and minister.

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 And Jesus didn't look

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 at these people

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 as an inconvenience.

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 It was an opportunity.

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 You know,

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 I think we need

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 to adopt

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 that philosophy

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 in our own lives.

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 We see that

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 his compassion

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 for the people

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 were contrasted

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 by the disciples'

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 attitude.

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 attitude.

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 You know,

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 it said here

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 in Matthew 14,

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 which is another

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 account of this,

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 the disciples say,

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 send them away.

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 Like, hey,

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 sorry that they're hungry,

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 but so are we,

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 and we've been

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 working all day.

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 You know,

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 that wasn't Jesus's,

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 that wasn't what

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 he was going to do.

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 Again,

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 for some reason,

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 it's never the right time

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 or the right place

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 for God to work.

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 But Jesus

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 is never hurried.

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 He's always on time.

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 You know,

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 he ministered to them

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 because they'd been

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 listening to him

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 all day.

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 He kind of felt

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 a responsibility.

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 You know,

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 here they are.

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 They're sacrificing

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 of their time.

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 Who knows?

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 They might have had

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 fields to tend to,

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 you know,

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 jobs that they took

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 time out to go.

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 You know,

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 he saw the importance

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 of that.

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 James 2.16.

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 I'm glad he didn't

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 adopt this attitude

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 because it's just,

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 2.16,

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 it says,

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 and one of you

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 say unto them,

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 depart in peace,

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 be ye warmed

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 and filled,

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 notwithstanding ye

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 give them not those

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 things which are

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 needful to the body,

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 what doth it profit?

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 He knew he couldn't

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 just give them some

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 food and send them

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 on their way.

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 They needed something

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 more than that.

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 You know,

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 people are searching

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 for the Lord

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 even though they

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 don't really know

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 what they're looking

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 for.

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 You know,

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 people are looking

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 for the supernatural.

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 I've often asked

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 myself,

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 why is Halloween

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 so popular

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 and it's just

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 gaining more

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 and more momentum

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 because people

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 want to know

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 about the supernatural.

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 They're curious.

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 They have questions

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 and they may not

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 know it yet,

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 but they're looking

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 for Jesus.

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 We need to be there

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 to help them

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 as disciples were

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 to guide them

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 to Jesus.

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 You know,

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 the scope of this

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 problem here

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 is getting late.

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 In Matthew 14,

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 15,

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 it tells us

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 when it was evening.

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 Mark 6,

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 35 says,

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 the day was far spent.

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 Luke 9,

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 12 says,

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 the day began

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 to wear away.

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 It was getting late.

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 They'd been at it

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 all day.

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 You know,

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 these are parallel

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 accounts of this passage.

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 I would encourage you

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 to just read them

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 later on

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 because it is interesting.

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 They're different takes.

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 But it's getting late.

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 The Bible tells us

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 that they went off

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 to a kind of

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 secluded mountain place

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 because,

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 you know,

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 McDonald's isn't

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 right around the corner

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 for them.

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 You know,

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 the first thing is

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 it was getting late.

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 Secondly,

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 they didn't have

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 enough money.

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 The Bible says

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 that Jesus,

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 he asked Philip.

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 Now,

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 whether Philip

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 was standing

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 right next to him,

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 you know,

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 I'm not sure.

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 But we know

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 earlier on,

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 if you read

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 earlier on

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 in John,

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 it tells us

00:11:48.360 --> 00:11:49.139
 that Philip

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 is from Bethsaida

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 and that's the area

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 that they're around.

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 Luke 9,

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 10 tells us

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 that they're

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 near Bethsaida.

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 So he probably knew

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 the right area

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 to get bread.

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 You know,

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 they didn't have

00:12:00.699 --> 00:12:01.279
 enough money.

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 I think a lot

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 about this.

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 This was an opportunity.

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 You know,

00:12:09.459 --> 00:12:10.419
 the Bible tells us

00:12:10.419 --> 00:12:12.639
 in our text,

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 John 6,

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 6,

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 that Jesus,

00:12:15.139 --> 00:12:16.000
 he asked this

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 to prove him.

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 Jesus already knew

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 what he would do.

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 You know,

00:12:20.559 --> 00:12:22.459
 I'm a parent now.

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 There's things

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 that we ask our kids,

00:12:25.659 --> 00:12:25.979
 right?

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 We're not really

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 looking for,

00:12:28.539 --> 00:12:28.719
 you know,

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 when I ask,

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 okay,

00:12:30.099 --> 00:12:30.620
 what are we going

00:12:30.620 --> 00:12:31.299
 to do now?

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 You know,

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 because we have

00:12:32.139 --> 00:12:32.839
 a system of how

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 we do things.

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 I'm not really asking

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 because I forgot

00:12:35.079 --> 00:12:35.579
 the answer.

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 I'm trying to gauge

00:12:37.000 --> 00:12:39.000
 where is my daughter at?

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 Is she going to obey?

00:12:41.059 --> 00:12:41.819
 Has she been listening

00:12:41.819 --> 00:12:42.620
 to what I've been teaching?

00:12:43.199 --> 00:12:44.000
 Think about Jesus.

00:12:44.199 --> 00:12:44.980
 He asks Philip.

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 There's all these

00:12:47.179 --> 00:12:47.919
 hungry people.

00:12:47.919 --> 00:12:49.719
 What are we going

00:12:49.719 --> 00:12:50.159
 to do,

00:12:50.439 --> 00:12:50.699
 right?

00:12:51.159 --> 00:12:52.079
 What answer Philip

00:12:52.079 --> 00:12:52.620
 could have said

00:12:52.620 --> 00:12:52.959
 is like,

00:12:53.159 --> 00:12:53.459
 God,

00:12:54.979 --> 00:12:55.219
 you know,

00:12:55.279 --> 00:12:55.699
 Moses,

00:12:55.939 --> 00:12:56.939
 he was out in the desert

00:12:56.939 --> 00:12:57.639
 with the multitude,

00:12:58.019 --> 00:12:58.879
 the children of Israel,

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 and Moses fed them

00:13:01.059 --> 00:13:01.779
 every day,

00:13:02.279 --> 00:13:03.579
 and you're greater

00:13:03.579 --> 00:13:04.219
 than Moses.

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 We can feed them.

00:13:07.000 --> 00:13:07.599
 He could have said,

00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:07.799
 you know,

00:13:07.839 --> 00:13:08.219
 Elijah,

00:13:08.399 --> 00:13:09.259
 he fed the sons

00:13:09.259 --> 00:13:09.799
 of the prophets

00:13:09.799 --> 00:13:10.620
 with just a little bit

00:13:10.620 --> 00:13:11.039
 of food,

00:13:11.459 --> 00:13:12.139
 and you're greater

00:13:12.139 --> 00:13:12.620
 than him.

00:13:13.659 --> 00:13:13.939
 You know,

00:13:14.000 --> 00:13:14.879
 even Elijah had

00:13:14.879 --> 00:13:16.259
 ravens bringing him

00:13:16.259 --> 00:13:16.659
 food.

00:13:16.659 --> 00:13:16.719
 food.

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 This is not a problem

00:13:18.740 --> 00:13:19.360
 for you,

00:13:19.579 --> 00:13:20.000
 right?

00:13:20.259 --> 00:13:21.959
 You spoke the world

00:13:21.959 --> 00:13:23.439
 in existence.

00:13:23.980 --> 00:13:25.299
 This shouldn't be a problem.

00:13:26.259 --> 00:13:26.600
 But what is,

00:13:26.799 --> 00:13:27.279
 Philip,

00:13:28.360 --> 00:13:28.860
 he immediately

00:13:28.860 --> 00:13:29.480
 goes to money.

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 How many of us

00:13:31.659 --> 00:13:32.240
 try to do that,

00:13:32.259 --> 00:13:32.459
 right?

00:13:32.579 --> 00:13:33.500
 We just throw money

00:13:33.500 --> 00:13:34.039
 at a problem

00:13:34.039 --> 00:13:35.159
 thinking it'll go away.

00:13:35.719 --> 00:13:36.779
 It wasn't about money.

00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:38.319
 God already handled it.

00:13:38.439 --> 00:13:39.240
 God already knew

00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:40.199
 what he was going to do.

00:13:40.200 --> 00:13:41.960
 You know,

00:13:42.100 --> 00:13:42.840
 it shouldn't have been

00:13:42.840 --> 00:13:43.960
 crazy for Philip

00:13:43.960 --> 00:13:46.379
 to see another miracle

00:13:46.379 --> 00:13:46.740
 coming.

00:13:46.900 --> 00:13:47.520
 They'd been healing

00:13:47.520 --> 00:13:48.320
 people all day,

00:13:48.460 --> 00:13:49.160
 diseased people.

00:13:50.759 --> 00:13:51.240
 You know,

00:13:51.259 --> 00:13:52.160
 the Bible tells us

00:13:52.160 --> 00:13:53.480
 if they recorded

00:13:53.480 --> 00:13:54.520
 everything that Jesus

00:13:54.520 --> 00:13:55.020
 would do,

00:13:55.100 --> 00:13:55.379
 there would be

00:13:55.379 --> 00:13:56.280
 so many books.

00:13:57.020 --> 00:13:57.280
 You know,

00:13:57.300 --> 00:13:57.920
 I think about

00:13:57.920 --> 00:13:59.900
 all the things

00:13:59.900 --> 00:14:00.440
 that they would have

00:14:00.440 --> 00:14:01.060
 seen,

00:14:01.800 --> 00:14:02.920
 and there's still

00:14:02.920 --> 00:14:04.220
 a bunch of

00:14:04.220 --> 00:14:04.860
 knuckleheads.

00:14:05.860 --> 00:14:06.320
 And you know,

00:14:06.320 --> 00:14:07.020
 I look at us.

00:14:07.440 --> 00:14:08.080
 What are we?

00:14:09.080 --> 00:14:09.600
 Knuckleheads.

00:14:10.160 --> 00:14:11.580
 We have God's word.

00:14:11.720 --> 00:14:12.660
 We know what he can do.

00:14:12.759 --> 00:14:14.280
 We're here every Sunday.

00:14:14.420 --> 00:14:15.740
 We're hearing what God does.

00:14:16.000 --> 00:14:16.759
 And what is the thing

00:14:16.759 --> 00:14:17.300
 that happens

00:14:17.300 --> 00:14:18.440
 when problems come?

00:14:18.920 --> 00:14:19.580
 We panic.

00:14:19.900 --> 00:14:21.440
 We rely on our own strength.

00:14:21.879 --> 00:14:22.400
 Here Jesus'

00:14:22.740 --> 00:14:23.920
 unlimited power

00:14:23.920 --> 00:14:25.000
 to feed the multitude,

00:14:25.600 --> 00:14:26.360
 and they're worried

00:14:26.360 --> 00:14:27.040
 about money.

00:14:27.920 --> 00:14:28.220
 It's like,

00:14:28.280 --> 00:14:28.700
 come on,

00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:29.000
 Philip.

00:14:29.920 --> 00:14:30.139
 You know,

00:14:30.160 --> 00:14:30.800
 so many times

00:14:30.800 --> 00:14:31.720
 I get like that,

00:14:31.720 --> 00:14:32.040
 and then I have to

00:14:32.040 --> 00:14:32.660
 think to myself,

00:14:33.140 --> 00:14:34.280
 come on,

00:14:34.320 --> 00:14:34.560
 Ethan.

00:14:34.960 --> 00:14:35.720
 What are you doing?

00:14:35.820 --> 00:14:36.320
 You know these.

00:14:36.520 --> 00:14:37.540
 You know what you need to do.

00:14:38.759 --> 00:14:39.000
 You know,

00:14:39.240 --> 00:14:40.820
 Jesus asked Philip

00:14:40.820 --> 00:14:41.639
 to see if his teaching

00:14:41.639 --> 00:14:42.600
 was taking hold,

00:14:44.040 --> 00:14:46.259
 but Philip saw two problems.

00:14:46.360 --> 00:14:46.740
 First off,

00:14:46.780 --> 00:14:47.580
 not enough money.

00:14:47.960 --> 00:14:48.440
 They only had

00:14:48.440 --> 00:14:49.480
 200 penny worth.

00:14:50.220 --> 00:14:50.840
 That was about

00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:51.620
 one man,

00:14:52.340 --> 00:14:53.600
 a six-month wage

00:14:53.600 --> 00:14:54.520
 for one man.

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 You know,

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 and I got to thinking,

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 not only did they

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 not have enough money,

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 even if they had

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 enough money,

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 where were they

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 going to get that

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 amount of food

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 for 5,000 people?

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 You know,

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 I've been a part

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 of a couple weddings,

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 and if you show up

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 day of and be like,

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 hey,

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 just so you know,

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 I got to feed 5,000 people,

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 they're going to be like,

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 get out of here.

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 Like,

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 you should have called

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 months ago

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 so we could have this prepared.

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 I mean,

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 anymore you go to

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 a fast food place

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 and you order

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 a bucket of chicken,

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 they like freak out.

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 Oh,

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 we're not ready.

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 You have to call that in.

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 You know,

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 you know,

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 they wouldn't have

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 even had enough bread

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 to feed these people.

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 You know,

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 so often we think,

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 again,

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 it's money,

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 it's money.

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 You know,

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 and I like this passage here,

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 Philippians 4, 19.

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 It's very familiar.

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 It says,

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 but my God

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 shall supply

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 all your need

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 according to

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 his riches

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 and glory

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 by Christ Jesus.

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 You know,

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 so many times

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 we forget

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 to calculate Jesus

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 into our equation.

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 You know,

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 that's what these disciples

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 were guilty of.

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 You know,

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 Philip,

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 he was off on that.

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 All those answers

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 he could have given.

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 You know,

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 I'm going to turn here over

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 to Psalm chapter 78.

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 I found this

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 while I was studying.

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 You know,

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 the disciples

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 would have been

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 students of the word.

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 Psalm 78

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 starting in verse 19.

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 It says,

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 Yea,

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 Yea,

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 they spake

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 against God.

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 They said,

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 Can God

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 furnish a table

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 in the wilderness?

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 Behold,

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 he smote the rock

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 and the waters

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 gushed out

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 and the streams

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 overflowed.

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 Can he give bread

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 also?

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 Can he provide flesh

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 for his people?

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 Therefore,

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 the Lord heard this

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 and was wroth.

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 So a fire was kindled

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 against Jacob

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 and anger

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 also came up

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 against Israel

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 because they believed

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 not in God

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 and trusted not

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 in his salvation.

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 You know,

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 this wasn't the first time

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 people needed fed

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 and God provided.

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 You know,

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 we can turn back

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 to 2 Kings chapter 4.

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 I'll start reading

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 in verse 42.

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 And there came a man

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 from Baal Shalisha

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 and brought the man

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 of God bread

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 of the first fruits,

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 twenty loaves of barley

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 and full ears of corn

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 and the husk thereof.

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 And he said,

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 Give unto the people

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 that they may eat.

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 And his servitor said,

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 What shall I set this

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 before,

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 an hundred men?

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 He said again,

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 Give the people

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 that they may eat.

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 For thus saith the Lord,

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 They shall eat

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 and shall leave thereof.

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 So he set it before them

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 and they did eat

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 and left thereof

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 according to the word

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 of the Lord.

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 You know,

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 these are other answers

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 that Philip could have given.

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 It's like,

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 Hey,

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 this isn't the first time

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 people have needed fed

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 and this isn't the first time

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 that God intervened

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 in a miraculous way.

00:17:48.700 --> 00:17:48.900
 You know,

00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:49.819
 they didn't have enough money.

00:17:50.220 --> 00:17:51.460
 They didn't have enough food.

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 You know,

00:17:52.980 --> 00:17:55.700
 here we see in verse 8,

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 it says one of his disciples,

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 Andrew.

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 You know what I thought

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 was interesting

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 about Andrew here?

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 When are we first introduced

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 to Andrew?

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 What is he doing?

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 He's bringing his brother

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 to Jesus.

00:18:08.579 --> 00:18:09.680
 What is Andrew doing here?

00:18:10.500 --> 00:18:11.680
 He's bringing this young lad

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 to Jesus.

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 I was like,

00:18:13.440 --> 00:18:13.680
 Man,

00:18:13.799 --> 00:18:15.140
 we need some more Andrews,

00:18:15.279 --> 00:18:16.100
 people who will go

00:18:16.100 --> 00:18:17.759
 bring people to Christ.

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 In chapter 12,

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 in John,

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 you know,

00:18:21.900 --> 00:18:22.319
 again,

00:18:22.400 --> 00:18:23.079
 he's bringing someone

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 to Jesus.

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 Here we have a lad

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 with a,

00:18:27.039 --> 00:18:27.279
 you know,

00:18:27.299 --> 00:18:28.120
 a small lunch.

00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:29.380
 You know,

00:18:29.420 --> 00:18:30.059
 this lad,

00:18:30.340 --> 00:18:30.940
 that word there

00:18:30.940 --> 00:18:31.600
 means boy.

00:18:32.440 --> 00:18:32.660
 You know,

00:18:32.680 --> 00:18:34.759
 he's not like a man.

00:18:35.059 --> 00:18:35.200
 You know,

00:18:35.200 --> 00:18:36.160
 this is a boy.

00:18:36.779 --> 00:18:37.940
 My guess is he's anywhere

00:18:37.940 --> 00:18:39.279
 from 8 to 12 years old.

00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:42.680
 This is just speculation,

00:18:43.019 --> 00:18:44.140
 so I want to preface this

00:18:44.140 --> 00:18:44.440
 right now.

00:18:44.500 --> 00:18:45.320
 This isn't gospel

00:18:45.320 --> 00:18:45.779
 or anything.

00:18:46.220 --> 00:18:47.320
 I just like to think,

00:18:47.580 --> 00:18:47.840
 you know,

00:18:47.880 --> 00:18:48.820
 what was going on

00:18:48.820 --> 00:18:49.500
 in this time?

00:18:50.380 --> 00:18:51.039
 I personally,

00:18:51.279 --> 00:18:52.420
 I like to believe

00:18:52.420 --> 00:18:52.980
 that this kid

00:18:52.980 --> 00:18:54.279
 had seen Jesus working,

00:18:54.980 --> 00:18:55.620
 and he wanted

00:18:55.620 --> 00:18:56.980
 to see more.

00:18:56.980 --> 00:18:59.460
 Maybe his mom

00:18:59.460 --> 00:18:59.839
 packed him

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 a little bit

00:19:00.220 --> 00:19:00.740
 of a lunch.

00:19:01.599 --> 00:19:02.279
 I started kind of

00:19:02.279 --> 00:19:03.480
 reading about this barley.

00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:04.980
 Do you know what?

00:19:05.039 --> 00:19:06.360
 That was poor people food.

00:19:07.259 --> 00:19:07.960
 Barley is something

00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:08.380
 you would give

00:19:08.380 --> 00:19:09.039
 to the animals.

00:19:09.819 --> 00:19:10.620
 So we have an idea

00:19:10.620 --> 00:19:11.700
 that he's a poor kid.

00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:13.400
 These fish,

00:19:13.660 --> 00:19:13.799
 you know,

00:19:13.860 --> 00:19:15.220
 we like to talk about,

00:19:15.299 --> 00:19:15.380
 oh,

00:19:15.400 --> 00:19:16.019
 I caught a fish,

00:19:16.059 --> 00:19:17.039
 it was this big,

00:19:17.099 --> 00:19:17.980
 and we tell our friend,

00:19:18.079 --> 00:19:18.519
 I'm telling you,

00:19:18.599 --> 00:19:19.360
 it was this big.

00:19:19.680 --> 00:19:19.940
 You know,

00:19:20.299 --> 00:19:21.279
 these fish were probably

00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:21.960
 little salted

00:19:21.960 --> 00:19:23.480
 garnish type fish.

00:19:23.579 --> 00:19:24.579
 They weren't very big.

00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:25.660
 Think of like a little

00:19:25.660 --> 00:19:26.660
 sardine or something.

00:19:26.660 --> 00:19:27.519
 You know,

00:19:27.580 --> 00:19:28.440
 it wasn't much.

00:19:31.460 --> 00:19:31.960
 He's probably

00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:32.960
 just a poor little kid,

00:19:33.800 --> 00:19:34.820
 and I think maybe

00:19:34.820 --> 00:19:35.440
 his mom was like,

00:19:35.480 --> 00:19:35.600
 hey,

00:19:35.620 --> 00:19:36.300
 we don't have much.

00:19:36.340 --> 00:19:37.080
 This is what we got.

00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:37.980
 You know,

00:19:38.200 --> 00:19:39.920
 you want to see Jesus?

00:19:40.200 --> 00:19:40.779
 Have at it.

00:19:40.880 --> 00:19:41.019
 You know,

00:19:41.040 --> 00:19:41.660
 there's worse things

00:19:41.660 --> 00:19:42.240
 you could be doing.

00:19:43.160 --> 00:19:43.420
 And,

00:19:43.480 --> 00:19:45.400
 you know,

00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:46.740
 whether he heard

00:19:46.740 --> 00:19:47.279
 the issue

00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:48.640
 or whether Andrew

00:19:48.640 --> 00:19:49.320
 came and found him,

00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:50.320
 found that someone

00:19:50.320 --> 00:19:51.380
 had a little bit of food,

00:19:52.019 --> 00:19:52.220
 you know,

00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:53.140
 they bring him to Jesus.

00:19:54.940 --> 00:19:55.279
 You know,

00:19:55.279 --> 00:19:56.940
 humanly speaking,

00:19:57.960 --> 00:19:58.639
 Andrew asks

00:19:58.639 --> 00:19:59.259
 a pretty,

00:19:59.500 --> 00:20:00.460
 you know,

00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:01.200
 good question.

00:20:01.299 --> 00:20:01.660
 What are they

00:20:01.660 --> 00:20:02.319
 among so many?

00:20:02.500 --> 00:20:02.700
 It's like,

00:20:02.740 --> 00:20:02.839
 yeah,

00:20:02.839 --> 00:20:04.019
 we got some food,

00:20:04.500 --> 00:20:05.639
 but we got 5,000 people.

00:20:06.619 --> 00:20:08.139
 Those other parallel passages

00:20:08.139 --> 00:20:09.899
 tell us 5,000,

00:20:10.059 --> 00:20:10.920
 that's only the men.

00:20:11.119 --> 00:20:11.700
 There was women

00:20:11.700 --> 00:20:12.879
 and children besides that.

00:20:13.119 --> 00:20:14.019
 So there's easily,

00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:14.879
 there could easily be

00:20:14.879 --> 00:20:16.240
 at least 10,000 people

00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:17.039
 that are being fed.

00:20:17.460 --> 00:20:17.660
 You know,

00:20:17.660 --> 00:20:18.680
 that's a pretty good question.

00:20:19.320 --> 00:20:20.120
 Even if these were

00:20:20.120 --> 00:20:20.980
 huge fish

00:20:20.980 --> 00:20:22.180
 and really big loaves

00:20:22.180 --> 00:20:22.620
 of food,

00:20:22.900 --> 00:20:24.380
 that's still not enough

00:20:24.380 --> 00:20:25.779
 to feed 10,000 people.

00:20:26.660 --> 00:20:26.880
 You know,

00:20:26.900 --> 00:20:27.840
 we often think that

00:20:27.840 --> 00:20:28.880
 what we have

00:20:28.880 --> 00:20:29.700
 is insufficient.

00:20:30.420 --> 00:20:31.420
 It's insignificant.

00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:33.279
 You know,

00:20:34.120 --> 00:20:35.120
 2 Corinthians 12,

00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:36.000
 10 tells us

00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:37.220
 when we are weak,

00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:39.080
 then we are strong.

00:20:40.120 --> 00:20:40.420
 You know,

00:20:40.440 --> 00:20:41.220
 there wasn't much

00:20:41.220 --> 00:20:42.259
 to work with here,

00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:44.700
 but God doesn't need much.

00:20:45.539 --> 00:20:45.720
 You know,

00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:46.700
 he spoke the world

00:20:46.700 --> 00:20:47.440
 into existence

00:20:47.440 --> 00:20:48.400
 with just words.

00:20:49.080 --> 00:20:50.160
 He formed Adam

00:20:50.160 --> 00:20:51.180
 out of the dust.

00:20:52.080 --> 00:20:53.120
 He doesn't need a lot.

00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:54.440
 He just needs someone

00:20:54.440 --> 00:20:55.279
 who's willing

00:20:55.279 --> 00:20:57.480
 to come and give to him.

00:20:58.680 --> 00:20:59.160
 You know,

00:20:59.180 --> 00:21:00.220
 the second thing I saw

00:21:00.220 --> 00:21:01.100
 in our text,

00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:02.600
 you know,

00:21:02.620 --> 00:21:03.740
 we covered the problem

00:21:03.740 --> 00:21:04.319
 of the people,

00:21:04.400 --> 00:21:05.259
 but now the provision

00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:06.080
 for the people.

00:21:07.180 --> 00:21:07.380
 You know,

00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:09.019
 the lad he gave willingly.

00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:11.539
 You know,

00:21:11.660 --> 00:21:13.340
 God uses what we surrender

00:21:13.340 --> 00:21:13.920
 to him.

00:21:14.299 --> 00:21:15.340
 The first thing I see here

00:21:15.340 --> 00:21:16.259
 is he borrowed it.

00:21:16.700 --> 00:21:16.880
 You know,

00:21:16.880 --> 00:21:17.740
 he didn't grab it.

00:21:18.180 --> 00:21:18.539
 Like,

00:21:18.620 --> 00:21:18.920
 hey kid,

00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:19.539
 give that here.

00:21:20.120 --> 00:21:20.400
 You know,

00:21:20.500 --> 00:21:21.600
 I gotta feed all these people.

00:21:21.900 --> 00:21:22.980
 The kid gave it to him.

00:21:23.360 --> 00:21:24.039
 It was no longer

00:21:24.039 --> 00:21:24.980
 the kid's possession.

00:21:25.380 --> 00:21:26.539
 It was now Jesus's.

00:21:27.120 --> 00:21:27.819
 It was Jesus

00:21:27.819 --> 00:21:29.259
 who owned this bread and fish.

00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:31.080
 2 Corinthians chapter 8,

00:21:31.160 --> 00:21:31.900
 starting in verse 1,

00:21:31.940 --> 00:21:32.140
 it says,

00:21:32.220 --> 00:21:32.380
 Moreover,

00:21:32.660 --> 00:21:33.019
 brethren,

00:21:33.380 --> 00:21:34.500
 we do you to wit

00:21:34.500 --> 00:21:35.940
 of the grace of God

00:21:35.940 --> 00:21:36.940
 bestowed on the churches

00:21:36.940 --> 00:21:37.779
 of Macedonia,

00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:39.559
 how that in a great trial

00:21:39.559 --> 00:21:40.200
 of affliction,

00:21:40.360 --> 00:21:41.779
 the abundance of their joy

00:21:41.779 --> 00:21:43.279
 and their deep poverty

00:21:43.279 --> 00:21:44.960
 abounded unto the riches

00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:46.340
 of their liberality.

00:21:47.180 --> 00:21:47.920
 For to their power

00:21:47.920 --> 00:21:48.740
 I bear record,

00:21:48.880 --> 00:21:49.019
 yea,

00:21:49.140 --> 00:21:50.180
 and beyond their power

00:21:50.180 --> 00:21:50.880
 they were willing

00:21:50.880 --> 00:21:51.680
 of themselves,

00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:54.180
 praying us with much entreaty

00:21:54.180 --> 00:21:55.340
 that we would receive

00:21:55.340 --> 00:21:55.900
 the gift

00:21:55.900 --> 00:21:56.900
 and take upon us

00:21:56.900 --> 00:21:57.460
 the fellowship

00:21:57.460 --> 00:21:58.680
 of the ministering

00:21:58.680 --> 00:21:59.340
 of the saints.

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 And this they did,

00:22:02.100 --> 00:22:03.180
 not as we hoped,

00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:05.220
 but first gave their own selves

00:22:05.220 --> 00:22:06.220
 to the Lord

00:22:06.220 --> 00:22:07.900
 and unto us

00:22:07.900 --> 00:22:08.940
 by the will of God.

00:22:08.940 --> 00:22:09.940
 You know,

00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:10.500
 a lot of times

00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:11.539
 we read this passage

00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:12.960
 when we're talking about,

00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:13.799
 you know,

00:22:13.880 --> 00:22:14.880
 faith promise giving

00:22:14.880 --> 00:22:15.740
 or stuff like that.

00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:18.259
 And the first thing

00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:19.980
 they give of themselves,

00:22:20.140 --> 00:22:20.900
 that's what this little boy

00:22:20.900 --> 00:22:21.340
 was doing.

00:22:21.720 --> 00:22:21.920
 He said,

00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:22.160
 hey,

00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:23.279
 I don't got much.

00:22:24.080 --> 00:22:24.880
 Here it is.

00:22:25.019 --> 00:22:26.000
 You're welcome to it.

00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:27.539
 You know,

00:22:27.660 --> 00:22:28.620
 it was nothing

00:22:28.620 --> 00:22:30.160
 in the boy's ownership,

00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:32.000
 but in God's possession

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:33.580
 it became a miracle.

00:22:34.660 --> 00:22:34.880
 You know,

00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:35.259
 secondly,

00:22:35.400 --> 00:22:36.140
 he blessed it.

00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:37.320
 The Bible tells us

00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:37.799
 that Jesus,

00:22:38.139 --> 00:22:38.319
 you know,

00:22:38.339 --> 00:22:39.039
 he looked up.

00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:41.359
 He blessed it.

00:22:42.599 --> 00:22:42.819
 You know,

00:22:42.839 --> 00:22:43.599
 the Bible tells us

00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:44.819
 in Matthew 6, 11,

00:22:45.539 --> 00:22:46.879
 you know,

00:22:46.919 --> 00:22:47.519
 looking up,

00:22:48.099 --> 00:22:49.579
 we see the source

00:22:49.579 --> 00:22:50.839
 of our daily bread.

00:22:51.059 --> 00:22:52.000
 You have that prayer.

00:22:52.939 --> 00:22:53.079
 You know,

00:22:53.099 --> 00:22:53.839
 it's a good reminder

00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:55.759
 of our vertical perspective.

00:22:56.299 --> 00:22:56.960
 So oftentimes

00:22:56.960 --> 00:22:58.799
 we get so burdened down

00:22:58.799 --> 00:22:59.720
 with the horizontal,

00:23:00.179 --> 00:23:00.740
 all the things

00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:01.639
 that we're dealing with,

00:23:01.939 --> 00:23:02.559
 when we should just

00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:03.079
 take a moment

00:23:03.079 --> 00:23:03.759
 and look up

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.619
 and just thank God

00:23:04.619 --> 00:23:05.359
 for what we got.

00:23:05.919 --> 00:23:06.139
 You know,

00:23:06.140 --> 00:23:07.900
 Jesus gives thanks.

00:23:08.380 --> 00:23:08.500
 You know,

00:23:08.540 --> 00:23:09.620
 God can take what we have

00:23:09.620 --> 00:23:10.560
 and make it go further.

00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:12.420
 Not only that,

00:23:12.540 --> 00:23:14.340
 God sees the completed work.

00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:15.860
 Now,

00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:16.740
 God wasn't just focused

00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:18.360
 on these five loaves

00:23:18.360 --> 00:23:18.940
 and two fishes.

00:23:19.120 --> 00:23:20.240
 God knew what it would be

00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:22.020
 in all of its glory.

00:23:22.280 --> 00:23:23.300
 After everyone had eaten,

00:23:23.420 --> 00:23:24.540
 after everyone was filled,

00:23:24.660 --> 00:23:25.100
 there were still

00:23:25.100 --> 00:23:26.380
 twelve baskets full.

00:23:26.780 --> 00:23:27.540
 Jesus was thanking

00:23:27.540 --> 00:23:27.980
 the Lord

00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:28.880
 for those things.

00:23:29.920 --> 00:23:30.340
 You know,

00:23:30.360 --> 00:23:30.960
 this is a good lesson

00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:31.620
 for us.

00:23:31.619 --> 00:23:33.939
 You know,

00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:35.899
 God is,

00:23:36.099 --> 00:23:37.199
 he's giving thanks

00:23:37.199 --> 00:23:39.559
 for what we are becoming.

00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:40.939
 You know,

00:23:40.979 --> 00:23:41.899
 I like to read

00:23:41.899 --> 00:23:43.399
 about David.

00:23:44.339 --> 00:23:45.439
 Beside Jesus Christ,

00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:45.899
 David,

00:23:46.659 --> 00:23:47.639
 he's my favorite

00:23:47.639 --> 00:23:48.399
 Bible character.

00:23:49.199 --> 00:23:49.959
 I look at him

00:23:49.959 --> 00:23:50.519
 and I'm just like,

00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:52.059
 you got this scrawny

00:23:52.059 --> 00:23:53.439
 little guy

00:23:53.439 --> 00:23:54.559
 and he ends up

00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:55.239
 being the king.

00:23:55.899 --> 00:23:56.599
 I love reading

00:23:56.599 --> 00:23:57.899
 about David's mighty men.

00:23:58.179 --> 00:23:58.500
 To me,

00:23:58.579 --> 00:23:59.439
 it's very similar

00:23:59.439 --> 00:24:00.299
 to Robin Hood.

00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:01.099
 You know,

00:24:01.159 --> 00:24:01.879
 you have these guys,

00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:02.639
 they're on the run.

00:24:03.379 --> 00:24:04.159
 They're the outlaws

00:24:04.159 --> 00:24:05.619
 living in Sherwood Forest,

00:24:05.839 --> 00:24:06.139
 right?

00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:06.899
 I mean,

00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:07.599
 they're base.

00:24:08.579 --> 00:24:08.759
 And here,

00:24:08.859 --> 00:24:10.759
 David comes along

00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:12.700
 and he takes these guys

00:24:12.700 --> 00:24:14.519
 who are outlaws

00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:15.700
 and by the end,

00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:16.399
 you start reading

00:24:16.399 --> 00:24:17.279
 about his mighty men.

00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:18.899
 You had one guy,

00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:19.359
 he was like,

00:24:19.399 --> 00:24:20.019
 I'm not gonna stand

00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:20.579
 for this anymore

00:24:20.579 --> 00:24:21.399
 and he just stands

00:24:21.399 --> 00:24:23.079
 in a field of lentils.

00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:25.940
 He kills like 600 Philistines.

00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:27.599
 You have another guy,

00:24:27.599 --> 00:24:28.960
 it's the time of snow.

00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:30.039
 He's in a pit.

00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:31.680
 He kills a lion.

00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:32.460
 I'm like,

00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:33.079
 that's awesome.

00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:34.299
 This other guy,

00:24:34.379 --> 00:24:35.440
 he takes down two guys

00:24:35.440 --> 00:24:35.980
 that says they were

00:24:35.980 --> 00:24:37.700
 lion-like men of Moab.

00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:38.579
 So I don't know

00:24:38.579 --> 00:24:39.539
 if they were really hairy

00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:40.879
 and really fierce.

00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:42.519
 He wipes them out.

00:24:42.599 --> 00:24:42.819
 I'm like,

00:24:42.859 --> 00:24:43.940
 you hear these stories,

00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:44.480
 these guys.

00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:46.839
 David says one time

00:24:46.839 --> 00:24:48.259
 in a passing comment almost,

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:48.700
 he's like,

00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:49.559
 I'm so thirsty.

00:24:50.339 --> 00:24:51.339
 And his three guys

00:24:51.339 --> 00:24:51.700
 are like,

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:53.319
 David's thirsty.

00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:54.319
 Let's go.

00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:55.399
 They break into

00:24:55.399 --> 00:24:56.559
 this Philistine fort.

00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:57.159
 You know,

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:57.779
 I can just see,

00:24:57.859 --> 00:24:58.659
 it's like an action movie.

00:24:58.660 --> 00:24:59.940
 People are shooting arrows at them.

00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:00.600
 They're dodging,

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:00.940
 weaving.

00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:01.680
 You know,

00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:02.840
 they're going over to the well.

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:03.779
 Can you imagine?

00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:05.460
 You got to drop the bucket,

00:25:05.820 --> 00:25:06.720
 bring it back up.

00:25:07.060 --> 00:25:07.779
 Maybe two guys

00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:08.779
 are using their shields

00:25:08.779 --> 00:25:09.840
 to fight off everything.

00:25:10.340 --> 00:25:11.200
 They get the water.

00:25:11.620 --> 00:25:12.380
 I like to imagine

00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:14.220
 that they don't miss a drop,

00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:14.440
 right?

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:15.360
 They run out of there.

00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:16.580
 They get it to David.

00:25:17.680 --> 00:25:19.300
 And David is so heartbroken

00:25:19.300 --> 00:25:21.040
 because of their love.

00:25:21.040 --> 00:25:22.600
 He pours it out

00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:23.799
 and gives it as a blessing

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:24.419
 to the Lord.

00:25:24.980 --> 00:25:25.199
 You know,

00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:26.819
 David is a really good example

00:25:26.819 --> 00:25:27.480
 of Christ.

00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:30.579
 God takes people like us

00:25:30.579 --> 00:25:32.240
 who are nothing.

00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:33.899
 He makes us into something.

00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:34.679
 He blessed it.

00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:36.419
 That brings us to our next point.

00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:37.219
 He broke it.

00:25:37.859 --> 00:25:38.819
 In parallel passages,

00:25:38.959 --> 00:25:41.419
 it tells that he broke the bread.

00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:45.319
 God can only use broken things.

00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:46.359
 God didn't use

00:25:46.359 --> 00:25:47.279
 what was already whole.

00:25:47.279 --> 00:25:49.559
 You know,

00:25:49.579 --> 00:25:50.559
 in our own power,

00:25:50.940 --> 00:25:52.299
 the Bible tells us we're weak.

00:25:53.619 --> 00:25:54.819
 God has no use

00:25:54.819 --> 00:25:55.700
 of a Christian

00:25:55.700 --> 00:25:56.960
 who's full of themself.

00:25:57.299 --> 00:25:58.599
 A Christian full of themself,

00:25:59.619 --> 00:26:00.839
 I've heard it said,

00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:02.299
 they're an ugly package.

00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:05.059
 God wants someone who's broken.

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:08.099
 A lot of times,

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:10.019
 we like to look at being broken

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:11.160
 as a bad thing,

00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:13.160
 but it's not

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:16.359
 unless we fight that breaking.

00:26:17.859 --> 00:26:18.720
 When I was younger,

00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:19.819
 I used to deal with horses.

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:22.420
 And especially

00:26:22.420 --> 00:26:24.359
 when you'd have these horses

00:26:24.359 --> 00:26:25.440
 that had just been born,

00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:27.639
 what you gotta do

00:26:27.639 --> 00:26:28.559
 is you gotta break them.

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:29.940
 Okay?

00:26:30.139 --> 00:26:31.440
 You wanna keep their spirit,

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:32.579
 but you gotta break their will.

00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:35.160
 And so usually what you do,

00:26:35.399 --> 00:26:36.160
 because the first thing

00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:36.579
 you gotta do

00:26:36.579 --> 00:26:37.500
 when you're breaking a horse

00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:38.399
 is get its attention.

00:26:39.460 --> 00:26:40.119
 So you usually,

00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:41.160
 you have to get it

00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:42.079
 into like a corral.

00:26:42.879 --> 00:26:43.879
 And the goal is

00:26:43.879 --> 00:26:45.200
 to touch the horse.

00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:46.440
 Because they don't wanna have

00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:47.220
 anything to do with you.

00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:48.559
 So what do they normally do?

00:26:48.660 --> 00:26:49.779
 They start running around.

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:51.160
 So they're running in circles.

00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:53.619
 Usually a lot of times

00:26:53.619 --> 00:26:54.240
 you'll have a whip.

00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:55.399
 You don't hurt the horse,

00:26:55.799 --> 00:26:57.059
 but you're cracking this whip

00:26:57.059 --> 00:26:58.619
 to get the horse's attention.

00:26:59.460 --> 00:26:59.680
 You know?

00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:01.180
 Maybe you whistle at it.

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:01.879
 I can't whistle,

00:27:02.119 --> 00:27:02.299
 like,

00:27:02.680 --> 00:27:03.639
 sharp like that.

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.359
 But you go,

00:27:04.399 --> 00:27:04.500
 hey!

00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:05.240
 Hey!

00:27:05.859 --> 00:27:06.079
 Hey!

00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:06.819
 You know,

00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:07.299
 and you're trying to get

00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:08.000
 the horse's attention.

00:27:08.859 --> 00:27:10.720
 This process can take hours.

00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:11.399
 Okay?

00:27:12.080 --> 00:27:12.960
 I've seen it.

00:27:13.280 --> 00:27:14.000
 Running around,

00:27:14.180 --> 00:27:14.600
 running around.

00:27:14.900 --> 00:27:15.360
 And all of a sudden

00:27:15.360 --> 00:27:16.120
 this horse stops,

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:18.120
 looks over at the man

00:27:18.120 --> 00:27:18.700
 holding the whip,

00:27:19.040 --> 00:27:20.380
 and then it starts running again.

00:27:20.420 --> 00:27:20.640
 It's like,

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:20.920
 oh,

00:27:21.580 --> 00:27:22.519
 that's progress.

00:27:22.900 --> 00:27:23.460
 It looked.

00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:24.420
 And eventually,

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:24.660
 hey!

00:27:25.620 --> 00:27:25.940
 Hey!

00:27:26.280 --> 00:27:26.500
 Hey!

00:27:26.579 --> 00:27:27.460
 And you're cracking that whip.

00:27:28.119 --> 00:27:28.940
 Eventually the horse,

00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:30.059
 it gets tired.

00:27:30.339 --> 00:27:31.079
 It's sweating.

00:27:31.660 --> 00:27:31.940
 It's like,

00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:33.000
 I can't do this all day.

00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:34.420
 And you get a little closer,

00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:35.819
 and now you start touching it.

00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:37.119
 You're letting it know,

00:27:37.220 --> 00:27:37.400
 hey,

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:38.640
 I'm the one in charge.

00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:39.660
 You know?

00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:41.559
 You walk over to it.

00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:43.460
 You put the bit and bridle on it.

00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:45.599
 You throw the saddle over.

00:27:46.420 --> 00:27:47.400
 You start getting it comfortable.

00:27:48.140 --> 00:27:49.279
 You can start riding it.

00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:51.019
 You start getting it into areas

00:27:51.019 --> 00:27:51.859
 where it's uncomfortable.

00:27:52.339 --> 00:27:52.599
 Right?

00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:53.880
 You might shoot guns off of it.

00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:55.039
 You don't like that at first.

00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:56.279
 But it's okay.

00:27:56.700 --> 00:27:56.900
 You know,

00:27:57.059 --> 00:27:57.599
 I'm here.

00:27:58.140 --> 00:28:00.660
 You start teaching how to jump over obstacles,

00:28:00.660 --> 00:28:01.700
 and you know,

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:02.900
 you don't need to be afraid of everything.

00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:05.019
 That's all Jesus is trying to do with us.

00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:06.240
 He's there.

00:28:07.099 --> 00:28:08.000
 So trust me.

00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:08.779
 Right?

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:09.779
 I'm here.

00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:11.460
 There's nothing to worry about.

00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:12.119
 You know,

00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:13.099
 I tell my daughter that.

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:13.779
 It's like,

00:28:13.859 --> 00:28:14.339
 I'm here.

00:28:14.900 --> 00:28:16.839
 I'm not going to let anything happen to you.

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:17.759
 You know,

00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:18.960
 but I need her to trust me.

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:20.920
 You know,

00:28:20.960 --> 00:28:22.819
 it was the broken pieces that were multiplied,

00:28:23.099 --> 00:28:23.880
 not the whole.

00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:25.059
 You know,

00:28:25.099 --> 00:28:26.480
 sometimes God has to break our hearts

00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:29.799
 just to make them tender towards others.

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:31.440
 You know,

00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:32.720
 so many times we think,

00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:32.859
 oh,

00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:33.839
 God's punishing me.

00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:34.359
 No.

00:28:34.599 --> 00:28:35.900
 He's trying to make you better.

00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:37.180
 He wants to make you usable.

00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:38.720
 You know,

00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:41.119
 sometimes he breaks our health

00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:43.079
 just so we're dependent on him.

00:28:43.599 --> 00:28:45.440
 We don't have anywhere else to turn.

00:28:45.559 --> 00:28:46.039
 We just say,

00:28:46.099 --> 00:28:46.380
 God,

00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:47.019
 help me.

00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:48.680
 That's where he wants us.

00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:49.960
 You know,

00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:50.799
 our holdings,

00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:51.620
 our things.

00:28:52.660 --> 00:28:52.840
 You know,

00:28:53.060 --> 00:28:54.019
 Job 121,

00:28:54.100 --> 00:28:55.100
 it reminds us,

00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:57.519
 God is the one that gives it to us.

00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:58.779
 God can take it away.

00:28:59.340 --> 00:28:59.539
 You know,

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:01.279
 blessed be the name of the Lord.

00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:03.519
 You know,

00:29:03.620 --> 00:29:04.900
 if you want barley,

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:06.279
 what do you have to do?

00:29:06.880 --> 00:29:07.860
 Plant barley.

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:10.519
 Can you plant loaves?

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:14.019
 You're not going to get anything.

00:29:14.860 --> 00:29:15.080
 You know,

00:29:15.120 --> 00:29:15.779
 my mother-in-law,

00:29:15.940 --> 00:29:16.200
 April,

00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:17.600
 she makes loaves of bread.

00:29:18.420 --> 00:29:20.080
 If I saw her out there in her garden

00:29:20.080 --> 00:29:21.440
 putting a loaf of bread,

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:23.200
 I'd be like,

00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:23.519
 Ray,

00:29:23.660 --> 00:29:25.400
 we were trying to hold this conversation off

00:29:25.400 --> 00:29:26.000
 a little longer,

00:29:26.140 --> 00:29:27.900
 but I think it's time.

00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:30.019
 We got to start talking about some things here.

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:31.299
 You know,

00:29:31.420 --> 00:29:31.799
 it'd be like,

00:29:31.840 --> 00:29:32.519
 that's crazy.

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:33.660
 Why?

00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:35.059
 Because that stuff is dead.

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:36.000
 It's already been cooked.

00:29:36.340 --> 00:29:38.059
 You can't get anything out of it.

00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:39.840
 You know,

00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:41.100
 God has a habit

00:29:41.100 --> 00:29:42.299
 of taking people,

00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:43.299
 us,

00:29:43.580 --> 00:29:44.720
 things that are dead,

00:29:44.840 --> 00:29:45.960
 and he can give them new life.

00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:48.059
 The Bible says,

00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:49.620
 you hath he quickened,

00:29:50.039 --> 00:29:50.980
 made alive.

00:29:52.860 --> 00:29:53.360
 You know,

00:29:53.400 --> 00:29:54.440
 God can take the dead things

00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:55.299
 and make them living.

00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:57.319
 We see that in Ephesians chapter 2,

00:29:57.400 --> 00:29:58.440
 verses 1 through 5.

00:29:58.779 --> 00:30:00.039
 Not only did he break it,

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:01.500
 but he bestowed it.

00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:02.039
 You know,

00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:04.840
 Christ isn't a glory hog.

00:30:05.840 --> 00:30:07.160
 He allowed the disciples

00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:08.039
 to participate.

00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:10.559
 You think Jesus could have gone

00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:12.620
 to over 5,000 people alone

00:30:12.620 --> 00:30:14.120
 to give out this food?

00:30:14.119 --> 00:30:14.639
 No.

00:30:14.639 --> 00:30:14.759
 No.

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:15.839
 No.

00:30:16.479 --> 00:30:17.579
 The Bible tells us,

00:30:17.639 --> 00:30:18.259
 because we know God

00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:19.119
 is a God of order,

00:30:19.879 --> 00:30:21.000
 in the parallel accounts,

00:30:21.099 --> 00:30:21.619
 it tells them,

00:30:22.059 --> 00:30:22.759
 break them up,

00:30:22.939 --> 00:30:23.099
 you know,

00:30:23.139 --> 00:30:24.059
 hundreds and fifties,

00:30:24.179 --> 00:30:24.819
 sit them down,

00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:26.079
 and we'll distribute

00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:27.059
 all this food.

00:30:28.659 --> 00:30:29.059
 You know,

00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:30.399
 he prepared the meal orderly,

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:31.359
 like a shepherd,

00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:33.000
 feeding his sheep.

00:30:33.599 --> 00:30:33.739
 You know,

00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:35.819
 Psalm 23, 2 tells us,

00:30:35.859 --> 00:30:37.039
 he maketh me to lie down

00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:37.939
 in green pastures.

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.799
 Where are they here?

00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:40.639
 The Bible tells us,

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:42.859
 let's see,

00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:43.940
 in verse 10,

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:44.619
 and Jesus said,

00:30:44.879 --> 00:30:45.779
 make the men sit down.

00:30:46.079 --> 00:30:48.139
 Now there was much grass

00:30:48.139 --> 00:30:48.859
 in the place.

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:51.159
 Here he is,

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:51.480
 again,

00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:52.440
 the great shepherd

00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:53.659
 taking care of his sheep.

00:30:54.539 --> 00:30:56.119
 The disciples were instruments.

00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:57.980
 You know,

00:30:58.700 --> 00:30:59.500
 God was the one

00:30:59.500 --> 00:31:00.259
 that did the miracle.

00:31:01.379 --> 00:31:02.440
 This is where that strange

00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:02.919
 arithmetic,

00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:04.180
 I was kind of thinking on,

00:31:04.639 --> 00:31:04.819
 you know,

00:31:04.919 --> 00:31:06.139
 multiplied by division,

00:31:06.140 --> 00:31:08.759
 he increased by subtraction.

00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:09.980
 I was thinking about,

00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:11.860
 you know,

00:31:11.900 --> 00:31:13.020
 Jesus took the time

00:31:13.020 --> 00:31:16.120
 to make this food for people,

00:31:17.400 --> 00:31:19.140
 but in Matthew chapter 4,

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:20.780
 which would have taken place

00:31:20.780 --> 00:31:21.680
 before all this,

00:31:21.840 --> 00:31:22.759
 Matthew chapter 4,

00:31:22.800 --> 00:31:23.640
 verses 3 and 4,

00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:24.000
 it says,

00:31:24.800 --> 00:31:26.020
 and when the tempter came,

00:31:26.340 --> 00:31:27.100
 that's Satan,

00:31:27.600 --> 00:31:28.060
 to him,

00:31:28.160 --> 00:31:28.800
 Jesus Christ,

00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:29.340
 he said,

00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:31.000
 if thou be the son of God,

00:31:31.120 --> 00:31:32.240
 command these stones

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:33.160
 be made bread.

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:34.820
 But he answered and said,

00:31:34.820 --> 00:31:35.480
 it is written,

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:36.920
 man shall not live

00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:37.720
 by bread alone,

00:31:37.819 --> 00:31:38.680
 but by every word

00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:39.599
 that proceedeth out

00:31:39.599 --> 00:31:40.920
 of the mouth of God.

00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:43.120
 You know,

00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:44.160
 Jesus didn't even make

00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:45.220
 bread for himself,

00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:46.440
 but he cared so much

00:31:46.440 --> 00:31:47.000
 for these people

00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:47.539
 that he was able

00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:48.480
 to make bread for them.

00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:49.779
 You know,

00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:50.240
 to me,

00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:51.860
 that was humbling.

00:31:53.019 --> 00:31:53.180
 You know,

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:54.460
 God puts his,

00:31:55.099 --> 00:31:56.400
 God puts our needs

00:31:56.400 --> 00:31:57.839
 before his own,

00:31:57.920 --> 00:31:59.500
 just like a good father does.

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:00.620
 You know,

00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:02.799
 we're going right now,

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:04.559
 we're potty training

00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:05.240
 our oldest.

00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:07.099
 That's a chore.

00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:07.880
 There's things

00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:08.799
 I would much rather do

00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:09.680
 than spend my time

00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:10.500
 every 10 minutes

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:11.819
 taking her to the potty.

00:32:12.380 --> 00:32:12.960
 But you know what?

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:14.599
 I'm trying to teach her

00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:17.160
 so that she can be

00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:19.000
 usable one day.

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:22.220
 Many of us probably

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:22.860
 wouldn't want to hang

00:32:22.860 --> 00:32:23.740
 around an adult

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:25.240
 that can't go to the bathroom

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:26.220
 by herself, right?

00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:27.180
 You know,

00:32:27.180 --> 00:32:28.240
 she needs to be usable

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:28.900
 in that way.

00:32:28.900 --> 00:32:31.680
 The third thing,

00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:32.380
 you know,

00:32:32.420 --> 00:32:33.680
 we saw the provision

00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:34.280
 of the people,

00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:35.720
 but I just thought

00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:36.440
 about the practice

00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:37.140
 for us.

00:32:37.620 --> 00:32:38.920
 In verse 4

00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:39.740
 of our text,

00:32:40.040 --> 00:32:40.460
 it says,

00:32:40.560 --> 00:32:41.160
 in the Passover,

00:32:41.420 --> 00:32:42.440
 the feast of the Jews

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:43.019
 was nigh.

00:32:44.660 --> 00:32:45.500
 It's one of those verses

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:46.140
 if you just kind of

00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:46.940
 read over it,

00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:47.740
 you know,

00:32:47.800 --> 00:32:48.840
 you might miss it.

00:32:49.780 --> 00:32:50.960
 But it was important,

00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:52.480
 the Passover.

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:55.380
 The Passover was associated

00:32:55.380 --> 00:32:56.200
 with the Exodus

00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:58.759
 and how God sustained Israel.

00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:00.900
 He would sustain the multitude

00:33:00.900 --> 00:33:01.640
 in the wilderness.

00:33:03.140 --> 00:33:04.420
 Later on in our text,

00:33:04.839 --> 00:33:05.660
 John chapter 6,

00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:06.599
 Christ,

00:33:06.860 --> 00:33:08.000
 he tells the people,

00:33:08.120 --> 00:33:09.079
 he's the bread of life.

00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:09.860
 You know,

00:33:09.880 --> 00:33:10.860
 he's always sufficient.

00:33:12.059 --> 00:33:13.299
 If you look in verse 35,

00:33:13.400 --> 00:33:13.640
 it says,

00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:14.740
 and Jesus said unto them,

00:33:14.920 --> 00:33:16.360
 I am the bread of life.

00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:17.700
 He that cometh to me

00:33:17.700 --> 00:33:18.599
 shall never hunger,

00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:20.039
 and he that believeth on me

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:21.019
 shall never thirst.

00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:22.460
 Drop down to verse 35,

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:24.059
 verse 48,

00:33:25.860 --> 00:33:27.680
 I am that bread of life.

00:33:27.819 --> 00:33:28.960
 Your fathers did eat manna

00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:29.500
 in the wilderness

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:30.279
 and are dead.

00:33:30.840 --> 00:33:31.920
 This is the bread

00:33:31.920 --> 00:33:33.340
 which cometh down from heaven

00:33:33.340 --> 00:33:34.960
 that a man may eat thereof

00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:36.000
 and not die.

00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:37.840
 You know,

00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:39.660
 a lot of these people

00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:40.400
 were so focused

00:33:40.400 --> 00:33:41.259
 on the physical,

00:33:41.840 --> 00:33:42.759
 they didn't really understand

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.759
 what Jesus is saying.

00:33:44.319 --> 00:33:44.519
 You know,

00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:45.059
 he's saying,

00:33:46.380 --> 00:33:47.480
 you know,

00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:50.259
 if you have what I offer,

00:33:51.340 --> 00:33:51.620
 you know,

00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:52.440
 you'll never thirst

00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:53.759
 you'll never hunger again.

00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:56.360
 He's talking of a spiritual nature.

00:33:56.900 --> 00:33:57.000
 You know,

00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:57.820
 I think about everyone

00:33:57.820 --> 00:33:59.259
 ate until they were full.

00:33:59.640 --> 00:33:59.940
 I mean,

00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:02.059
 there's probably only

00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:03.059
 a couple times a year,

00:34:03.140 --> 00:34:03.299
 right,

00:34:03.320 --> 00:34:04.980
 that we really get like that.

00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:06.080
 Usually Thanksgiving,

00:34:06.320 --> 00:34:06.539
 right?

00:34:07.140 --> 00:34:08.539
 We eat until we're full.

00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:09.900
 You know,

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:10.840
 I like to say

00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:12.240
 we gobble till we wobble.

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:12.599
 You know,

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:13.000
 we're just like,

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:13.460
 oh,

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:15.019
 you know.

00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:16.800
 Here they have

00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:18.059
 an all-you-can-eat feast

00:34:18.059 --> 00:34:19.440
 from just scraps.

00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:20.519
 You know,

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:21.440
 God can do that.

00:34:23.019 --> 00:34:24.380
 I was thinking about this.

00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:26.420
 Christ is generous,

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:29.079
 but he's not wasteful.

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:30.619
 Because what does he say?

00:34:31.579 --> 00:34:32.480
 Gather up

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:33.299
 what's left,

00:34:33.840 --> 00:34:34.099
 right?

00:34:34.799 --> 00:34:35.659
 They gathered up

00:34:35.659 --> 00:34:36.259
 the leftovers.

00:34:36.980 --> 00:34:37.460
 We see there was

00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:38.219
 12 baskets.

00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:39.440
 I like to think,

00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:40.039
 what happened

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:41.099
 to those 12 baskets?

00:34:42.099 --> 00:34:43.119
 Who got them?

00:34:44.079 --> 00:34:44.279
 You know,

00:34:44.299 --> 00:34:44.900
 we know the kids

00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:45.839
 surrendered over

00:34:45.839 --> 00:34:46.679
 to Jesus.

00:34:47.319 --> 00:34:48.159
 So maybe Jesus

00:34:48.159 --> 00:34:49.159
 and his disciples

00:34:49.159 --> 00:34:49.839
 used it.

00:34:50.299 --> 00:34:50.880
 Maybe they saw

00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:51.440
 the needy.

00:34:52.259 --> 00:34:53.199
 I would really like

00:34:53.199 --> 00:34:54.019
 to think that that boy

00:34:54.019 --> 00:34:54.659
 come home

00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:55.859
 with 12 baskets.

00:34:56.099 --> 00:34:56.539
 He's just like,

00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:57.000
 mom,

00:34:57.480 --> 00:34:58.059
 mom,

00:34:58.779 --> 00:34:59.039
 like,

00:34:59.159 --> 00:35:01.099
 Jesus saved us.

00:35:01.179 --> 00:35:01.299
 You know,

00:35:01.299 --> 00:35:02.099
 maybe they didn't have

00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:02.639
 a lot of food

00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:02.980
 and they're like,

00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:04.799
 we got 12 baskets full.

00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:05.859
 You know,

00:35:05.900 --> 00:35:06.440
 they gathered up

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:07.059
 the leftovers.

00:35:08.339 --> 00:35:09.139
 Regardless of who

00:35:09.139 --> 00:35:09.880
 ended up with them,

00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:11.039
 they were a reminder

00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:12.480
 of God's provision.

00:35:13.440 --> 00:35:14.019
 I don't think

00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:14.900
 you could eat that bread

00:35:14.900 --> 00:35:15.699
 and not think.

00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:17.119
 I don't know

00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:17.619
 how he did it.

00:35:17.679 --> 00:35:18.319
 He prayed,

00:35:19.179 --> 00:35:20.139
 he broke the bread,

00:35:20.259 --> 00:35:21.539
 and it just kept coming.

00:35:22.059 --> 00:35:22.559
 Those who ate

00:35:22.559 --> 00:35:23.739
 were reminded of God

00:35:23.739 --> 00:35:25.299
 and how he fed Israel

00:35:25.299 --> 00:35:25.900
 in the wilderness.

00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:27.719
 You know,

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:28.679
 let's turn to

00:35:28.679 --> 00:35:30.119
 Deuteronomy chapter 18.

00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:31.179
 The scholars

00:35:31.179 --> 00:35:31.859
 and the crowd

00:35:31.859 --> 00:35:32.920
 would have started

00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:33.940
 putting this stuff together.

00:35:34.400 --> 00:35:35.440
 We know that they did

00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:37.900
 because we're not

00:35:37.900 --> 00:35:38.659
 going to get into this,

00:35:38.779 --> 00:35:40.359
 but later on,

00:35:40.639 --> 00:35:41.159
 the people,

00:35:41.339 --> 00:35:41.920
 they wanted to make

00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:42.579
 Jesus king,

00:35:42.779 --> 00:35:42.940
 right?

00:35:42.940 --> 00:35:43.360
 Then and there,

00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:43.639
 they're like,

00:35:43.700 --> 00:35:44.880
 this guy feeds us,

00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:45.659
 he heals us,

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:46.639
 he's king.

00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:48.700
 And we know that's

00:35:48.700 --> 00:35:49.260
 when Jesus,

00:35:49.659 --> 00:35:52.000
 they retreat away.

00:35:52.740 --> 00:35:53.519
 Deuteronomy 18,

00:35:53.599 --> 00:35:54.159
 verse 15,

00:35:54.320 --> 00:35:55.079
 the Lord thy God

00:35:55.079 --> 00:35:55.840
 will raise up

00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:56.780
 unto thee a prophet

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 from the midst

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 of thy brethren

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 like unto me,

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 unto him

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 ye shall hearken.

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 You know,

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 again,

00:36:04.539 --> 00:36:05.380
 they know that

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 the Messiah

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 is coming.

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 you know,

00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:10.860
 we must be careful

00:36:10.860 --> 00:36:11.760
 not to love Jesus

00:36:11.760 --> 00:36:12.920
 only for what he does,

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 but for who he is.

00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:16.400
 You know,

00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:16.860
 there's no doubt

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 in my mind

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 that there was a lot

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 of people that left

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 healed,

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 and that was it.

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 They missed everything else.

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 But there are people

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 there that got healed,

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 and then they turned

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 to Christ

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 and recognized

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 he is the Messiah.

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 He is the one

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 that we've been

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 looking for.

00:36:31.579 --> 00:36:33.400
 You know,

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 Proverbs,

00:36:34.299 --> 00:36:34.980
 let's look at

00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:36.059
 Proverbs chapter 11

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 real quickly.

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 Proverbs 11, 24,

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 There is he

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 that scattereth

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 and yet increaseth,

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 and there is he

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 that withholdeth

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 more than his meat,

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 but it tendeth

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 to poverty.

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 The liberal soul

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 shall be made fat,

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 and he that watereth

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 shall be watered

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 also himself.

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 You know,

00:36:58.480 --> 00:36:59.019
 teaching about

00:36:59.019 --> 00:36:59.759
 that generosity.

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 God blesses those

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 that give of their self

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 and substance.

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 I want to turn to

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 Malachi chapter 3,

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 verse 10.

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 Bring ye all the tithes

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 into the storehouse,

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 that there may be meat

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 in mine house,

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 and prove me now.

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 Herewith,

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 saith the Lord of hosts,

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 if I will not open you

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 the windows of heaven

00:37:18.679 --> 00:37:19.519
 and pour you

00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:20.759
 out a blessing,

00:37:21.279 --> 00:37:22.719
 that there shall be

00:37:22.719 --> 00:37:23.460
 room enough

00:37:23.460 --> 00:37:24.379
 to receive it.

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 Then Luke chapter 6,

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 verse 38.

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 Give,

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 and it shall be given

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 unto you,

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 good measure,

00:37:32.519 --> 00:37:33.299
 pressed down,

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 shaken together,

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 running over,

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 shall men give

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 into their bosom.

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 For with the same

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 measure that ye meet,

00:37:42.019 --> 00:37:42.839
 with all it shall be

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 measured to you

00:37:43.739 --> 00:37:44.379
 again.

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 You know,

00:37:48.759 --> 00:37:49.759
 what we give God,

00:37:50.779 --> 00:37:50.959
 you know,

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 this kid might not

00:37:51.659 --> 00:37:52.559
 have had a lot,

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 but he gave all.

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 So God gives all back.

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 You know,

00:37:58.759 --> 00:37:59.579
 so many times

00:37:59.579 --> 00:38:01.299
 we might sing,

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 I surrender all,

00:38:03.539 --> 00:38:04.839
 I surrender all,

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 you know,

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 I will give to Jesus.

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 What is it?

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 All to Jesus,

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 I surrender,

00:38:10.860 --> 00:38:11.079
 right?

00:38:11.719 --> 00:38:12.579
 But really,

00:38:12.659 --> 00:38:13.940
 what we're saying is,

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 you know,

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 I surrender some,

00:38:17.339 --> 00:38:18.659
 I surrender some,

00:38:19.420 --> 00:38:20.440
 I will give to Jesus

00:38:20.440 --> 00:38:21.019
 little,

00:38:21.219 --> 00:38:21.460
 right?

00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:22.579
 Hold back for myself.

00:38:23.519 --> 00:38:23.699
 You know,

00:38:23.779 --> 00:38:26.339
 God uses what we give him.

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 So real quickly,

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 I'm out of time.

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 I want to just focus

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 on these four steps

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 to God's blessings.

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 things.

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 First off,

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 just start with what you have.

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 This little boy,

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 he didn't have much,

00:38:39.480 --> 00:38:40.139
 but he gave it all.

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 Secondly,

00:38:41.440 --> 00:38:42.400
 give what you have

00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:43.199
 to Jesus.

00:38:45.039 --> 00:38:45.360
 You know,

00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:46.579
 we're not the ones

00:38:46.579 --> 00:38:47.940
 that are responsible

00:38:47.940 --> 00:38:48.679
 for

00:38:48.679 --> 00:38:52.039
 what happens,

00:38:52.139 --> 00:38:52.320
 right?

00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:53.300
 The Bible says that

00:38:53.300 --> 00:38:54.880
 some plant seeds,

00:38:55.159 --> 00:38:56.239
 some water,

00:38:56.340 --> 00:38:56.800
 but it's God

00:38:56.800 --> 00:38:57.639
 that gives to increase.

00:38:57.779 --> 00:38:58.900
 So let him worry about that.

00:38:59.599 --> 00:38:59.739
 You know,

00:38:59.820 --> 00:39:00.219
 thirdly,

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 obey what he commands.

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 Just do what you're,

00:39:03.199 --> 00:39:03.319
 you know,

00:39:03.799 --> 00:39:05.139
 do what you know

00:39:05.139 --> 00:39:06.319
 that you're supposed to do.

00:39:07.039 --> 00:39:07.599
 And lastly,

00:39:07.719 --> 00:39:08.799
 conserve the results.

00:39:10.199 --> 00:39:10.339
 You know,

00:39:10.399 --> 00:39:11.819
 save up those blessings.

00:39:13.179 --> 00:39:13.579
 You know,

00:39:13.599 --> 00:39:14.079
 I was thinking,

00:39:14.199 --> 00:39:15.139
 this miracle teaches

00:39:15.139 --> 00:39:15.919
 compassion,

00:39:17.079 --> 00:39:17.460
 surrender,

00:39:17.779 --> 00:39:18.119
 faith,

00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:18.839
 stewardship.

00:39:19.739 --> 00:39:20.699
 It teaches us

00:39:20.699 --> 00:39:21.519
 to see problems

00:39:21.519 --> 00:39:22.259
 as opportunities

00:39:22.259 --> 00:39:23.399
 for God to work.

00:39:24.039 --> 00:39:24.739
 It teaches us

00:39:24.739 --> 00:39:25.279
 that God

00:39:25.279 --> 00:39:26.339
 can make something

00:39:26.339 --> 00:39:27.599
 from nothing.

00:39:28.779 --> 00:39:29.099
 So,

00:39:29.239 --> 00:39:30.559
 I'm out of time.

00:39:30.639 --> 00:39:30.939
 We'll go ahead

00:39:30.939 --> 00:39:31.799
 and have a word of prayer.

00:39:31.800 --> 00:39:33.320
 As,

00:39:33.380 --> 00:39:34.980
 whoever's playing

00:39:34.980 --> 00:39:35.380
 the piano

00:39:35.380 --> 00:39:36.039
 would come up.

00:39:37.560 --> 00:39:38.560
 We'll just take a moment.

00:39:39.340 --> 00:39:39.800
 The Lord

00:39:39.800 --> 00:39:41.000
 spoke to your heart.

00:39:41.400 --> 00:39:42.100
 Give you an opportunity

00:39:42.100 --> 00:39:42.980
 to respond.

00:39:45.260 --> 00:39:46.060
 Dear Heavenly Father,

00:39:46.140 --> 00:39:46.539
 I thank you

00:39:46.539 --> 00:39:47.280
 for this day

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 you've given us.

00:39:49.019 --> 00:39:49.180
 Lord,

00:39:49.220 --> 00:39:50.060
 I just ask that

00:39:50.060 --> 00:39:50.940
 you would just use

00:39:50.940 --> 00:39:51.580
 this message

00:39:51.580 --> 00:39:54.440
 despite who preached it,

00:39:54.519 --> 00:39:54.680
 Lord.

00:39:54.860 --> 00:39:55.780
 I just pray that

00:39:55.780 --> 00:39:57.280
 it would be

00:39:57.280 --> 00:39:57.980
 a good reminder

00:39:57.980 --> 00:39:59.420
 of how good

00:39:59.420 --> 00:40:00.119
 you are to us,

00:40:00.260 --> 00:40:00.360
 Lord,

00:40:00.420 --> 00:40:00.900
 but also the

00:40:00.900 --> 00:40:01.380
 responsibility

00:40:01.380 --> 00:40:02.659
 that we have.

00:40:03.579 --> 00:40:03.780
 Lord,

00:40:03.840 --> 00:40:04.440
 I pray that

00:40:04.440 --> 00:40:05.760
 you would just

00:40:05.760 --> 00:40:08.280
 let us continue

00:40:08.280 --> 00:40:09.219
 to have a good time

00:40:09.219 --> 00:40:09.780
 in your house

00:40:09.780 --> 00:40:10.219
 and be with

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 the Sunday school hour.

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 I ask all these things

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 in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.