WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.280 All righty. 00:00:03.500 --> 00:00:06.379 So back into John 6, verses 1 to 21. 00:00:07.060 --> 00:00:09.779 As we do, we're kind of looking at the character of Jesus, who he is, 00:00:10.259 --> 00:00:13.599 what kind of leader he is, what kind of king he's going to turn out to be. 00:00:14.900 --> 00:00:17.359 And friends, I'm going to suggest to you that he turns out to be 00:00:17.359 --> 00:00:20.359 a pretty darn good kind of king, even by the standards that we have, 00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:24.980 except that our standards kind of limit him a little bit too much. 00:00:25.039 --> 00:00:26.900 You see, we have expectations of our leaders. 00:00:27.740 --> 00:00:29.900 We have expectations that they will meet our demands. 00:00:30.460 --> 00:00:34.659 Now, it doesn't always appear at the forefront of our minds 00:00:34.659 --> 00:00:37.640 when we're electing our politicians. 00:00:38.840 --> 00:00:39.759 We're grateful. 00:00:40.519 --> 00:00:44.340 We're grateful to be in a country that Donald Trump isn't leading. 00:00:45.299 --> 00:00:45.740 We are. 00:00:45.740 --> 00:00:49.140 This is the kind of thing we talk about amongst ourselves, isn't it? 00:00:49.140 --> 00:00:49.820 Amongst each other. 00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:55.679 We dread the fact that Donald Trump will have a Twitter war 00:00:55.679 --> 00:01:02.100 with another global, at least nuclear power in the world. 00:01:02.100 --> 00:01:07.799 Suddenly, Donald Trump, who's someone who we can have a bit of a laugh about 00:01:07.799 --> 00:01:10.939 and a snicker about over a coffee at work, 00:01:11.320 --> 00:01:14.560 becomes someone who is affecting and impinging on our lives. 00:01:15.140 --> 00:01:17.740 And then we start to get really interested in what he is doing 00:01:17.739 --> 00:01:22.539 and our opinions kind of firm up into being somewhat more critical, shall we say. 00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:24.060 It's the same with our leaders. 00:01:24.199 --> 00:01:25.179 Same with our leaders here. 00:01:26.280 --> 00:01:28.339 Our prime minister and his party. 00:01:29.659 --> 00:01:30.679 You know, he's out there. 00:01:30.719 --> 00:01:31.799 He's kind of in the back of our minds. 00:01:31.879 --> 00:01:32.839 We kind of know who he is. 00:01:32.879 --> 00:01:34.340 And if it was, you know, who wants to be a millionaire, 00:01:34.739 --> 00:01:37.560 it probably wouldn't be the kind of question that we'd actually have to phone a friend on, 00:01:37.780 --> 00:01:39.500 who is this, who is our prime minister. 00:01:39.500 --> 00:01:45.379 But I can tell you, he comes to the forefront of our minds around budget time 00:01:45.379 --> 00:01:48.400 when he starts to say who's going to get tax cuts 00:01:48.400 --> 00:01:50.659 and who is going to get tax increases. 00:01:51.799 --> 00:01:55.280 When the party starts to lay out what's going to happen 00:01:55.280 --> 00:01:56.840 with the healthcare package this year. 00:01:57.819 --> 00:02:00.680 What is the government contributing towards education? 00:02:01.240 --> 00:02:03.780 What are all these things, these big decisions that they make, 00:02:04.019 --> 00:02:05.359 going to do to our lives? 00:02:05.420 --> 00:02:06.719 Are they going to improve them or not? 00:02:09.500 --> 00:02:12.840 We have expectations of our leaders. 00:02:14.319 --> 00:02:16.620 Expectations that they will make our lives better. 00:02:18.080 --> 00:02:20.560 And expectations that when they don't, 00:02:20.979 --> 00:02:24.039 they should expect to hear from us about it. 00:02:26.920 --> 00:02:30.520 And so as Jesus emerges in John's gospel, 00:02:30.659 --> 00:02:33.219 we start to see a little bit of what Jesus is like, 00:02:33.840 --> 00:02:38.280 who Jesus is and the kind of leadership he's going to bring to earth. 00:02:38.280 --> 00:02:40.819 We start to hear the controversy. 00:02:41.620 --> 00:02:42.500 Who is this Jesus? 00:02:42.620 --> 00:02:44.420 And is he really who he claims to be? 00:02:45.360 --> 00:02:48.400 The authorities are actually starting to view him as an enemy of the state. 00:02:48.500 --> 00:02:48.699 Why? 00:02:49.060 --> 00:02:51.939 Because he's not delivering on their expectations. 00:02:53.020 --> 00:02:55.520 But the witnesses, as David pointed out last week, 00:02:56.520 --> 00:02:59.699 the witnesses say he is the true king. 00:03:00.219 --> 00:03:01.939 He is the promised saviour. 00:03:02.360 --> 00:03:04.060 He is God himself. 00:03:04.060 --> 00:03:11.539 John is laying out Jesus' life and ministry to reveal the answer to this question. 00:03:11.659 --> 00:03:12.659 Who is Jesus? 00:03:15.240 --> 00:03:17.539 Not so that we can get the answer right in the pub quiz, 00:03:18.439 --> 00:03:21.539 but so that we might believe in him and be saved. 00:03:21.539 --> 00:03:27.439 In this next event in Jesus' life, 00:03:28.340 --> 00:03:31.039 we get a glimpse of what kind of king he is 00:03:31.039 --> 00:03:36.639 and what kind of salvation Jesus offers. 00:03:38.639 --> 00:03:39.819 Let's have a look at it now. 00:03:39.879 --> 00:03:41.739 So if you actually got your Bibles open, 00:03:41.840 --> 00:03:43.439 chapter 6, verses 1 and following. 00:03:43.439 --> 00:03:45.639 To start this event, 00:03:46.319 --> 00:03:49.400 John actually provides the context. 00:03:50.680 --> 00:03:52.319 He introduces this episode in Jesus' life, 00:03:52.400 --> 00:03:54.699 kind of like a date in the diary, 00:03:54.960 --> 00:03:56.099 like we might introduce. 00:03:56.240 --> 00:03:58.159 You know, the where, the when, and the who are we meeting, 00:03:58.280 --> 00:03:58.939 that sort of thing. 00:04:00.400 --> 00:04:01.599 Kind of like a date in the diary. 00:04:02.500 --> 00:04:05.740 But in light of the fact that John is wanting to witness to who Jesus is, 00:04:06.039 --> 00:04:09.900 perhaps more like testimony in a witness box. 00:04:09.900 --> 00:04:14.120 Testimony in a witness box. 00:04:14.879 --> 00:04:17.780 So let me pray now as we start to look at the where, when, and who 00:04:17.780 --> 00:04:23.120 and invite God to actually preside over us as we look at his word. 00:04:26.920 --> 00:04:29.360 Father God, we thank you for people like John 00:04:29.360 --> 00:04:34.379 who so faithfully represented Jesus in this gospel. 00:04:35.340 --> 00:04:37.180 But we pray now as we look at it, Lord, 00:04:37.180 --> 00:04:40.459 that what we would see is the truth, the whole truth, 00:04:40.900 --> 00:04:42.100 and nothing but the truth. 00:04:42.660 --> 00:04:43.600 In Jesus' name. 00:04:44.540 --> 00:04:44.840 Amen. 00:04:46.699 --> 00:04:47.900 Okay, so where were they? 00:04:49.280 --> 00:04:50.840 Well, they were by the Sea of Galilee. 00:04:51.560 --> 00:04:53.220 They'd just crossed it to a quiet place, 00:04:53.519 --> 00:04:55.660 probably the area that we now know as the Golan Heights. 00:04:56.160 --> 00:04:57.500 It was a remote place, 00:04:58.319 --> 00:04:59.480 very quiet area. 00:05:00.040 --> 00:05:01.699 But by the time John wrote this gospel, 00:05:02.000 --> 00:05:03.340 the lake actually had another name, 00:05:03.340 --> 00:05:05.480 and we get that other name as well. 00:05:05.480 --> 00:05:07.759 It was also called Tiberius, 00:05:08.460 --> 00:05:11.360 named after the Roman emperor at the time of Jesus' ministry. 00:05:12.500 --> 00:05:15.860 By all accounts, Tiberius was a good emperor. 00:05:16.840 --> 00:05:17.600 He was humble. 00:05:18.460 --> 00:05:20.620 He was the first of a group of emperors 00:05:20.620 --> 00:05:23.640 that actually refused to be deified, 00:05:23.960 --> 00:05:26.420 turned into a god and worshipped in the emperor cult. 00:05:28.180 --> 00:05:30.400 And he was a wise and capable leader. 00:05:30.399 --> 00:05:32.639 So King Herod, 00:05:32.879 --> 00:05:35.679 well, he tried to rename Galilee after Tiberius. 00:05:35.919 --> 00:05:37.579 So both names were known at the time, 00:05:37.699 --> 00:05:39.299 Sea of Galilee, Sea of Tiberius. 00:05:39.859 --> 00:05:40.919 Why is this important? 00:05:42.479 --> 00:05:42.939 Well, 00:05:43.959 --> 00:05:45.739 perhaps John wrote both names 00:05:45.739 --> 00:05:47.759 to include the non-Jews 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:48.739 who would read his gospel, 00:05:48.939 --> 00:05:50.459 the people who would know the lake 00:05:50.459 --> 00:05:51.739 by the name Tiberius. 00:05:53.339 --> 00:05:54.539 Or perhaps he wrote 00:05:54.539 --> 00:05:57.279 this other name to remind the Jews 00:05:57.279 --> 00:06:00.000 that they were still under Roman rule. 00:06:02.299 --> 00:06:03.399 Or perhaps 00:06:03.399 --> 00:06:05.259 he wanted us 00:06:05.259 --> 00:06:06.199 to be thinking about 00:06:06.199 --> 00:06:07.939 the kind of ruler Jesus is 00:06:07.939 --> 00:06:09.619 over and against 00:06:09.619 --> 00:06:10.859 someone who was respected 00:06:10.859 --> 00:06:12.519 in the world at that time. 00:06:14.899 --> 00:06:15.719 Where were they? 00:06:16.239 --> 00:06:17.319 They were by the Sea of Galilee, 00:06:17.419 --> 00:06:18.299 a remote area 00:06:18.299 --> 00:06:20.739 on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. 00:06:21.239 --> 00:06:21.959 So who was there? 00:06:22.719 --> 00:06:22.979 Well, 00:06:23.479 --> 00:06:23.799 Jesus, 00:06:23.979 --> 00:06:24.560 and most likely 00:06:24.560 --> 00:06:26.799 his 12 disciples were there. 00:06:27.019 --> 00:06:27.739 Why do I say that? 00:06:27.819 --> 00:06:27.959 Well, 00:06:28.099 --> 00:06:29.259 they all fit into one boat, 00:06:29.399 --> 00:06:30.120 so it's unlikely 00:06:30.120 --> 00:06:31.399 that there were more than that. 00:06:31.739 --> 00:06:32.699 So it was round about that, 00:06:32.779 --> 00:06:34.019 round about the inner 12. 00:06:35.839 --> 00:06:37.180 But we also learn as well here 00:06:37.180 --> 00:06:38.399 that a large crowd 00:06:38.399 --> 00:06:39.319 followed Jesus. 00:06:40.459 --> 00:06:41.299 Jesus and his disciples 00:06:41.299 --> 00:06:41.859 went in a boat, 00:06:41.959 --> 00:06:43.159 the crowd had to walk around the edge, 00:06:43.240 --> 00:06:43.919 they took longer. 00:06:44.240 --> 00:06:45.179 And we read in verse 2, 00:06:45.479 --> 00:06:47.060 a large crowd was following him. 00:06:47.120 --> 00:06:47.560 We even read, 00:06:47.959 --> 00:06:48.279 why? 00:06:49.039 --> 00:06:50.500 Because they saw the signs 00:06:50.500 --> 00:06:51.639 that he was doing on the sick. 00:06:52.959 --> 00:06:54.399 They followed Jesus 00:06:54.399 --> 00:06:57.000 because of what he could do for them. 00:06:58.680 --> 00:06:59.159 Where, 00:06:59.419 --> 00:06:59.639 who, 00:07:00.359 --> 00:07:00.959 and when. 00:07:01.639 --> 00:07:01.939 Finally, 00:07:02.019 --> 00:07:02.279 the when. 00:07:03.139 --> 00:07:03.919 The date, 00:07:04.019 --> 00:07:04.599 we read again, 00:07:04.879 --> 00:07:06.419 is around the time of the Passover. 00:07:07.159 --> 00:07:07.359 Now, 00:07:07.399 --> 00:07:08.279 this date is important. 00:07:08.859 --> 00:07:09.779 It's the first event 00:07:09.779 --> 00:07:11.279 God put into the Jewish calendar. 00:07:11.719 --> 00:07:12.500 On this date, 00:07:12.719 --> 00:07:13.620 the Jews remembered 00:07:13.620 --> 00:07:14.939 their exodus from Egypt. 00:07:15.959 --> 00:07:17.179 A lamb was killed and eaten. 00:07:17.879 --> 00:07:18.899 Its blood was painted 00:07:18.899 --> 00:07:20.500 on the doorposts of the house. 00:07:20.500 --> 00:07:24.139 And a prophet called Moses 00:07:24.139 --> 00:07:25.959 led them out of captivity 00:07:25.959 --> 00:07:27.920 into freedom. 00:07:30.220 --> 00:07:31.560 This was a time of year 00:07:31.560 --> 00:07:32.519 when Israel probably felt 00:07:32.519 --> 00:07:34.040 their captivity the most, 00:07:34.720 --> 00:07:35.819 their Roman occupation 00:07:35.819 --> 00:07:37.100 most. 00:07:37.279 --> 00:07:39.220 At this point of the year, 00:07:39.319 --> 00:07:40.240 more than any other, 00:07:41.199 --> 00:07:42.819 they longed for salvation. 00:07:42.819 --> 00:07:45.199 They longed 00:07:45.199 --> 00:07:46.519 for the new Moses. 00:07:48.879 --> 00:07:50.180 This is the context 00:07:50.180 --> 00:07:51.639 that John presents 00:07:51.639 --> 00:07:52.959 this feeding of the 5,000. 00:07:54.319 --> 00:07:55.540 This is the context. 00:07:55.879 --> 00:07:56.959 But the question is, 00:07:57.379 --> 00:07:58.300 who is 00:07:58.300 --> 00:07:59.439 this Jesus? 00:07:59.439 --> 00:08:02.719 Now we move on 00:08:02.719 --> 00:08:04.060 and see the actual sign 00:08:04.060 --> 00:08:05.560 of the feeding of the 5,000. 00:08:06.399 --> 00:08:07.540 To answer the question 00:08:07.540 --> 00:08:08.420 of who Jesus is, 00:08:08.719 --> 00:08:09.360 John gives us 00:08:09.360 --> 00:08:10.439 this next sign. 00:08:11.100 --> 00:08:11.959 John peels back 00:08:11.959 --> 00:08:13.160 the layers of Jesus' life 00:08:13.160 --> 00:08:13.699 to reveal 00:08:13.699 --> 00:08:15.079 who Jesus is. 00:08:16.100 --> 00:08:17.279 And this next layer 00:08:17.279 --> 00:08:18.560 begins with a problem. 00:08:19.860 --> 00:08:20.759 As we've already seen, 00:08:20.839 --> 00:08:21.680 Jesus and his disciples 00:08:21.680 --> 00:08:23.060 had come to a remote area 00:08:23.060 --> 00:08:24.019 and the crowd 00:08:24.019 --> 00:08:24.800 that had followed them 00:08:24.800 --> 00:08:25.560 had followed them 00:08:25.560 --> 00:08:26.959 into this remote area. 00:08:26.959 --> 00:08:28.879 And Jesus can't help 00:08:28.879 --> 00:08:29.899 but see the problem. 00:08:30.519 --> 00:08:32.319 If we read in verse 5, 00:08:33.419 --> 00:08:34.899 lifting up his eyes then 00:08:34.899 --> 00:08:37.159 and seeing that a large crowd 00:08:37.159 --> 00:08:38.259 was coming toward him, 00:08:39.819 --> 00:08:40.740 Jesus said to Philip, 00:08:41.579 --> 00:08:43.039 where are we to buy bread 00:08:43.039 --> 00:08:45.179 so that these people may eat? 00:08:47.059 --> 00:08:48.319 Jesus' first response 00:08:48.319 --> 00:08:49.439 is to lift his eyes. 00:08:50.340 --> 00:08:51.500 He takes in everything, 00:08:51.620 --> 00:08:52.199 the crowd, 00:08:52.600 --> 00:08:53.259 their need, 00:08:53.539 --> 00:08:54.899 the resources at his disposal. 00:08:54.899 --> 00:08:57.819 And he has compassion on them. 00:08:59.120 --> 00:09:00.220 Jesus is in control. 00:09:00.699 --> 00:09:01.399 They are hungry 00:09:01.399 --> 00:09:02.539 and he's going to do 00:09:02.539 --> 00:09:03.240 something about it. 00:09:03.480 --> 00:09:04.860 That's who Jesus is. 00:09:06.199 --> 00:09:06.559 But, 00:09:07.399 --> 00:09:09.120 ever the teacher, 00:09:10.000 --> 00:09:11.600 Jesus doesn't miss a chance 00:09:11.600 --> 00:09:13.179 to test his disciples. 00:09:14.639 --> 00:09:15.679 We read in verse 6 00:09:15.679 --> 00:09:17.120 that Jesus said this 00:09:17.120 --> 00:09:18.360 to test him 00:09:18.360 --> 00:09:19.559 for he himself 00:09:19.559 --> 00:09:20.539 knew what he would do. 00:09:22.259 --> 00:09:23.460 Now Jesus probably asked Philip, 00:09:23.460 --> 00:09:25.200 singling out Philip of the Twelve, 00:09:25.519 --> 00:09:26.519 because it seems pretty rough, 00:09:26.580 --> 00:09:26.879 doesn't it, 00:09:26.900 --> 00:09:27.360 to be the one 00:09:27.360 --> 00:09:29.080 that actually gets this question. 00:09:29.980 --> 00:09:31.160 But he probably asked Philip 00:09:31.160 --> 00:09:32.300 because Philip is a local. 00:09:33.639 --> 00:09:35.040 And if there's a shop nearby, 00:09:36.160 --> 00:09:36.920 Philip is going to know 00:09:36.920 --> 00:09:37.560 where it is. 00:09:40.360 --> 00:09:41.460 And Philip's answer 00:09:41.460 --> 00:09:42.920 gets straight to the point. 00:09:44.220 --> 00:09:45.400 In verse 7 we read, 00:09:45.400 --> 00:09:46.160 Philip answered him, 00:09:46.740 --> 00:09:48.940 200 denarii worth of bread 00:09:48.940 --> 00:09:49.879 would not be enough 00:09:49.879 --> 00:09:51.220 for each of them 00:09:51.220 --> 00:09:52.000 to even get a little. 00:09:52.000 --> 00:09:56.320 Paraphrase that. 00:09:57.679 --> 00:09:58.500 Philip is saying, 00:09:59.019 --> 00:09:59.820 I don't know. 00:10:01.600 --> 00:10:02.419 Perhaps I don't know 00:10:02.419 --> 00:10:03.559 isn't even strong enough 00:10:03.559 --> 00:10:05.000 to describe the sense 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:05.879 of Philip's response. 00:10:06.279 --> 00:10:07.200 Philip is really saying, 00:10:07.639 --> 00:10:08.279 impossible. 00:10:09.460 --> 00:10:10.659 There is no shop. 00:10:10.879 --> 00:10:12.019 There is no money 00:10:12.019 --> 00:10:13.940 for this scale of catering. 00:10:14.139 --> 00:10:15.559 We're talking 200 denarii. 00:10:15.559 --> 00:10:16.960 That was over 30 weeks 00:10:16.960 --> 00:10:17.980 of wages 00:10:17.980 --> 00:10:19.559 for the average labourer. 00:10:19.559 --> 00:10:22.719 tens of thousands 00:10:22.719 --> 00:10:23.139 of dollars 00:10:23.139 --> 00:10:23.879 we're talking about. 00:10:25.239 --> 00:10:26.119 Now Andrew, 00:10:26.579 --> 00:10:27.819 he tries to 00:10:27.819 --> 00:10:29.299 bail Philip out 00:10:29.299 --> 00:10:29.619 a little bit, 00:10:29.659 --> 00:10:30.639 maybe take the pressure off 00:10:30.639 --> 00:10:31.079 like you do 00:10:31.079 --> 00:10:31.719 in the classroom. 00:10:32.599 --> 00:10:33.679 In verse 9 he says, 00:10:33.879 --> 00:10:34.819 he chips in and says, 00:10:35.179 --> 00:10:35.839 there's a boy here 00:10:35.839 --> 00:10:36.959 who has five barley loaves 00:10:36.959 --> 00:10:37.659 and two fish, 00:10:37.879 --> 00:10:38.619 but what are they 00:10:38.619 --> 00:10:39.259 for so many? 00:10:41.299 --> 00:10:42.439 Five barley loaves 00:10:42.439 --> 00:10:43.419 and two fish 00:10:43.419 --> 00:10:45.439 were not enough 00:10:45.439 --> 00:10:46.059 to go around. 00:10:46.059 --> 00:10:48.759 They couldn't just, 00:10:49.079 --> 00:10:49.500 I don't know, 00:10:49.579 --> 00:10:50.579 cook up a little rice 00:10:50.579 --> 00:10:51.919 or throw in a side salad 00:10:51.919 --> 00:10:53.119 and try and pad the meal out 00:10:53.119 --> 00:10:53.719 to make it bigger. 00:10:57.679 --> 00:10:59.899 The task was huge. 00:11:01.259 --> 00:11:02.779 Not even the Minter family, 00:11:02.919 --> 00:11:03.059 Manning, 00:11:03.059 --> 00:11:04.359 Manning at KFC 00:11:04.359 --> 00:11:05.639 could actually meet 00:11:05.639 --> 00:11:06.159 this demand. 00:11:08.159 --> 00:11:09.739 Not even the Walker family 00:11:09.739 --> 00:11:10.599 and the resources 00:11:10.599 --> 00:11:13.059 of Curry McDonald's 00:11:13.859 --> 00:11:15.079 could meet this demand. 00:11:16.059 --> 00:11:19.979 But even if they could, 00:11:20.059 --> 00:11:20.979 there was no KFC, 00:11:21.139 --> 00:11:22.079 there was no McDonald's, 00:11:22.139 --> 00:11:23.179 there was no money 00:11:23.179 --> 00:11:24.399 to meet this need. 00:11:25.779 --> 00:11:26.879 Jesus set a test 00:11:26.879 --> 00:11:29.919 and the disciples failed. 00:11:33.099 --> 00:11:34.639 But what was the test? 00:11:35.859 --> 00:11:37.439 Jesus knew what he would do. 00:11:37.799 --> 00:11:38.739 We can read that here. 00:11:39.739 --> 00:11:41.099 So the test wasn't actually 00:11:41.099 --> 00:11:42.179 to provide the meal. 00:11:42.179 --> 00:11:43.699 The test was to accept 00:11:43.699 --> 00:11:44.219 the evidence 00:11:44.219 --> 00:11:45.739 that David described last week 00:11:45.740 --> 00:11:48.279 that we saw in John 5. 00:11:49.120 --> 00:11:50.560 The test was to realize 00:11:50.560 --> 00:11:51.659 who Jesus is 00:11:51.659 --> 00:11:53.840 and act on it 00:11:53.840 --> 00:11:56.220 to begin to trust in him. 00:11:58.180 --> 00:11:59.519 But they don't get it. 00:12:00.700 --> 00:12:02.080 So Jesus gives them 00:12:02.080 --> 00:12:02.860 this sign. 00:12:04.180 --> 00:12:05.259 In verse 10 we take up, 00:12:05.320 --> 00:12:05.799 Jesus said, 00:12:05.799 --> 00:12:07.199 have the people sit down. 00:12:07.199 --> 00:12:08.859 Now there was much grass 00:12:08.859 --> 00:12:09.379 in the place 00:12:09.379 --> 00:12:10.219 and the men sat down, 00:12:10.279 --> 00:12:11.559 about 5,000 in number. 00:12:12.699 --> 00:12:13.759 Jesus then took the loaves 00:12:13.759 --> 00:12:14.559 and when he had given thanks, 00:12:14.639 --> 00:12:15.399 he distributed them 00:12:15.399 --> 00:12:16.319 to those who were seated. 00:12:16.919 --> 00:12:18.240 So also the fish, 00:12:18.620 --> 00:12:19.779 as much as they wanted. 00:12:21.299 --> 00:12:22.539 Jesus had them sit down. 00:12:22.599 --> 00:12:23.639 It's a nice grassy area 00:12:23.639 --> 00:12:24.279 we read here. 00:12:24.620 --> 00:12:25.120 Plenty of room 00:12:25.120 --> 00:12:26.179 for 5,000 men. 00:12:26.459 --> 00:12:27.639 Probably twice that number 00:12:27.639 --> 00:12:28.259 were present 00:12:28.259 --> 00:12:28.779 when you count 00:12:28.779 --> 00:12:29.519 the women and children. 00:12:30.319 --> 00:12:31.339 They didn't count 00:12:31.339 --> 00:12:32.539 women and children 00:12:32.539 --> 00:12:33.479 in their counts. 00:12:33.480 --> 00:12:34.399 And we know there was 00:12:34.399 --> 00:12:35.259 at least one child there 00:12:35.259 --> 00:12:36.700 because he had the lunchbox, 00:12:36.740 --> 00:12:37.620 the only lunchbox there. 00:12:40.659 --> 00:12:42.159 And then in verse 11, 00:12:42.279 --> 00:12:43.460 Jesus took the loaves 00:12:43.460 --> 00:12:45.220 and he gave thanks 00:12:45.220 --> 00:12:47.100 and distributed them. 00:12:48.720 --> 00:12:51.080 He fed more than 5,000 people 00:12:51.080 --> 00:12:52.399 with five loaves 00:12:52.399 --> 00:12:53.460 and two fish. 00:12:55.360 --> 00:12:56.960 Then after everyone had eaten 00:12:56.960 --> 00:12:58.519 their fill, 00:12:59.460 --> 00:13:00.060 you read here, 00:13:01.080 --> 00:13:01.800 Jesus told them 00:13:01.800 --> 00:13:02.920 to gather up the leftovers 00:13:02.919 --> 00:13:03.779 and they did. 00:13:05.059 --> 00:13:06.299 Twelve basketfuls 00:13:06.299 --> 00:13:06.899 of leftovers 00:13:06.899 --> 00:13:09.339 from one kid's 00:13:09.339 --> 00:13:09.939 happy meal. 00:13:11.899 --> 00:13:13.379 It's an incredible feat. 00:13:14.959 --> 00:13:16.379 But there's more going on here 00:13:16.379 --> 00:13:17.899 than a miraculous free meal. 00:13:18.500 --> 00:13:19.000 The phrasing, 00:13:19.159 --> 00:13:20.039 even the phrasing 00:13:20.039 --> 00:13:20.539 of this verse 00:13:20.539 --> 00:13:21.500 of what Jesus does 00:13:21.500 --> 00:13:22.479 and how he does it, 00:13:23.019 --> 00:13:23.879 well, it's very close 00:13:23.879 --> 00:13:24.439 to the accounts 00:13:24.439 --> 00:13:25.979 of the Lord's Supper. 00:13:26.099 --> 00:13:26.719 If you can read through, 00:13:26.860 --> 00:13:27.799 go and have a look 00:13:27.799 --> 00:13:28.299 at those later 00:13:28.299 --> 00:13:29.480 when you get home. 00:13:29.719 --> 00:13:30.279 But the accounts 00:13:30.279 --> 00:13:30.939 of the Lord's Supper 00:13:30.940 --> 00:13:31.960 in the other Gospels 00:13:31.960 --> 00:13:34.380 with Jesus taking bread, 00:13:34.600 --> 00:13:35.280 breaking it, 00:13:35.360 --> 00:13:36.060 giving thanks. 00:13:41.060 --> 00:13:42.020 And the abundance 00:13:42.020 --> 00:13:42.940 of the provision 00:13:42.940 --> 00:13:45.060 in a wilderness area 00:13:45.060 --> 00:13:47.300 is meant to remind us 00:13:47.300 --> 00:13:47.920 of the Israelites 00:13:47.920 --> 00:13:48.560 in the wilderness 00:13:48.559 --> 00:13:50.679 and that manna, 00:13:50.819 --> 00:13:51.879 the bread from heaven. 00:13:53.559 --> 00:13:54.579 Jesus wants us 00:13:54.579 --> 00:13:55.479 to make these links. 00:13:56.419 --> 00:13:57.459 He wants us to hear 00:13:57.459 --> 00:13:58.119 about what he did 00:13:58.119 --> 00:13:58.979 and think Exodus. 00:14:00.299 --> 00:14:00.779 Now, if you're thinking 00:14:00.779 --> 00:14:01.579 I'm stretching things 00:14:01.579 --> 00:14:02.139 a little bit here 00:14:02.139 --> 00:14:02.739 and that's, you know, 00:14:03.099 --> 00:14:03.979 where are you seeing 00:14:03.979 --> 00:14:04.739 all this in the passage, 00:14:04.879 --> 00:14:06.039 then what I would encourage you 00:14:06.039 --> 00:14:07.199 to do is to keep reading. 00:14:07.739 --> 00:14:08.879 Keep reading in this chapter 00:14:08.879 --> 00:14:09.959 and look at the links 00:14:09.959 --> 00:14:10.859 that Jesus makes. 00:14:11.799 --> 00:14:12.919 See, when Jesus goes back 00:14:12.919 --> 00:14:13.639 to the other side of the lake 00:14:13.639 --> 00:14:14.579 and the crowd catches up 00:14:14.579 --> 00:14:14.839 with him, 00:14:15.539 --> 00:14:16.699 he starts explaining 00:14:16.700 --> 00:14:17.980 exactly what he was doing 00:14:17.980 --> 00:14:19.580 and he overtly 00:14:19.580 --> 00:14:20.379 makes these links. 00:14:21.560 --> 00:14:23.140 So he's setting us up here 00:14:23.140 --> 00:14:24.620 to be starting to think 00:14:24.620 --> 00:14:25.500 along these lines. 00:14:26.200 --> 00:14:27.580 He wants us to hear 00:14:27.580 --> 00:14:28.460 about what he did 00:14:28.460 --> 00:14:29.940 and think Exodus. 00:14:30.480 --> 00:14:31.600 He wants us to think 00:14:31.600 --> 00:14:32.740 Passover lamb 00:14:32.740 --> 00:14:33.840 and Moses 00:14:33.840 --> 00:14:34.900 leading the people 00:14:34.900 --> 00:14:35.560 out of slavery. 00:14:37.060 --> 00:14:38.259 This sign is meant 00:14:38.259 --> 00:14:38.780 to tell us 00:14:38.780 --> 00:14:39.879 who Jesus is. 00:14:40.440 --> 00:14:41.640 It's meant to tell us more. 00:14:41.720 --> 00:14:42.160 It's meant to tell us 00:14:42.160 --> 00:14:44.000 about what kind of kingship 00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:45.440 he is going to have. 00:14:45.440 --> 00:14:47.200 what kind of king 00:14:47.200 --> 00:14:48.660 Jesus is going to be 00:14:48.660 --> 00:14:50.580 and it does. 00:14:52.580 --> 00:14:53.700 The word of what Jesus 00:14:53.700 --> 00:14:54.140 had done 00:14:54.140 --> 00:14:55.140 spread through the crowd 00:14:55.140 --> 00:14:56.880 and it provokes 00:14:56.880 --> 00:14:57.580 a response, 00:14:58.360 --> 00:14:59.300 a right response 00:14:59.300 --> 00:15:00.640 and a wrong response. 00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:02.940 In verse 14 00:15:02.940 --> 00:15:03.700 we read this. 00:15:04.400 --> 00:15:04.880 When the people 00:15:04.880 --> 00:15:05.560 saw the sign 00:15:05.560 --> 00:15:06.060 that he had done 00:15:06.060 --> 00:15:06.520 they said, 00:15:07.180 --> 00:15:08.520 this is indeed 00:15:08.520 --> 00:15:09.260 the prophet 00:15:09.260 --> 00:15:10.380 who is to come 00:15:10.380 --> 00:15:11.060 into the world. 00:15:12.240 --> 00:15:13.200 Jesus has just claimed 00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:13.820 to be this prophet 00:15:13.820 --> 00:15:14.540 in chapter 5 00:15:14.540 --> 00:15:15.740 verses 45 to 47 00:15:15.740 --> 00:15:16.860 and the Jewish leaders 00:15:16.860 --> 00:15:17.580 didn't believe him. 00:15:18.900 --> 00:15:20.080 Now the crowd 00:15:20.080 --> 00:15:21.460 is making the connections. 00:15:22.520 --> 00:15:22.960 Connections 00:15:22.960 --> 00:15:23.780 that the Jewish leaders 00:15:23.780 --> 00:15:24.280 wouldn't. 00:15:25.480 --> 00:15:26.120 They are beginning 00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:26.660 to believe 00:15:26.660 --> 00:15:27.940 that he is the prophet. 00:15:29.879 --> 00:15:31.340 It's the right response 00:15:31.340 --> 00:15:33.240 but it comes 00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:34.260 with a wrong response. 00:15:34.259 --> 00:15:37.299 the wrong response 00:15:37.299 --> 00:15:39.039 is that they then 00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:40.080 try to make him king. 00:15:40.980 --> 00:15:42.039 Their kind of king 00:15:42.039 --> 00:15:44.000 in verse 15. 00:15:45.939 --> 00:15:46.779 Perceiving then 00:15:46.779 --> 00:15:47.860 that they are about 00:15:47.860 --> 00:15:48.319 to come 00:15:48.319 --> 00:15:48.879 and take him 00:15:48.879 --> 00:15:50.340 by force 00:15:50.340 --> 00:15:51.340 to make him king 00:15:51.340 --> 00:15:53.399 Jesus withdrew again 00:15:53.399 --> 00:15:54.480 to the mountain 00:15:54.480 --> 00:15:56.000 by himself. 00:15:56.000 --> 00:15:59.360 Jesus is the king 00:15:59.360 --> 00:16:01.080 the ruler 00:16:01.080 --> 00:16:02.179 over everything 00:16:02.179 --> 00:16:03.419 but he's not 00:16:03.419 --> 00:16:04.240 the kind of king 00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:05.019 that they want. 00:16:06.379 --> 00:16:07.139 When the people 00:16:07.139 --> 00:16:07.519 of Israel 00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:08.200 saw what Jesus 00:16:08.200 --> 00:16:08.600 could do 00:16:08.600 --> 00:16:09.299 they saw a man 00:16:09.299 --> 00:16:09.899 who could save them 00:16:09.899 --> 00:16:10.419 from the problems 00:16:10.419 --> 00:16:11.159 as they saw it. 00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:13.039 They saw their problem 00:16:13.039 --> 00:16:14.080 as their circumstances. 00:16:14.899 --> 00:16:15.580 Life was hard 00:16:15.580 --> 00:16:16.200 under the Romans. 00:16:16.720 --> 00:16:17.399 Things were difficult 00:16:17.399 --> 00:16:18.279 in a subsistence 00:16:18.279 --> 00:16:18.740 economy 00:16:18.740 --> 00:16:20.139 living day to day. 00:16:20.899 --> 00:16:21.820 Sickness and disease 00:16:21.820 --> 00:16:23.220 went virtually unchecked. 00:16:24.019 --> 00:16:24.740 Life expectancy 00:16:24.740 --> 00:16:25.639 was half of what 00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:26.340 ours is today. 00:16:28.899 --> 00:16:29.279 We're going to say 00:16:29.279 --> 00:16:30.759 that 2,000 years later 00:16:30.759 --> 00:16:31.419 things aren't too 00:16:31.419 --> 00:16:32.180 different for us. 00:16:33.340 --> 00:16:34.259 We want our leaders 00:16:34.259 --> 00:16:34.720 to sort out 00:16:34.720 --> 00:16:35.539 our problems. 00:16:37.180 --> 00:16:38.320 Even our prayers 00:16:38.320 --> 00:16:39.759 reflect our worries 00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:41.019 our circumstances 00:16:41.019 --> 00:16:41.779 our jobs 00:16:41.779 --> 00:16:42.500 our families 00:16:42.500 --> 00:16:43.480 and relationships 00:16:43.480 --> 00:16:45.139 or lack of 00:16:45.139 --> 00:16:46.580 our health. 00:16:48.659 --> 00:16:49.639 These were 00:16:49.639 --> 00:16:51.580 and are 00:16:51.580 --> 00:16:53.039 real problems. 00:16:53.039 --> 00:16:55.000 we should 00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:55.459 take them 00:16:55.459 --> 00:16:56.059 to Jesus 00:16:56.059 --> 00:16:58.500 and Jesus 00:16:58.500 --> 00:17:00.159 is genuinely 00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:01.219 concerned about them. 00:17:03.339 --> 00:17:04.200 Jesus fed 00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:04.960 the 5,000. 00:17:05.119 --> 00:17:05.480 He healed 00:17:05.480 --> 00:17:05.819 many. 00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:09.639 But even though 00:17:09.639 --> 00:17:10.599 he fed the 5,000 00:17:10.599 --> 00:17:11.599 we need to understand 00:17:11.599 --> 00:17:12.879 that he was 00:17:12.879 --> 00:17:13.539 concerned for 00:17:13.539 --> 00:17:14.420 far more 00:17:14.420 --> 00:17:15.779 than their stomachs. 00:17:17.819 --> 00:17:18.839 He was concerned 00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:19.259 for something 00:17:19.259 --> 00:17:20.019 a little north 00:17:20.019 --> 00:17:21.759 and west 00:17:21.759 --> 00:17:23.420 of our stomachs. 00:17:24.339 --> 00:17:25.279 He was concerned 00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:26.059 for our hearts. 00:17:28.839 --> 00:17:29.920 So he didn't come 00:17:29.920 --> 00:17:30.779 as their kind of king. 00:17:30.920 --> 00:17:32.000 He fled from that. 00:17:33.680 --> 00:17:34.440 They wanted the 00:17:34.440 --> 00:17:35.359 Moses of the Exodus. 00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:37.139 Jesus 00:17:37.139 --> 00:17:39.099 came as the Lamb. 00:17:40.639 --> 00:17:41.779 The Lamb of God 00:17:41.779 --> 00:17:42.539 who takes away 00:17:42.539 --> 00:17:43.700 the sins of the world 00:17:43.700 --> 00:17:45.779 is how John the Baptist 00:17:45.779 --> 00:17:46.599 introduced him 00:17:46.599 --> 00:17:47.500 in John 1, 00:17:47.619 --> 00:17:48.119 verse 29. 00:17:48.119 --> 00:17:51.559 The Lamb. 00:17:53.579 --> 00:17:53.879 You see, 00:17:53.919 --> 00:17:54.219 our problems 00:17:54.219 --> 00:17:54.919 are only symptoms 00:17:54.919 --> 00:17:56.879 of the real problem. 00:17:57.739 --> 00:17:58.439 Our problem 00:17:58.439 --> 00:17:58.959 is that we are 00:17:58.959 --> 00:17:59.899 separated from God 00:17:59.899 --> 00:18:00.579 by our sin. 00:18:01.019 --> 00:18:01.979 We live in rebellion 00:18:01.979 --> 00:18:02.599 against God 00:18:02.599 --> 00:18:03.979 as our rightful king 00:18:03.979 --> 00:18:05.119 and so we don't 00:18:05.119 --> 00:18:06.299 experience the goodness 00:18:06.299 --> 00:18:07.119 of God's rule. 00:18:07.799 --> 00:18:08.599 We experience 00:18:08.599 --> 00:18:09.559 our brokenness 00:18:09.559 --> 00:18:11.219 and his wrath, 00:18:11.599 --> 00:18:12.159 his judgment. 00:18:13.599 --> 00:18:14.239 And you know 00:18:14.239 --> 00:18:15.299 the world is messed up. 00:18:16.879 --> 00:18:17.559 Here's the problem 00:18:17.559 --> 00:18:18.440 and this is what I think. 00:18:18.779 --> 00:18:19.500 I'm guessing 00:18:19.500 --> 00:18:20.980 that most of the time 00:18:20.980 --> 00:18:21.720 you and I, 00:18:21.799 --> 00:18:22.519 we spend our time 00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:23.200 thinking about 00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:24.519 the problems 00:18:24.519 --> 00:18:25.119 and the mess 00:18:25.119 --> 00:18:25.700 being stuff 00:18:25.700 --> 00:18:26.639 that's out there 00:18:26.639 --> 00:18:28.379 that impinges on me, 00:18:29.099 --> 00:18:30.200 that sticks to me 00:18:30.200 --> 00:18:31.079 but it's not my fault. 00:18:31.179 --> 00:18:32.059 It's all this other stuff 00:18:32.059 --> 00:18:32.639 going on. 00:18:35.039 --> 00:18:35.899 It's the stuff 00:18:35.899 --> 00:18:36.919 going around us 00:18:36.919 --> 00:18:37.919 but not in us 00:18:37.919 --> 00:18:39.500 that we see 00:18:39.500 --> 00:18:40.099 so clearly. 00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:42.539 And if that stuff 00:18:42.539 --> 00:18:43.319 could change, 00:18:43.799 --> 00:18:45.019 we think 00:18:45.019 --> 00:18:46.759 everything would be 00:18:46.759 --> 00:18:47.259 all right. 00:18:49.720 --> 00:18:50.900 But am I the only one 00:18:50.900 --> 00:18:51.279 in the room 00:18:51.279 --> 00:18:51.720 who knows 00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:52.559 he's a mess inside? 00:18:53.779 --> 00:18:54.720 Am I the only one 00:18:54.720 --> 00:18:55.599 who has those moments 00:18:55.599 --> 00:18:56.359 of lucidity? 00:18:56.700 --> 00:18:57.059 I'm afraid 00:18:57.059 --> 00:18:57.480 there are, 00:18:57.779 --> 00:18:58.039 you know, 00:18:58.119 --> 00:18:58.460 unfortunately 00:18:58.460 --> 00:18:59.259 there are moments. 00:19:01.099 --> 00:19:02.299 Those moments though 00:19:02.299 --> 00:19:04.319 where I say something 00:19:04.319 --> 00:19:06.220 or I do something 00:19:06.220 --> 00:19:08.379 or I think something 00:19:08.379 --> 00:19:10.099 that genuinely shocks me. 00:19:10.099 --> 00:19:14.919 sometimes I even 00:19:14.919 --> 00:19:17.459 can feel these thoughts 00:19:17.459 --> 00:19:18.379 actually forming 00:19:18.379 --> 00:19:19.179 in my mind 00:19:19.179 --> 00:19:22.139 and I can't stop them 00:19:22.139 --> 00:19:22.919 from coming out 00:19:22.919 --> 00:19:23.519 in an action 00:19:23.519 --> 00:19:24.480 or words. 00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:27.559 And when they do, 00:19:27.659 --> 00:19:28.319 they become words 00:19:28.319 --> 00:19:28.779 and attitudes 00:19:28.779 --> 00:19:29.959 that do real damage 00:19:29.959 --> 00:19:30.939 to the people around me. 00:19:30.940 --> 00:19:37.019 these attitudes 00:19:37.019 --> 00:19:38.320 that actually come 00:19:38.320 --> 00:19:39.240 from within me, 00:19:40.460 --> 00:19:41.259 attitudes that take 00:19:41.259 --> 00:19:41.860 the blood, 00:19:42.580 --> 00:19:43.039 sweat 00:19:43.039 --> 00:19:44.480 and tears 00:19:44.480 --> 00:19:45.299 of Jesus 00:19:45.299 --> 00:19:46.720 to untangle. 00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:50.279 Jesus is that 00:19:50.279 --> 00:19:51.000 kind of king. 00:19:52.140 --> 00:19:53.299 The kind of king 00:19:53.299 --> 00:19:53.740 who would take 00:19:53.740 --> 00:19:54.680 our brokenness 00:19:54.680 --> 00:19:56.779 and God's anger 00:19:56.779 --> 00:19:58.680 on himself. 00:19:58.680 --> 00:20:00.560 the kind of king 00:20:00.560 --> 00:20:01.500 who would get slain 00:20:01.500 --> 00:20:02.279 like a lamb. 00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:03.620 The kind of king 00:20:03.620 --> 00:20:04.680 who would be the lamb 00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:06.660 so that he could 00:20:06.660 --> 00:20:07.400 be the Moses 00:20:07.400 --> 00:20:09.320 and lead us 00:20:09.320 --> 00:20:09.960 out of slavery 00:20:09.960 --> 00:20:10.779 to this mess 00:20:10.779 --> 00:20:11.900 once and for all. 00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:16.440 So Jesus, 00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:17.519 when they tried 00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:18.299 to make him king, 00:20:19.340 --> 00:20:20.320 he withdrew from them. 00:20:22.360 --> 00:20:23.600 He left his disciples 00:20:23.600 --> 00:20:24.820 alone 00:20:24.820 --> 00:20:26.080 to return to Capernaum 00:20:26.080 --> 00:20:26.580 without him. 00:20:27.860 --> 00:20:28.640 Who knows 00:20:28.640 --> 00:20:29.180 how they must 00:20:29.180 --> 00:20:29.780 have been feeling. 00:20:31.080 --> 00:20:31.820 Who knows 00:20:31.820 --> 00:20:32.440 after all that 00:20:32.440 --> 00:20:33.200 had just gone on. 00:20:34.040 --> 00:20:34.520 The melee 00:20:34.520 --> 00:20:35.020 that must have 00:20:35.020 --> 00:20:35.660 actually happened 00:20:35.660 --> 00:20:36.340 around these people 00:20:36.340 --> 00:20:37.140 starting to surge 00:20:37.140 --> 00:20:37.920 toward Jesus. 00:20:41.060 --> 00:20:42.240 I can tell you now though, 00:20:42.480 --> 00:20:43.080 we know enough 00:20:43.080 --> 00:20:43.759 to know this, 00:20:44.600 --> 00:20:46.120 that these 12 disciples, 00:20:46.940 --> 00:20:48.380 even these 12 disciples 00:20:48.380 --> 00:20:49.180 argued over 00:20:49.180 --> 00:20:50.080 who would be the greatest 00:20:50.080 --> 00:20:51.060 in the kingdom of God. 00:20:52.020 --> 00:20:53.340 These 12 disciples 00:20:53.340 --> 00:20:53.980 lobbied for 00:20:53.980 --> 00:20:54.420 who would sit 00:20:54.420 --> 00:20:54.920 at his right 00:20:54.920 --> 00:20:55.480 and his left 00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:55.920 in the kingdom 00:20:55.920 --> 00:20:56.480 when it came. 00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:59.019 These 12 disciples 00:20:59.019 --> 00:21:00.019 resisted Jesus' 00:21:00.019 --> 00:21:01.059 servant leadership 00:21:01.059 --> 00:21:01.799 and we'll see that 00:21:01.799 --> 00:21:02.640 in John 13 00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:03.759 when Jesus tries 00:21:03.759 --> 00:21:04.720 to wash Peter's feet. 00:21:06.900 --> 00:21:08.180 These 12 00:21:08.180 --> 00:21:09.860 defended Jesus 00:21:09.860 --> 00:21:10.660 with force 00:21:10.660 --> 00:21:11.900 when the soldiers 00:21:11.900 --> 00:21:12.900 came to arrest him. 00:21:16.360 --> 00:21:17.259 They likely 00:21:17.259 --> 00:21:18.980 wanted a Moses too. 00:21:18.980 --> 00:21:21.940 I think at least 00:21:21.940 --> 00:21:22.740 a part of them 00:21:22.740 --> 00:21:24.059 was hoping 00:21:24.059 --> 00:21:24.880 that the will 00:21:24.880 --> 00:21:25.480 of the crowd 00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:26.259 would have its way 00:21:26.259 --> 00:21:26.720 that day. 00:21:29.039 --> 00:21:29.920 But instead, 00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:31.920 they were left alone, 00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:33.640 crossing the Sea 00:21:33.640 --> 00:21:34.559 of Galilee at night 00:21:34.559 --> 00:21:36.500 without Jesus. 00:21:39.360 --> 00:21:40.299 And the crossing 00:21:40.299 --> 00:21:41.640 was turning out 00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:42.440 to be a hard one. 00:21:43.500 --> 00:21:44.480 In verse 18, 00:21:44.579 --> 00:21:45.360 we read these words, 00:21:45.359 --> 00:21:47.000 the sea became rough 00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:48.019 because a strong wind 00:21:48.019 --> 00:21:48.559 was blowing. 00:21:49.559 --> 00:21:50.139 When they had rode 00:21:50.139 --> 00:21:51.419 about three or four miles, 00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:52.859 they saw Jesus 00:21:52.859 --> 00:21:54.500 walking on the sea 00:21:54.500 --> 00:21:55.639 and coming near the boat 00:21:55.639 --> 00:21:57.279 and they were frightened. 00:21:59.279 --> 00:21:59.679 Now, 00:21:59.699 --> 00:22:00.339 the Sea of Galilee 00:22:00.339 --> 00:22:01.079 is roundish. 00:22:01.539 --> 00:22:02.519 It's not massively 00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:03.579 bigger than Lake Macquarie, 00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:04.679 but it's kind of roundish 00:22:04.679 --> 00:22:05.459 and it's deep, 00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:06.619 way deeper 00:22:06.619 --> 00:22:07.339 than Lake Macquarie. 00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:08.199 So the water 00:22:08.199 --> 00:22:09.059 can get pretty rough 00:22:09.059 --> 00:22:10.240 when the wind 00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:10.740 picks up. 00:22:10.819 --> 00:22:11.819 And three or four miles, 00:22:12.219 --> 00:22:13.019 that kind of puts them 00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:13.719 roughly in the middle 00:22:13.720 --> 00:22:14.299 of this lake. 00:22:17.180 --> 00:22:18.259 But it wasn't until 00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:18.960 they saw someone 00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:19.960 walking on water 00:22:19.960 --> 00:22:21.480 that they really 00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:22.420 started to freak out. 00:22:24.519 --> 00:22:25.779 In the ancient Near East, 00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:26.660 water was a sign 00:22:26.660 --> 00:22:26.940 of the, 00:22:26.940 --> 00:22:27.460 well, 00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:28.960 the chaos, 00:22:29.059 --> 00:22:30.059 of chaos in the world. 00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:31.660 It was one of these forces 00:22:31.660 --> 00:22:32.660 that they just could not 00:22:32.660 --> 00:22:33.799 even think of controlling 00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:35.039 and they struggled 00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:36.319 to live alongside. 00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:39.960 Working on the water, 00:22:40.299 --> 00:22:40.539 therefore, 00:22:40.620 --> 00:22:41.819 was a dangerous job. 00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:43.360 I remember Joe 00:22:43.359 --> 00:22:43.959 and I on our holiday 00:22:43.959 --> 00:22:44.379 recently. 00:22:44.459 --> 00:22:46.240 We went back to England 00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:47.579 and we went to a coastal town 00:22:47.579 --> 00:22:48.159 called Bridlington, 00:22:48.419 --> 00:22:49.859 which was a fishing town. 00:22:50.639 --> 00:22:51.379 And we discovered, 00:22:51.439 --> 00:22:52.159 I didn't realise this, 00:22:52.199 --> 00:22:52.799 but you know the cable 00:22:52.799 --> 00:22:54.619 knit jumpers that we don't 00:22:54.619 --> 00:22:55.299 tend to wear over here 00:22:55.299 --> 00:22:56.039 because it's too warm? 00:22:56.819 --> 00:22:57.699 We've got Ugg boots, 00:22:58.500 --> 00:22:59.019 like Matt. 00:22:59.859 --> 00:23:00.019 Yeah. 00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:03.119 The cable knit jumpers 00:23:03.119 --> 00:23:04.599 all have their own 00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:05.279 unique pattern 00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:06.439 according to the village 00:23:06.439 --> 00:23:08.299 that the person 00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:08.879 comes from. 00:23:10.099 --> 00:23:10.459 Why? 00:23:10.460 --> 00:23:12.259 Because when you get 00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:13.000 lost at sea, 00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:14.539 you're not always 00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:15.640 easily identifiable. 00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:17.960 And so they would look 00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:18.600 at the jumper 00:23:18.600 --> 00:23:20.700 to see what village 00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:21.340 they came from. 00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:22.220 They could take the body 00:23:22.220 --> 00:23:23.279 back to that village 00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:25.079 and they would know 00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:26.240 who was missing. 00:23:29.500 --> 00:23:30.840 It was a dangerous job 00:23:30.840 --> 00:23:31.600 working on the sea. 00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:34.579 So people who worked 00:23:34.579 --> 00:23:35.100 on the water 00:23:35.100 --> 00:23:36.420 were often 00:23:36.420 --> 00:23:38.240 incredibly superstitious. 00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:41.200 someone 00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:42.400 walking across 00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:42.940 the surface 00:23:42.940 --> 00:23:43.539 of the water 00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:45.440 in the middle 00:23:45.440 --> 00:23:46.980 of stormy weather 00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:49.039 was not going to 00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:49.740 send their thoughts 00:23:49.740 --> 00:23:50.640 in a healthy direction. 00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:54.220 They were alone, 00:23:55.079 --> 00:23:56.019 demoralised 00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:57.339 by what had happened 00:23:57.339 --> 00:23:57.799 that day 00:23:57.799 --> 00:23:59.700 and afraid. 00:24:01.120 --> 00:24:01.960 And something 00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:02.460 was coming 00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:03.079 toward them 00:24:03.079 --> 00:24:03.740 across the water. 00:24:06.640 --> 00:24:07.720 So Jesus spoke 00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:08.059 to them. 00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:09.480 In verse 20 00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:10.759 we read, 00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:11.400 he said to them, 00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:12.759 it is I, 00:24:13.700 --> 00:24:14.660 do not be afraid. 00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:18.400 It is I. 00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:21.000 A literal translation 00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.640 would be, 00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:22.900 I am, 00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:24.420 like, 00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:25.860 I am the bread 00:24:25.860 --> 00:24:26.339 of life, 00:24:26.400 --> 00:24:26.880 which we'll read 00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:27.920 as we go into 00:24:27.920 --> 00:24:28.440 the next part 00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:29.120 of chapter 6, 00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:29.700 635. 00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:31.740 As John also 00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:32.980 recalls Jesus saying, 00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:34.720 I am the light 00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:35.180 of the world 00:24:35.180 --> 00:24:35.819 in chapter 8, 00:24:35.860 --> 00:24:36.400 verse 12. 00:24:36.400 --> 00:24:38.480 I am the good shepherd 00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:39.200 in chapter 10, 00:24:39.280 --> 00:24:39.820 verse 11. 00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:41.380 I am the way, 00:24:41.800 --> 00:24:42.380 the truth, 00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:43.180 and the life 00:24:43.180 --> 00:24:45.259 in chapter 14, 00:24:45.340 --> 00:24:45.900 verse 6. 00:24:48.120 --> 00:24:49.300 But this time, 00:24:49.840 --> 00:24:50.960 when the disciples 00:24:50.960 --> 00:24:52.160 are totally confused 00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:53.259 about who Jesus is 00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:55.540 and totally freaked out 00:24:55.540 --> 00:24:56.840 about how he's appeared, 00:24:57.340 --> 00:24:58.500 it's just, 00:24:59.320 --> 00:24:59.980 I am. 00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:03.920 This is the Greek version 00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:06.039 of God's personal name, 00:25:06.120 --> 00:25:06.460 Yahweh. 00:25:09.360 --> 00:25:10.579 When they were feeling 00:25:10.579 --> 00:25:11.400 at their lowest 00:25:11.400 --> 00:25:13.559 and most helpless, 00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:16.279 Jesus appeared 00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:18.620 and he said, 00:25:19.099 --> 00:25:19.960 I am. 00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:23.000 Who is Jesus? 00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:25.920 He is the king, 00:25:26.619 --> 00:25:27.759 but more, 00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:31.180 he is I am. 00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:32.880 He is Yahweh, 00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:34.660 the God who cares 00:25:34.660 --> 00:25:35.420 for his people, 00:25:36.119 --> 00:25:37.119 even in the mess. 00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:40.740 Whoever you think 00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.519 Jesus is, 00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:43.359 he's more. 00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:46.279 Whatever you want 00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:47.180 Jesus to do, 00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:49.140 he delivers more. 00:25:49.140 --> 00:25:53.180 whatever the mess 00:25:53.180 --> 00:25:54.140 in your life, 00:25:55.780 --> 00:25:57.120 he is with you 00:25:57.120 --> 00:25:57.860 in that mess, 00:25:58.120 --> 00:26:00.800 working toward a time 00:26:00.800 --> 00:26:02.660 when one day 00:26:02.660 --> 00:26:04.520 all of that mess 00:26:04.520 --> 00:26:06.120 will be wiped away. 00:26:07.600 --> 00:26:08.860 That time 00:26:08.860 --> 00:26:11.820 when the Lamb 00:26:11.820 --> 00:26:13.480 once and for all 00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:15.660 deals with the sin 00:26:15.660 --> 00:26:16.160 in the world, 00:26:16.880 --> 00:26:18.340 deals with the sin 00:26:18.340 --> 00:26:19.020 in our hearts, 00:26:19.140 --> 00:26:21.360 and restores peace 00:26:21.360 --> 00:26:22.120 to us all. 00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:25.620 Whoever you think 00:26:25.620 --> 00:26:26.300 Jesus is, 00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:27.880 he's more.