1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:06,400 Mark chapter 6 and meet me there in verse 30. 2 00:00:07,900 --> 00:00:10,200 We'll give some people more time before we begin to read the 3 00:00:10,207 --> 00:00:12,600 scriptures. Mark 6:30. 4 00:00:16,300 --> 00:00:21,600 Perhaps I can say this. Because I don't think it hurts. 5 00:00:22,300 --> 00:00:27,600 But recently, I've been Disturbed disturbed by the 6 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:33,400 amount of false teaching that is being uploaded and shared the 7 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:35,800 things that are going viral, the things that are being 8 00:00:36,700 --> 00:00:42,100 propagated. And it's almost overwhelming. 9 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:47,000 I'm not online much, but just a few weeks ago, I had the chance 10 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:50,000 to scroll through and I am curious to see what's popular 11 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:53,700 from time to time and evangelicalism and it's just 12 00:00:53,700 --> 00:00:56,000 bad. It's just so bad. 13 00:00:56,800 --> 00:01:01,500 And Jesus told us in Matthew 24, that one of the prominent signs 14 00:01:01,500 --> 00:01:04,800 of the end times, is that there will be deception increasing 15 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:07,900 deception, believer. Please be careful what you 16 00:01:07,900 --> 00:01:12,700 watch. Be careful who you listen to be 17 00:01:12,700 --> 00:01:17,300 careful of sensationalism. Be careful of people who present 18 00:01:17,300 --> 00:01:20,900 testimonies with their Doctrine and even present signs and 19 00:01:20,900 --> 00:01:23,600 wonders behind their teachings. Be careful. 20 00:01:24,300 --> 00:01:29,100 Cling to the word of God. Hold tight to your Bible, read 21 00:01:29,100 --> 00:01:34,700 it study, it saturate your mind with it constantly because it's 22 00:01:34,700 --> 00:01:37,400 only going to get worse even the Lord himself said that there 23 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:41,500 will be such sweet Being deception in the lands that 24 00:01:41,500 --> 00:01:45,200 perhaps elect, right? He even said it can be so 25 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:48,700 persuasive. So magnetic that the elect would 26 00:01:48,700 --> 00:01:53,700 be even tempted in some sense. So be extremely cautious with 27 00:01:53,700 --> 00:01:57,000 what's going out there and you'll be safe as long as you 28 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,700 are close to the word of God. And that's why we love the word 29 00:01:59,700 --> 00:02:01,900 of God, not because it just protects us from deception and 30 00:02:01,900 --> 00:02:05,200 false teachings but because it is the Word of Life To whom 31 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:07,700 shall we go. Lord, you have the words of 32 00:02:07,700 --> 00:02:11,400 eternal life. So, Mark 6:30 the words of 33 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:14,800 eternal life. Before I read these verses, I 34 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:17,100 want to tell you ahead of time that the miracle that you and I 35 00:02:17,100 --> 00:02:20,400 are about to serve a together is one of the most notable. 36 00:02:20,700 --> 00:02:23,900 And one of the most remembered demonstrations of Christ 37 00:02:23,900 --> 00:02:27,500 Majesty. In all of the Gospels, And 38 00:02:27,700 --> 00:02:32,300 perhaps it's familiarity to many of us is because of the 39 00:02:32,300 --> 00:02:37,400 originality and the memorability of this particular demonstration 40 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:41,600 of power but maybe also because of its emphasis in the word of 41 00:02:41,608 --> 00:02:44,000 God. What do I mean by that? 42 00:02:44,700 --> 00:02:49,900 This particular Supernatural occurrence is the only miracle 43 00:02:51,100 --> 00:02:54,200 That is found in every gospel account. 44 00:02:55,400 --> 00:03:00,100 Many of Jesus notable Miracles have been shared by the synoptic 45 00:03:00,100 --> 00:03:05,300 gospels, Matthew, Mark and Luke, but there is only one unless you 46 00:03:05,300 --> 00:03:06,300 count. The resurrection. 47 00:03:06,300 --> 00:03:09,900 There is only one miracle that you will find in. 48 00:03:09,900 --> 00:03:15,600 Matthew Mark, Luke and John. And that is the miracle that is 49 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:19,000 before us today. Now, it is believed the monk 50 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:23,300 most that 90% of what? John the Apostle writes in his 51 00:03:23,300 --> 00:03:29,700 gospel account is unique. 90% meaning 10%, is something that 52 00:03:29,700 --> 00:03:33,200 you might find in the other gospel accounts, this miracle is 53 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:37,500 within that ten percent bracket. And it is a powerful story to 54 00:03:37,500 --> 00:03:41,200 something that again you and I are very familiar with and if 55 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:43,600 you haven't already peaked at your Bible, then let me tell you 56 00:03:43,608 --> 00:03:46,100 what it is. It is the feeding of the five 57 00:03:46,100 --> 00:03:49,300 thousand. That might be a misleading title 58 00:03:49,300 --> 00:03:52,300 because we were just told that there are 5,000 men who were 59 00:03:52,300 --> 00:03:56,400 present when Christ did this awesome work of multiplication, 60 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:00,900 but if you think about it, if you include women and children, 61 00:04:00,900 --> 00:04:03,900 there could be anything between 10 to 20 thousand people that 62 00:04:03,900 --> 00:04:05,900 Jesus fed miraculously at one time. 63 00:04:06,900 --> 00:04:11,100 And so, this, this glorious moment is something that we 64 00:04:11,100 --> 00:04:13,400 know. But my prayer is that we would 65 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:16,600 look deeper beyond the obvious surface level truth. 66 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:20,100 Clearly This event is significant enough for the Holy 67 00:04:20,100 --> 00:04:22,700 Spirit to included in every gospel account. 68 00:04:22,700 --> 00:04:24,900 And that as you read through these gospel accounts, you would 69 00:04:24,900 --> 00:04:29,400 come again to encounter this testimony and my prayer is 70 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:32,600 simply to go through these verses because I am fully 71 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:36,700 convinced that there is no way. That in one single session, you 72 00:04:36,700 --> 00:04:39,800 can get all that this text has to offer at least in depth. 73 00:04:40,700 --> 00:04:43,600 But we will pray fully trust that as we come before the word 74 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:47,400 of God today, that the Lord will provide exactly what he is. 75 00:04:47,700 --> 00:04:51,100 Nine to provide us through these verses because as much as we 76 00:04:51,100 --> 00:04:54,200 believe and going through the scriptures verse by verse right, 77 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:57,800 chapter by chapter, we need the Holy Spirit to still help us and 78 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:00,000 speak to us. And even in moments like this to 79 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,500 speak, particularly to our own Hearts. 80 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:06,000 Let's this just become a lecture week after week and so join me 81 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,500 in prayer before we come to this word Lord we do. 82 00:05:08,500 --> 00:05:12,100 Thank you for the word of God and Lord, we do look to you with 83 00:05:12,100 --> 00:05:16,300 absolute faith and hunger in our hearts that this word is indeed 84 00:05:16,300 --> 00:05:20,200 the true word. The only truth, the truth, that 85 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:25,100 sets free and Lord with absolute reverence and desire for your 86 00:05:25,100 --> 00:05:28,900 name to be glorified. We ask that this presentation, 87 00:05:28,900 --> 00:05:33,000 this declaration of your word would not be mixed with any 88 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:38,000 error, any personal opinions, any confusion, and how we hear 89 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:39,700 it. Lord, let there be absolute 90 00:05:39,700 --> 00:05:44,100 Clarity and more than Clarity, we pray for power, we pray for 91 00:05:44,100 --> 00:05:48,200 conviction, we pray for comfort. We pray that you You threw this 92 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:51,800 word today would speak into our lives, even into some situations 93 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:53,800 that we might need answers for Lord. 94 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:57,700 We lean into your bosom and we trust that we will hear your 95 00:05:57,700 --> 00:06:00,700 heart and Jesus name we pray. Amen. 96 00:06:01,900 --> 00:06:04,700 We read. Mark 6:30. 97 00:06:06,300 --> 00:06:08,700 The apostles returned to Jesus and told him all that they had 98 00:06:08,700 --> 00:06:13,000 done and taught. And he sent to them, come away 99 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:14,800 by yourselves to a desolate place. 100 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:18,400 And rest awhile for many were coming and going, and they had 101 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:22,900 no leisure even to eat. And they went away in the boat 102 00:06:22,900 --> 00:06:25,100 to a desolate place by themselves. 103 00:06:25,700 --> 00:06:29,000 Now, many saw them going and recognize them and they ran 104 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,700 their on foot from all the towns in got there ahead of them. 105 00:06:32,700 --> 00:06:36,200 When he went ashore, he saw a great crowd and he had 106 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:40,000 compassion on them because they were like sheep. 107 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:44,100 Without a Shepherd, I read the verses that you and I heard from 108 00:06:44,100 --> 00:06:47,900 last week to bring you to remembrance about why it is that 109 00:06:47,900 --> 00:06:50,200 the disciples and Jesus are heading towards a specific 110 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:53,500 Direction. We know here that the Lord has 111 00:06:53,500 --> 00:06:56,600 organized a retreat for his men. They have come back from a 112 00:06:56,600 --> 00:07:01,000 preaching tour and they are exhausted understandably song 113 00:07:01,500 --> 00:07:05,900 and the Lord seeing their need wants to help them escape to a 114 00:07:05,907 --> 00:07:10,900 desolate place for some private rest and the disciples who just 115 00:07:10,900 --> 00:07:13,800 returned from sharing. Also had it fresh in their 116 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:16,600 minds, the news of John, the Baptist death. 117 00:07:17,100 --> 00:07:20,300 And this also might have been a blow to their own hearts and the 118 00:07:20,300 --> 00:07:24,000 gracious savior here. Using all that they needed says, 119 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:26,800 let's go. And with that goal set before 120 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:29,600 him you and I just learned, we just saw that. 121 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:33,000 There are people who have been watching them, who constantly 122 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:37,400 watch Jesus, who are longing for a touch who might have mixed 123 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:40,500 motives. But are helplessly drawn to him. 124 00:07:40,500 --> 00:07:43,600 They learned about their departure and so with their own 125 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:46,000 calculations they figure out where they might go. 126 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:49,700 Maybe they heard, were they exactly were going to go and so 127 00:07:49,700 --> 00:07:52,600 they having their eyes on that boat from the Assure begin to 128 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:54,900 walk on foot. The news started to spread in a 129 00:07:54,900 --> 00:07:59,400 huge crowd, began to make their way to this place, that Jesus 130 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:01,300 and the disciples were playing to be alone in. 131 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:07,400 And as they got there, they waited on the shore and there 132 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:13,700 was a multitude of people, and you would think now, After all 133 00:08:13,700 --> 00:08:16,300 that happened, all the recent events. 134 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:19,800 The last thing, if you put yourself in the shoes of those 135 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:25,100 disciples that you want to see, is a bunch of people waiting for 136 00:08:25,100 --> 00:08:30,900 you to serve them for, who knows, how long, who knows what 137 00:08:31,900 --> 00:08:35,799 taking Jesus away from you, taking you away from your 138 00:08:35,799 --> 00:08:39,700 disciples and your friends and your ministry Partners, put 139 00:08:39,700 --> 00:08:41,700 yourself in their sandals for a moment. 140 00:08:41,700 --> 00:08:45,100 Would you there you are on this boat promised. 141 00:08:45,500 --> 00:08:49,800 Some kind of repose At least it was planned. 142 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:55,300 And as you approach the dock. There you see people and you 143 00:08:55,300 --> 00:08:59,000 can't make out what it is exactly because it can't be. 144 00:08:59,100 --> 00:09:02,800 It can't be people that are covering those Hills and sure 145 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:05,800 enough you begin to make out faces and different clothings 146 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:12,500 and everything is interrupted. Everything is sabotage. 147 00:09:13,500 --> 00:09:16,400 And you were anticipating this time to recharge. 148 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:20,300 You were just finishing serving, people bouncing from City to 149 00:09:20,300 --> 00:09:23,600 City, worn out by recent travels. 150 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:26,600 And here. You are thinking that this place 151 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:31,000 is going to be desolate, but in fact, it is populated. 152 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:34,700 What about the Lord? What about the Lord, who is the 153 00:09:34,700 --> 00:09:37,900 one who organized this trip? How would you feel if you were 154 00:09:37,900 --> 00:09:42,200 the the planner behind your ministry, leaders getting away 155 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:43,800 from the hustle and the bustle. Muscle. 156 00:09:43,900 --> 00:09:47,000 So that they can receive natural rest for a while in order to for 157 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:50,000 them to return, back to their service. 158 00:09:52,100 --> 00:09:54,800 And no matter what your feelings might be, I can imagine if we're 159 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:57,800 honest, things would be bubbling up inside and they won't be the 160 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:01,600 probably nicest feelings. Regardless of what you might 161 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:05,800 confess, how strongly, would they contrast with the feelings 162 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:10,300 that Jesus felt when he saw this site? 163 00:10:11,100 --> 00:10:15,400 Because the spirit tells us explicitly here that when Jesus 164 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:21,200 saw them, he felt compassion. Not irritation, not 165 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:28,500 disappointment, not angst. Deep sincere, heart stirring 166 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:33,600 compassion. and I'm not sure about you, when I read this, the 167 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:36,200 other day, the mention of the deep compassion of Christ, 168 00:10:36,300 --> 00:10:42,100 challenged me deeply You know, what you, and I would see as an 169 00:10:42,100 --> 00:10:44,100 interruption Jesus saw as an opportunity. 170 00:10:45,700 --> 00:10:48,200 What you and I would probably interpret a self-centeredness 171 00:10:48,300 --> 00:10:53,100 Jesus viewed as helplessness. What you would feel to be a 172 00:10:53,100 --> 00:10:56,700 burden, Jesus, esteemed as a blessing. 173 00:10:58,700 --> 00:11:02,600 And you know, we look at the text and we look at just the 174 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:06,400 holistic view of Christ and we know as Christians that we are 175 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:09,000 supposed to be like, Jesus, that should be our ambition. 176 00:11:09,300 --> 00:11:11,500 I don't know what people mean by that though. 177 00:11:11,500 --> 00:11:15,200 When they understand walking and following in the steps of Jesus 178 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:18,500 is that the preach like Jesus do Miracles like Jesus know the 179 00:11:18,500 --> 00:11:23,400 scriptures like Jesus. Are you challenged by The 180 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:27,600 Compassion of Jesus? It's the simple things that 181 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:30,000 don't really attract us, but it's the very things that make 182 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,600 who Christ is. And if you are a person in this 183 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:38,700 place and I pray to God that you are you long to be molded and 184 00:11:38,700 --> 00:11:41,900 shaped to be like Christ in your contacts? 185 00:11:41,900 --> 00:11:44,800 Christ, in your context you might not be able to raise the 186 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:51,400 dead but you can surely be patient and loving If you long 187 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:54,200 to be like Christ, aren't you blessed this afternoon to know 188 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:58,500 that the holy spirit gives us an insight to bring us that much 189 00:11:58,500 --> 00:12:02,000 closer to the compassion of Jesus, at least to reflect it. 190 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:05,000 At least two reflected as closely as possible. 191 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:08,600 Because we are told not just that Jesus was compassionate. 192 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:12,600 We are given the reason at least a strong reason why he was 193 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:16,300 compassionate. And the reason why Christ was 194 00:12:16,300 --> 00:12:20,400 overwhelmed with pity for these people was because we just read 195 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:25,700 it here because in verse 34 they were like sheep without a 196 00:12:25,700 --> 00:12:32,200 shepherd. This is how Jesus perceived 197 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:37,000 people and his perception of people produced a level of 198 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:40,500 compassion. And that tells me something 199 00:12:40,500 --> 00:12:43,500 about how I can see compassion grow in my own life and my own 200 00:12:43,500 --> 00:12:47,800 heart in my own world. Do I see people the way Christ 201 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:51,500 sees people? And the way Jesus perceived 202 00:12:51,500 --> 00:12:54,200 these people is like we just said here sheep without a 203 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:58,300 Shepherd sheep are extremely, vulnerable creatures, and 204 00:12:58,300 --> 00:13:02,100 they're exposed to so much danger when they don't have a 205 00:13:02,100 --> 00:13:05,200 supervisor over them. They are defenseless, they are 206 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:08,900 directionless when they don't have a Shepherd, guiding them, 207 00:13:08,900 --> 00:13:12,400 providing for them. Protecting they are obviously 208 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:17,400 set up for being malnourished and being led astray and getting 209 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:21,200 lost and losing sight. Of where they're supposed to be 210 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:26,000 next and, and filth accumulates because our Shepherd is required 211 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:27,500 to regularly. Clean them. 212 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:32,800 And to take care of them. And the reality is the physical 213 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:35,500 realities of a sheep. Without a Shepherd is exactly 214 00:13:35,500 --> 00:13:40,000 how the Lord and the Holy Spirit here tells us what people are 215 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:43,500 like without Christ. They're just like that. 216 00:13:43,500 --> 00:13:50,600 Wandering confused exposed susceptible to so much problems 217 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:54,500 and so much Danger. No matter how they clothed 218 00:13:54,500 --> 00:13:56,600 themselves, no matter their riches, no matter their 219 00:13:56,600 --> 00:14:01,700 education, people without Christ are like sheep without a 220 00:14:01,700 --> 00:14:07,900 shepherd, and when Jesus saw this, it moved him, it moved his 221 00:14:07,900 --> 00:14:10,700 heart. And I think that is critical for 222 00:14:10,700 --> 00:14:12,100 us. Believers in this time. 223 00:14:12,500 --> 00:14:16,400 Do you know why? Because it's very 224 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:20,300 understandable. So don't hear me. saying 225 00:14:20,300 --> 00:14:24,700 anything wrong here or Or minimizing the emotions that we 226 00:14:24,700 --> 00:14:26,900 should feel about what's going on in our world. 227 00:14:26,900 --> 00:14:28,800 It's very understandable to be angry. 228 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:35,100 To be disgusted, infuriated, especially with all the agendas, 229 00:14:35,100 --> 00:14:37,900 and all the narratives that are being pushed, not just on 230 00:14:37,900 --> 00:14:40,700 people, but on children, all the deception and all the lies. 231 00:14:40,700 --> 00:14:44,900 I get it. Righteous indignation is, is 232 00:14:44,900 --> 00:14:47,500 totally valid and totally understandable, but you got to 233 00:14:47,500 --> 00:14:50,100 be careful. Believe you got to be extremely 234 00:14:50,100 --> 00:14:55,700 careful because you and I even feeling those feelings can feel 235 00:14:55,700 --> 00:14:59,400 it and allow it to bring us to a place where we prefer judgment 236 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:00,300 over. See. 237 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:08,100 We're we feel this anger and Truth Seekers and Truth speakers 238 00:15:08,100 --> 00:15:12,800 can end up like Jonah believers. If you don't think it's possible 239 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:17,200 for a servant of God to be hardened by might not might not 240 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:20,200 the church by the world, and their standards, and their 241 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:23,200 behavior, and their actions and their convictions, the whole 242 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:27,900 book of Jonah is about that. will you can allow yourself to 243 00:15:27,900 --> 00:15:31,400 actually find greater pleasure and seeing wrath poured out 244 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:38,900 instead of Grace poured out and Jonah is an Incredible Book for 245 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:43,500 a people who are in the midst of a corrupt people. 246 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:48,800 And when he was told to go out to the city of Nineveh and to 247 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:52,700 preach, he was so reluctant because of the history of those 248 00:15:52,700 --> 00:15:56,500 people, what they did to others and what kind of crimes, they 249 00:15:56,500 --> 00:16:00,200 committed against different nations, this man who 250 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:05,100 represented, God was more willing to see again, judgement 251 00:16:05,100 --> 00:16:08,900 than anything else and God teaches him, as much as he 252 00:16:08,900 --> 00:16:12,700 teaches the ninevites about his character, do you remember how 253 00:16:12,700 --> 00:16:15,100 the Book of Jonah ends? It ends with a question? 254 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:19,000 Then and there is no answer following it and I believe the 255 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,500 reason one reason why ends with a question is for the reader to 256 00:16:21,500 --> 00:16:24,500 answer for themselves? Let me remind you how the Book 257 00:16:24,500 --> 00:16:29,100 of Jonah ends, God speaks to Jonah and Jonah for 11 and it 258 00:16:29,100 --> 00:16:31,200 reads. And should I not pity? 259 00:16:31,900 --> 00:16:34,700 Should I not pity Nineveh the great City in? 260 00:16:34,700 --> 00:16:38,300 Which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know 261 00:16:38,300 --> 00:16:41,200 their right hand from their left and also much cattle. 262 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:45,800 What a compact adverse filled with compassion? 263 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:49,200 Should I not pity the ninevites? No Jonah. 264 00:16:49,300 --> 00:16:52,800 Should I not and there's so many things about this verse. 265 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:55,800 The first thing is how he knows the number of the citizens. 266 00:16:57,900 --> 00:16:59,900 He could have just said the great city of Nineveh he said, 267 00:16:59,900 --> 00:17:05,099 no there are there are little bit more than 120,000 who occupy 268 00:17:05,099 --> 00:17:06,099 that City. Do you know why? 269 00:17:06,099 --> 00:17:08,700 The number is mentioned because he cares for each one of them 270 00:17:09,900 --> 00:17:13,200 The city of Chicago hose close to three million people. 271 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:16,500 Do you doubt for a moment that God has compassion and pity? 272 00:17:16,500 --> 00:17:20,900 For each one of them. He's the same God, he mentions 273 00:17:20,900 --> 00:17:25,700 the number because he numbered them and he cares for them and 274 00:17:25,700 --> 00:17:29,900 he Longs for them to be rescued from their sin, which brings us 275 00:17:29,900 --> 00:17:31,900 to the next point. He not only mentions the 276 00:17:31,900 --> 00:17:36,000 population but their moral condition, they have no sense of 277 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:38,500 guidance. They don't know their right from 278 00:17:38,500 --> 00:17:41,500 their left. And the idea there is that they 279 00:17:41,500 --> 00:17:45,500 have no Revelation, there's natural Revelation, but they 280 00:17:45,500 --> 00:17:48,700 don't have the personal understanding of how to be in 281 00:17:48,700 --> 00:17:51,000 the will of God and how to walk in the fullness of the will of 282 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,800 God. And this moved God's heart. 283 00:17:53,900 --> 00:17:55,300 Well, didn't God want to judge them. 284 00:17:55,300 --> 00:17:59,200 He did wanted the judge them and he will judge all men, but 285 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:03,200 that's not his primary desire. Now, is it, if that was his 286 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:05,300 primary desire, he wouldn't have commissioned, Jonah. 287 00:18:05,300 --> 00:18:09,000 And the first place, the very reason why he sends Jonah to 288 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:12,000 this ignorant people. This vicious people is so that 289 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:15,000 they would be warned and then being warned they would respond 290 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:16,400 and then repent. And that's exactly what 291 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:19,400 happened. And so, the Lord, when he looks 292 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:27,000 upon a vile people, a vile Nation, his primary feelings, 293 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:30,000 toward them, is I long to heal them from their spiritual 294 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:33,800 blindness. I long to give them the leading 295 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:36,300 that we can rescue them from their depravity. 296 00:18:37,100 --> 00:18:40,600 That's God's primary desire. No matter how perverted, no 297 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:44,400 matter how dark, no matter how ugly they may be due to their 298 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:46,900 sin. God's primary longing is for 299 00:18:46,900 --> 00:18:49,500 them to be Lee transformed by his love. 300 00:18:51,700 --> 00:18:56,100 And the comfort that comes from this verse convicts me, you say, 301 00:18:56,100 --> 00:18:58,500 why does it convict you? Because of what he said to Jonah 302 00:18:58,500 --> 00:19:02,000 before it and verse 10 of Jonah, chapter 4. 303 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:05,600 Look what he says and the Lord said you, pitied the plant. 304 00:19:07,100 --> 00:19:09,500 You pity the plant for which you did not labor. 305 00:19:09,500 --> 00:19:12,700 Nor did you make it grow, which came into being in a night and 306 00:19:12,700 --> 00:19:17,000 perished in a night. So, you know, the story, I hope 307 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:21,400 there's Jonah waiting. Looking over the city, perhaps 308 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:23,700 thinking that God's going to change his mind and actually, 309 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:26,900 blow it all up, God doesn't change his mind, but he gives 310 00:19:26,900 --> 00:19:30,400 Jonah an object lesson because sometimes you have to treat 311 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:33,900 adults like children. And so, he does this object 312 00:19:33,900 --> 00:19:36,200 lesson, right? He greets his plan to grow and 313 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:38,900 it gives him shade there and the desert heat. 314 00:19:38,900 --> 00:19:42,400 And then in 24 hours, it Withers and dies. 315 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:45,700 And his beautiful head is exposed to the sun again and 316 00:19:45,900 --> 00:19:49,800 he's frustrated because he's uncomfortable and and the Lord 317 00:19:49,900 --> 00:19:54,800 He brings that out of Jonah to show him something and it's 318 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:57,200 something that actually speaks of some Believers, 319 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:02,500 unfortunately. You are upset about this plant 320 00:20:02,500 --> 00:20:08,600 dying, more than people dying. Think about that. 321 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:12,600 That is that is precisely what is being taught here and again 322 00:20:12,700 --> 00:20:15,600 it points to the potential of the believer what do you mean 323 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:22,600 Believers can be so invested and so concerned with the materials 324 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:28,000 of this life Even more than about the faith of men's Souls. 325 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:34,400 That convicted me, I can get more. 326 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:39,000 Concerned and moved and lose sleep at night about things that 327 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:40,600 will perish. One day things that I'm not 328 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:44,000 taking with me. Those things can actually occupy 329 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:50,300 my energy, my thoughts, More than the fate of people's 330 00:20:50,300 --> 00:20:56,200 Eternal destinations. And there's his, how can that 331 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:58,700 be? Well, it's possible. 332 00:20:59,700 --> 00:21:02,500 And when I see Jesus here, showing compassion feeling 333 00:21:02,500 --> 00:21:04,600 compassion. It's supposed to cause you to 334 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:09,500 say, oh, God, make me like you when I see a lost world. 335 00:21:11,300 --> 00:21:17,200 Help me desire, help me live. Help me be bold enough to pursue 336 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:22,200 people's reconciliation with you and not to give up on them and 337 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:24,800 not to just give them over to their own sin without doing 338 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:28,900 something about it. It's really easy to preach this 339 00:21:28,900 --> 00:21:32,000 stuff, right? Like, okay, you're preaching. 340 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:35,900 It may God help us to do it and I include myself in that. 341 00:21:36,900 --> 00:21:41,000 So he felt compassion, but we read in verse 35 of Mark 6 and 342 00:21:41,100 --> 00:21:43,200 he began to teach them many things. 343 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:46,500 Ascended verse 34, which is interesting Jesus having 344 00:21:46,500 --> 00:21:49,200 compassion, taught them the truth, remember that? 345 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:53,300 And when it grew late, his disciples came to him and said, 346 00:21:53,300 --> 00:21:56,900 this is a desolate place and the hour is now late. 347 00:21:56,900 --> 00:22:00,000 Send them away to go into the surrounding Countryside and 348 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:02,800 Villages and buy themselves, something to eat. 349 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:06,500 So here the disciples. Now, this turned to a crusade, 350 00:22:06,500 --> 00:22:10,300 this turn to a conference. Thousands are sitting there and 351 00:22:10,300 --> 00:22:13,000 the disciples which I believe here are being very 352 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:16,000 understandable and and compassion in their own, right? 353 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:19,100 Recognize the lateness of the afternoon and realize where 354 00:22:19,100 --> 00:22:22,500 these people came from and understood that we might have a 355 00:22:22,500 --> 00:22:24,100 problem here and here's the problem. 356 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:26,900 If we keep these people long enough, they're not going to be 357 00:22:26,908 --> 00:22:29,800 able to get back to the town's enough, the quick enough, and 358 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:31,400 then purchase the food to have dinner. 359 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:33,300 They probably haven't eaten all day. 360 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:37,000 And so, we need to make sure that they arrive on time. 361 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:41,400 And so they bring this problem to the Lord and they were right 362 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:43,600 in bringing this problem to the Lord. 363 00:22:43,900 --> 00:22:47,400 But they made a mistake that often we make when we bring 364 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:51,300 problems to the Lord, and when we try to seek for a solution, 365 00:22:51,300 --> 00:22:55,400 genuine matters, genuine issues that we want to see come to 366 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:58,200 succeed. They told the Lord. 367 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:00,000 This is a desolate Place. Sure. 368 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:02,900 The Lord knew that the hour is now late. 369 00:23:02,900 --> 00:23:05,800 I'm sure he knew that to send them away to go into the 370 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:08,000 surrounding Countryside and Villages and buy themselves, 371 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:14,500 something to eat. They approached Jesus and that 372 00:23:14,500 --> 00:23:18,800 was right, but they approached Jesus with a preconceived 373 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:24,400 already prepared prescription and expected Jesus to honor it. 374 00:23:27,500 --> 00:23:31,600 This is how we pray sometimes. Sometimes if not a lot of the 375 00:23:31,608 --> 00:23:34,700 times, our prayers are not getting counsel from God by 376 00:23:34,700 --> 00:23:40,000 giving him counsel. And we want that specific 377 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:44,000 opportunity or we want that specific person or we want this 378 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:47,600 kind of future and we tell God exactly how to do it. 379 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:52,600 Not just that went to do it and we think this is what prayer is 380 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:57,300 Should prayer be specific, absolutely, but be open to how 381 00:23:57,300 --> 00:24:00,500 God would answer it because God will always answer better than 382 00:24:00,500 --> 00:24:05,400 you think. So, they're giving counsel, but 383 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:07,400 I believe there's more going on here, could it be? 384 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:11,200 Could it be? That the disciples here are 385 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:14,800 telling Christ to dismiss the crowds, and to have them leave, 386 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:17,700 and go back with their own way because they, in their limited 387 00:24:17,700 --> 00:24:20,300 faith. Don't really understand how he 388 00:24:20,300 --> 00:24:24,000 can solve it. Healing The Sick. 389 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:27,100 We've seen Jesus do that casting out Devils. 390 00:24:27,300 --> 00:24:30,300 You can cast out many of them, at the same time, raising the 391 00:24:30,300 --> 00:24:33,700 Dead, all raising the Dead. The Lord can raise the dead, 392 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:37,000 feeding the multitudes, feeding the multitudes. 393 00:24:39,300 --> 00:24:41,300 Making food come out of what? Where? 394 00:24:42,900 --> 00:24:45,200 I believe the disciples at this point in their walk with the 395 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:49,500 Lord, had a category in their minds that they could not 396 00:24:49,500 --> 00:24:54,900 understand Christ occupying. They could see and they can 397 00:24:54,900 --> 00:24:57,000 believe Jesus doing many things. But when it came to this 398 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:01,200 specific issue, they could not see how Christ was relevant. 399 00:25:02,100 --> 00:25:05,200 They could not see how his will his word. 400 00:25:05,300 --> 00:25:09,900 His wisdom, his power. Could be applicable. 401 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,900 And you think this is just the disciples hold on there, my dear 402 00:25:13,900 --> 00:25:16,200 brother, my dear sister it's not just the disciples. 403 00:25:16,500 --> 00:25:20,200 How many of us? Oh yes, we I surrender all you 404 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:21,900 can do all things. Okay good good, wonderful 405 00:25:21,900 --> 00:25:24,600 beautiful, hold on. How many of us practically 406 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:28,300 speaking spiritually speaking have categories in our own 407 00:25:28,300 --> 00:25:30,800 Hearts, where we really don't see how Christ can really bring 408 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:34,800 solution to. Seeing brother. 409 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:37,000 What do you mean? Maybe it's because throughout 410 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,400 Ministry you see different issues and you see people's 411 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:42,900 approach to it. Yeah, Christ can save my soul 412 00:25:42,900 --> 00:25:45,800 but I don't see how the Bible and how the Holy Spirit can 413 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:48,200 really bring solution to my marriage. 414 00:25:50,300 --> 00:25:55,000 And you have people fleeing to secular psychologists fleeing to 415 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:58,400 worldly wisdom, because Jesus is good for Sunday. 416 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:01,000 But he's not really, this is real life. 417 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:06,300 Here we need real real, salute tangible ideas, not just Sunday 418 00:26:06,300 --> 00:26:09,400 School Stories and so I got to take care of my business. 419 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:11,400 The way I think I need to take care of my business. 420 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:13,700 This is money here. This is not lessons for how you 421 00:26:13,700 --> 00:26:17,300 can, you can do better. In life. 422 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:21,500 And so whether it's business or whether it's my marriage or 423 00:26:21,500 --> 00:26:24,600 whether it's my children and their waywardness, and with all 424 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,600 these advancements and all these new ideas and these new 425 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:31,600 technologies of evil. How is a 2000 year old story? 426 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:33,700 Going to help my kid get out of drugs. 427 00:26:35,700 --> 00:26:38,200 How is it 2,000? Year-old story going to deliver 428 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:43,600 my kids from gangs. And so it's just kind of like 429 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:47,600 fluff to us. It's just like, you know, And 430 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:51,200 the point of this miracle, it's one of the many important points 431 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:57,600 is that he can solve anything. He can raise the debt and he can 432 00:26:57,600 --> 00:26:59,700 make bread appear out of thin air. 433 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:05,100 The whole idea of this miracle is the disciples have reached a 434 00:27:05,100 --> 00:27:07,700 ceiling in their understanding of Christ capability. 435 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:13,400 And now that ceiling is about to be extended And so they come to 436 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:17,300 the Lord. And they say why don't you just 437 00:27:17,300 --> 00:27:20,700 send him away? And let them deal with this, on 438 00:27:20,700 --> 00:27:24,800 their own and Jesus. Here says, you got it all wrong 439 00:27:24,900 --> 00:27:26,800 and one of the Gospel accounts he says they don't need to go 440 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:29,400 away. They don't need to go away. 441 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:33,900 They can stay right here. And I think that's something for 442 00:27:33,900 --> 00:27:38,000 us to consider. This Christ applied to 443 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:42,700 everything or there's some things that just seem irrelevant 444 00:27:42,900 --> 00:27:47,700 to your faith. Learn to pray about everything. 445 00:27:47,700 --> 00:27:50,100 Learn to trust, God, for everything, bigger, small, 446 00:27:50,100 --> 00:27:53,700 complicated, or simple. God cares. 447 00:27:54,100 --> 00:27:55,400 He really does care. Oh, I wish. 448 00:27:55,400 --> 00:28:00,700 I can tell you stories of how God cares about your furniture, 449 00:28:01,500 --> 00:28:03,600 and he cares about the shoes on your feet. 450 00:28:04,500 --> 00:28:05,900 Yes. He cares about your soul being 451 00:28:05,900 --> 00:28:09,200 saved and escaping hell and all that wonderful things. 452 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:13,100 But he also cares about what you're going to eat that night. 453 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:20,300 So what happens while they come up to him with this problem, and 454 00:28:20,300 --> 00:28:23,800 look what Jesus says in verse 37, but he answered them, you 455 00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:28,900 give them something to eat. You give them something to eat, 456 00:28:29,500 --> 00:28:33,200 and they said to him, shall we go and buy 200 denarii worth of 457 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:34,700 bread and give them to them to eat. 458 00:28:36,500 --> 00:28:39,000 And he said to them, how many loaves do you have go and see? 459 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:43,300 And when they had found out, they said five and two fish. 460 00:28:44,500 --> 00:28:46,900 I love this interaction between Christ and the twelve. 461 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:50,100 Because it really sheds light on how prayer works. 462 00:28:50,100 --> 00:28:52,900 This may shock, you. I alluded to prayer earlier but 463 00:28:52,900 --> 00:28:55,300 let me bring it up again. That prayer when it is brought 464 00:28:55,300 --> 00:28:59,200 to God does not promise. This might This Might Sting, 465 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:03,100 this might shock you, but it's important prayer before God does 466 00:29:03,100 --> 00:29:05,600 not promise. That Christ will solve it 467 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:13,600 without your participation. Bear with me. 468 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:18,600 There are things that only God can do right there are things 469 00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:22,100 that only God can do, no doubt. But there are also many things 470 00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:27,500 That Christ expects us to actively be involved in as we 471 00:29:27,500 --> 00:29:32,800 seek and wait for him. How many miracles include human 472 00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:35,300 participation before Christ came through? 473 00:29:35,500 --> 00:29:38,700 And sometimes even after Christ came through, you want to see 474 00:29:38,700 --> 00:29:43,300 wine come to this wedding, fill those jars with water, the 475 00:29:43,300 --> 00:29:45,900 Christ, fill them with water know the servants did. 476 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:49,800 The servants had to get water and fill those ceremonial jars 477 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:53,300 with it and then he turned it into wine Lazarus. 478 00:29:53,300 --> 00:29:55,100 With that was, they're trapped in a tomb. 479 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:59,200 What did Jesus? Say, Stone move Lazarus, Alf. 480 00:29:59,300 --> 00:30:01,500 Clots on bind yourselves that he do that. 481 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:06,200 No, take away the stone. They took away the stone Lazarus 482 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:10,000 come out. He came out unloose his cloths 483 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:13,700 and they did. And now we have Christ ready to 484 00:30:13,700 --> 00:30:19,000 multiply food but he asks him to find some food first and he's 485 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:23,700 going to ask them to give them seats to sit on, so to speak 486 00:30:23,900 --> 00:30:26,200 before he comes through with his power. 487 00:30:26,500 --> 00:30:29,100 And the idea is very important for you and I to consider in 488 00:30:29,100 --> 00:30:32,900 life that when we pray and we expect Christ to come through 489 00:30:32,900 --> 00:30:35,100 supernaturally. It does not mean that we are not 490 00:30:35,100 --> 00:30:37,300 serving, doesn't mean that we're not organizing. 491 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:38,700 Doesn't mean that we're not planning. 492 00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:41,400 Does it mean that we are not doing things and the process? 493 00:30:41,500 --> 00:30:44,000 Yes. And there are moments that 494 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:48,300 prayer will bring about inexplainable testimonies but it 495 00:30:48,300 --> 00:30:51,900 also means that sometimes when you pray, God will give you the 496 00:30:51,900 --> 00:30:54,400 wisdom and instruction that is required for you to take the 497 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:57,100 next step. And sometimes what prayer will 498 00:30:57,100 --> 00:31:00,900 do is energize you and give you the grace to perform what you 499 00:31:00,900 --> 00:31:06,300 already knew, you need to do. How are they going to eat? 500 00:31:06,300 --> 00:31:08,600 Well, why don't you find whatever food we have here? 501 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:12,500 First, could Christ have made fish and bread appear in his 502 00:31:12,500 --> 00:31:13,900 hands? Absolutely. 503 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:18,400 But he invites us. He invites Us by faith. 504 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:21,700 He invites Us in service to him to participate and be part of 505 00:31:21,708 --> 00:31:24,200 the equation from time to time and that's exactly what's 506 00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:26,500 happening here. And so they go and they find 507 00:31:27,300 --> 00:31:30,100 they find some loaves. They find some fish. 508 00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:31,600 We know that from John's account. 509 00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:34,500 This came from a little boy who obviously brought lunch was 510 00:31:34,500 --> 00:31:37,800 smart enough to ask Mommy to bring lunch for that day. 511 00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:40,400 The little boy gives up what he had. 512 00:31:41,300 --> 00:31:45,500 And it was multiplied to feed thousands, but notice what 513 00:31:45,500 --> 00:31:49,800 happens here. Five, and two fish. 514 00:31:50,300 --> 00:31:55,000 Verse 39. Then he commanded them all to 515 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:58,000 sit down in groups on the green grass. 516 00:31:58,300 --> 00:32:02,200 So they sat down in groups by hundreds and by fifties, you 517 00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:07,100 know, if you've been here long enough that no versus random No 518 00:32:07,100 --> 00:32:10,700 versus insignificant. Let me read that again. 519 00:32:11,500 --> 00:32:15,200 After they found the food, he commanded them all to sit down 520 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:19,900 in groups on green grass. More than that. 521 00:32:19,900 --> 00:32:27,100 So they sat down in groups by hundreds and by 50s, Mark is the 522 00:32:27,100 --> 00:32:30,000 only one who gives this detailed. 523 00:32:31,100 --> 00:32:34,000 Organization in comparison to the other gospel accounts. 524 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:37,000 The only one that comes close to it is Luke where Luke says that 525 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:38,800 they were organized in groups of 50s. 526 00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:41,200 Mark goes beyond that. He's just hundreds and 50s. 527 00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:44,200 Why would the Holy Spirit inspired? 528 00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:49,600 This gospel account writer, this witness to include in our minds 529 00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:53,000 that they were told to have them sit on Green Grass and then to 530 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:55,700 organize them in different groups and rows of hundreds and 531 00:32:55,700 --> 00:32:57,800 fifties. Well, do you remember what the 532 00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:03,000 purpose of the Gospel of Mark is to portray Jesus Christ as what 533 00:33:03,500 --> 00:33:08,400 the perfect servant of God? And Jesus Christ, your 534 00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:12,400 commanding for this to take place, says something about how 535 00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:16,600 he serves the father and it's for our instruction. 536 00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:20,200 In our example, the kind of Minister Jesus was, is the kind 537 00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:22,000 of ministry. We ought to be in the kind of 538 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:25,500 Christians. We ought to be Jesus ministered, 539 00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:33,300 attentively and orderly. Attentively and orderly. 540 00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:37,300 You know, there's a verse that Christians often quote and when 541 00:33:37,300 --> 00:33:41,100 they quote it, they usually apply it for a situation where a 542 00:33:41,100 --> 00:33:43,900 Believer might be confused about a certain thing or a certain 543 00:33:43,900 --> 00:33:47,800 decision and they are comforted with this apparent verse that 544 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:52,000 brings some kind of clarity to that fogginess of mine and it is 545 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:55,200 this God is not the author of what. 546 00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:59,800 Confusion, but is a God of Peace. 547 00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:04,800 He's a god of order, right? Can you turn there with me? 548 00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:07,900 Because I know what people mean by that verse, but it's not 549 00:34:07,900 --> 00:34:10,000 about when you have difficulty making a decision. 550 00:34:10,900 --> 00:34:15,400 I'm sorry if I disheartened you, but there's context, go to First 551 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:17,699 Corinthians 14. Very quickly in verse 33. 552 00:34:17,699 --> 00:34:20,000 I want you to see what Paul meant by the spirit. 553 00:34:21,100 --> 00:34:23,800 When he said that God is not the author of confusion but is a God 554 00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:31,900 of Peace or order. First Corinthians 14:33. 555 00:34:31,900 --> 00:34:36,699 There is the verse for God is not a god of confusion, but of 556 00:34:36,699 --> 00:34:40,800 peace. And we take diverse out and we 557 00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:46,199 apply it as we see fit. And yes, it is true that it has 558 00:34:46,199 --> 00:34:49,199 a broader application and meeting concerning God in his 559 00:34:49,199 --> 00:34:52,500 work in his ways with us but its primary function. 560 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:55,800 Why Paul said it at this point in First Corinthians 14 is 561 00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:59,700 because he was speaking about the orderly worship service that 562 00:34:59,700 --> 00:35:01,500 Christians ought to have when they meet together. 563 00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:08,100 I don't know if that inflated you or that deflated you What 564 00:35:08,100 --> 00:35:11,000 God is saying here through the Apostle, Paul? 565 00:35:11,300 --> 00:35:14,200 Is that in our worship, what we're doing here in this very 566 00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:16,600 afternoon, this very room whenever you gather with 567 00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:20,200 Believers in our worship, we ought to reflect the nature of 568 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:24,300 God, and God is not a god of confusion. 569 00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:27,500 He's not a god of chaos. He is not a god of 570 00:35:27,500 --> 00:35:30,600 disorganization. He's a God of Peace. 571 00:35:31,900 --> 00:35:35,400 He's a god of order. He is careful. 572 00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:41,000 And we ought to be the same. You know, when I was growing up 573 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:45,600 early in my faith, I had people in my life that Associated 574 00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:50,300 spirituality with strange spontaneity, What do I mean by 575 00:35:50,300 --> 00:35:53,500 that? That let me say what I don't 576 00:35:53,500 --> 00:35:56,900 mean by that. What I don't mean by that and I 577 00:35:56,900 --> 00:36:01,900 don't think what they meant by that was that we believe that we 578 00:36:01,900 --> 00:36:05,700 should be open to God's leading that whatever we had hoped or 579 00:36:05,700 --> 00:36:08,400 plan or even prepared. For God can make it very clear 580 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:09,600 that he wants a different direction. 581 00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:14,200 Amen, we should that is not what these people that I knew, and I 582 00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:18,400 observed meant by this idea of spirituality being synonymous 583 00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:22,000 with spontaneity, What they meant is that there is no need 584 00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:25,300 for Preparation, there is no need for organization. 585 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:30,700 And that, for whatever reason, if it's chaotic, if it's 586 00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:36,200 spontaneous, if it's unforeseen, then it must be the spirit of 587 00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:41,000 God. And that's dangerous. 588 00:36:42,100 --> 00:36:44,300 For many reasons and there are still churches today that 589 00:36:44,300 --> 00:36:48,700 operate in that fashion where you enter into a meeting and 590 00:36:48,700 --> 00:36:53,000 it's more confusing and unclear than anything else. 591 00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:58,200 And let me say this, many of those assemblies would claim 592 00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:01,600 that such an experienced, such an atmosphere is because of the 593 00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:06,400 Holy Spirit. And that is contrary to the mind 594 00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:08,500 of Paul who is the Apostle of God. 595 00:37:09,300 --> 00:37:11,100 I remember when I went to a conference once and I was 596 00:37:11,100 --> 00:37:13,300 sharing this as many years ago and I met different Believers 597 00:37:13,300 --> 00:37:14,800 and unbelievers introduced himself. 598 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:17,100 We were getting to know each other and he was talking about 599 00:37:17,100 --> 00:37:21,200 how Spirit-filled his churches. And what God is doing in that 600 00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:22,600 church. And I was listening and he had 601 00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:24,800 made certain comments, and then he said something that never 602 00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:27,900 left me. And I think it speaks to exactly 603 00:37:27,900 --> 00:37:30,300 what Paul meant here. It's a very extreme example, but 604 00:37:30,700 --> 00:37:32,800 it's out there. He said, you know what? 605 00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:35,900 In the middle of the service of the Holy Spirit told somebody to 606 00:37:35,900 --> 00:37:38,200 paint the wall in the church, they would do it. 607 00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:44,200 And that's a that's supposed to be apparently Spirit lead and 608 00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:47,800 holy spirit. Inspiration. 609 00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:51,700 That's exactly what Paul is. Speaking about God is not a god 610 00:37:51,700 --> 00:37:53,400 of confusion. He's a god of order. 611 00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:56,800 And so to enter into an atmosphere, that is eerily 612 00:37:56,800 --> 00:38:00,600 disruptive. And an orderly. 613 00:38:02,100 --> 00:38:03,500 Could actually be saying something. 614 00:38:04,700 --> 00:38:07,600 That the Holy Spirit might not be out an operation here. 615 00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:13,000 At least at some level. But what God wants to see is 616 00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:16,000 peace but not just peace because don't now here's the other 617 00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:18,500 extreme you have people that want peace and order but they're 618 00:38:18,500 --> 00:38:21,500 dead. And you don't want that either. 619 00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:27,100 Lifeless, I don't know why in our Evangelical world. 620 00:38:27,100 --> 00:38:30,000 We have two extremes either have to be chaotic and that's 621 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:31,900 synonymous with passionate but you're not you're not 622 00:38:31,900 --> 00:38:34,900 bible-based or your bible-based but you're dead as a stick. 623 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:39,400 Why not be bible-based and be alive and be passionate and be 624 00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:41,100 filled with the spirit and be excited. 625 00:38:41,100 --> 00:38:49,400 You have the truth Back to Mark chapter 6. 626 00:38:51,300 --> 00:38:56,200 In Mark chapter 6, we are told. Jesus commanded them. 627 00:38:57,200 --> 00:38:59,300 To sit down in groups on the green grass. 628 00:38:59,300 --> 00:39:00,800 I love that. Even the green grass is 629 00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:02,500 mentioned. Why? 630 00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:07,100 It's comfortable. I know it's not deep. 631 00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:09,000 Hey, there's a lot of green grass here. 632 00:39:09,300 --> 00:39:13,000 Let's make sure that they are cushioned as they sit, you know, 633 00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:15,500 because some people think spirituality means that you have 634 00:39:15,500 --> 00:39:19,800 to inflict pain on yourself and make things uncomfortable to 635 00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:24,200 show, just how serious we are about serving God, that we will 636 00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:26,600 suffer for his name. Well, you don't have to suffer 637 00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:30,400 if suffering is not God's will in this season of your life. 638 00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:33,200 It's okay to think about these things and I love how Jesus 639 00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:35,600 thinks about these things. There's some green grass there. 640 00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:42,500 if that will make people more comfortable, And let's sit them 641 00:39:42,500 --> 00:39:45,600 down and organize them because this can get like a mob and we 642 00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:47,400 don't want to do that. Now, do we let's have them 643 00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:48,700 order. Lisa and we'll have the 644 00:39:48,700 --> 00:39:51,400 disciples. Wait on them it'll be it'll be 645 00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:53,900 beautiful Christ is so practical. 646 00:39:55,100 --> 00:39:57,600 He thinks about these things. It's okay to think about these 647 00:39:57,600 --> 00:40:00,700 things. Okay, so avoid extremes here. 648 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:05,600 I love how it's in Mark of all the gospel accounts, but I think 649 00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:08,700 there's something else about these Green Pastures. 650 00:40:10,500 --> 00:40:12,600 There are a lot of things and I think one of the reasons why 651 00:40:12,600 --> 00:40:15,100 this Miracles and every single gospel account, is because it 652 00:40:15,100 --> 00:40:18,300 alludes to many Old Testament pictures, right? 653 00:40:18,300 --> 00:40:21,100 Especially in John chapter 6, which parallels, this account 654 00:40:21,300 --> 00:40:24,500 where you have Jesus doing this miracle in the people concluded. 655 00:40:24,500 --> 00:40:27,500 This is the profit that we've been waiting for, and it mirrors 656 00:40:27,500 --> 00:40:31,300 the Moses, like, Who provided Manna in the wilderness. 657 00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:33,200 He's the greater one the Moses, right? 658 00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:36,200 He's the greater Moses, but I think there are even more than 659 00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:38,100 that there are. There are future prophetic 660 00:40:38,100 --> 00:40:40,100 implications of this of how the law. 661 00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:43,500 Lord right will come and bring a feast to his own. 662 00:40:43,500 --> 00:40:45,900 That's Isaiah, there's so many, so many, so many, so many 663 00:40:45,900 --> 00:40:48,300 pictures. And I think one of them is 664 00:40:48,300 --> 00:40:51,200 something that you and I know very well, let me let me recap 665 00:40:51,200 --> 00:40:54,400 this for you here, you have Jesus coming into the scene and 666 00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:57,200 he feels compassion because they're like sheep without a 667 00:40:57,207 --> 00:40:59,900 shepherd. And now as he entered sins, he 668 00:40:59,900 --> 00:41:04,300 teaches them and he feeds them and then he places them on green 669 00:41:04,300 --> 00:41:08,200 grass. The Lord is my shepherd. 670 00:41:09,100 --> 00:41:14,500 I shall not want. He makes me lie down on Green 671 00:41:14,500 --> 00:41:20,300 Pastures. Yeah, the Lord Yahweh is my 672 00:41:20,300 --> 00:41:22,800 shepherd. Jesus is my shepherd, Jesus is 673 00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:26,100 Yahweh and he makes me lie down. I love the wording of that. 674 00:41:26,100 --> 00:41:28,400 He makes me lie down. You know why? 675 00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:32,000 Because he knows what you need more than what you know. 676 00:41:33,500 --> 00:41:38,200 So, he takes these people, and he places them, and he not only 677 00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:41,100 feeds them with the truth. The truth about the kingdom of 678 00:41:41,100 --> 00:41:44,100 God, but he feeds their belly and energizes their bodies. 679 00:41:44,100 --> 00:41:48,000 He's the all-encompassing shepherd who's not just 680 00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:50,400 concerned for your soul. But concerned again, about your 681 00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:54,800 frame. And he makes me lie down, right? 682 00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:59,600 He knows exactly. When to put me where to put me 683 00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:03,500 and how long to put me there, he knows what to provide for me. 684 00:42:03,600 --> 00:42:07,600 What to remove from me. He is the perfect leader of my 685 00:42:07,600 --> 00:42:12,300 life. So you have Christ here in some 686 00:42:12,300 --> 00:42:14,900 way. Fulfilling Psalm 23 in a very 687 00:42:14,900 --> 00:42:17,000 real way. And what's Happening Here is 688 00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:19,700 he's not just shepherding, he's not just shepherding their 689 00:42:19,700 --> 00:42:24,600 souls, he shepherding all that they are When Christ is your 690 00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:26,500 Lord, that's what you can expect in your life. 691 00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:29,600 That's what you can really believe God for. 692 00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:31,600 And I think what makes us more worried than anything else? 693 00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:33,300 It's not about our souls getting to Heaven. 694 00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:35,200 It's about how we're going to pay our bills in the next few 695 00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:37,300 months or what. We're going to wear to the 696 00:42:37,300 --> 00:42:40,100 wedding and that's precisely what Jesus taught about. 697 00:42:40,400 --> 00:42:43,200 Don't get caught up with the food and with the clothing. 698 00:42:45,100 --> 00:42:47,700 Right. It's not the big things that 699 00:42:47,700 --> 00:42:49,300 often worry us that still, that is the case. 700 00:42:49,300 --> 00:42:52,900 It's often a little things that occupy our time, and keep us up 701 00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:57,200 and make us run around. When Christ is Shepherd, he's 702 00:42:57,200 --> 00:43:02,300 Shepherd overall absolutely everything and these people 703 00:43:02,300 --> 00:43:04,500 would know it and I'll tell you and closing who's going to 704 00:43:04,500 --> 00:43:07,100 really really know what his own disciples, hold on to that 705 00:43:07,100 --> 00:43:10,600 thought but what happens verse 41 and taking the Five Loaves 706 00:43:11,100 --> 00:43:13,100 and the two fish he looked up to heaven. 707 00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:18,600 And said a blessing and broke the Loaves and gave them to the 708 00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:20,900 disciples to set before the people. 709 00:43:21,300 --> 00:43:26,300 And he divided the two, fish among them all, and they all ate 710 00:43:27,200 --> 00:43:32,000 and we're satisfied. You know, this miracle is 711 00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:34,300 impressive for many reasons. And one of the things that 712 00:43:34,300 --> 00:43:37,300 impresses me is that we are not given the mechanics behind it. 713 00:43:38,200 --> 00:43:42,000 He just multiplies it. I don't know how that looked. 714 00:43:42,500 --> 00:43:45,100 I don't know what happened. Did he pull it out of a basket 715 00:43:45,100 --> 00:43:46,600 that it just appear in his hands? 716 00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:49,300 I don't, it doesn't say and there's reason for that, right? 717 00:43:49,300 --> 00:43:50,900 We're supposed to just trust in this. 718 00:43:52,100 --> 00:43:54,900 But what's incredible, here is the principle that out of 719 00:43:54,900 --> 00:43:56,500 nothing. Can come something. 720 00:43:58,600 --> 00:44:01,300 And this is not just for these people, this is not just for a 721 00:44:01,300 --> 00:44:04,100 moment's time where the people would receive something. 722 00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:07,100 This is a lesson for all time. I'm going to prove that to you 723 00:44:07,100 --> 00:44:10,700 in closing but what I want you to see here is just that the 724 00:44:10,700 --> 00:44:16,100 Lord the Lord is completely aware and completely present and 725 00:44:16,100 --> 00:44:20,400 completely capable of providing. And as these people are sitting 726 00:44:20,400 --> 00:44:24,100 there and enjoying all that is being provided for something 727 00:44:24,100 --> 00:44:28,600 happens. You know what makes me? 728 00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:36,800 So blessed by the story. Is the disciples the miracle? 729 00:44:36,800 --> 00:44:40,000 Yes the prophetic illusion sure. All these connections are 730 00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:43,800 wonderful but it's the disciples we started with the disciples 731 00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:50,600 and we end with the disciples. They were supposed to come here 732 00:44:50,600 --> 00:44:56,800 for a retreat and they ended up becoming Waiters this whole 733 00:44:56,800 --> 00:44:59,200 thing was planned so that they could rest and now they are 734 00:44:59,200 --> 00:45:03,500 running around organizing people answering questions. 735 00:45:03,500 --> 00:45:06,000 When is the food coming? When is our turn and I'm sure 736 00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:08,600 those were asked and then serving them. 737 00:45:12,200 --> 00:45:16,000 And it makes you wonder, because Jesus is idea in verse 31 was 738 00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:19,000 Come Away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while. 739 00:45:20,200 --> 00:45:23,400 Catch your breath. Pause. 740 00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:28,900 Rejuvenate and what I see in the following verses everything, but 741 00:45:28,900 --> 00:45:32,300 rest. And, but taking a breath. 742 00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:38,300 Jesus, forget about them. The Christ lose sight of his 743 00:45:38,300 --> 00:45:40,800 own. You know, you have a lot of 744 00:45:40,800 --> 00:45:45,200 Servants of God who feel that way they just give and give and 745 00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:50,400 give and give and they don't perceive what what they get out 746 00:45:50,400 --> 00:45:53,500 of it. Or they don't know of God, will 747 00:45:53,500 --> 00:45:59,900 take care of them. And yet something happens at the 748 00:45:59,900 --> 00:46:02,900 end at this is the way, the story ends, it's verse 42, and 749 00:46:02,900 --> 00:46:05,300 they all ate, and we're satisfied, a picture of physical 750 00:46:05,600 --> 00:46:08,600 satisfaction, but something that Christ gives us of himself, 751 00:46:08,600 --> 00:46:10,500 spiritual satisfaction, verse 43. 752 00:46:10,500 --> 00:46:14,500 And they took up twelve, baskets full of broken pieces and the 753 00:46:14,500 --> 00:46:19,400 fish and those who ate the loaves were 5000 men. 754 00:46:20,800 --> 00:46:24,700 When you go to John 6 and you read there in verse 12, we are 755 00:46:24,700 --> 00:46:27,700 told that the disciples that they are the disciples, the 756 00:46:27,700 --> 00:46:31,000 disciples were instructed. At the end of this glorious, 757 00:46:31,000 --> 00:46:35,000 banquet to go and get the pieces that were untouched and to 758 00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:37,800 gather them together. People. 759 00:46:37,800 --> 00:46:41,100 Look at this and teach about how God is Not wasteful and how we 760 00:46:41,100 --> 00:46:44,900 should not be wasteful with the leftovers of our lives, and 761 00:46:44,900 --> 00:46:47,300 that's all true. But is it a coincidence that 762 00:46:47,300 --> 00:46:54,000 there's 12 baskets? Coincidence 12 baskets for how 763 00:46:54,000 --> 00:46:56,900 many disciples that were called to pick up the fragments 12. 764 00:46:58,200 --> 00:47:02,500 Coincidence. No, no, no perfect provision. 765 00:47:05,000 --> 00:47:07,400 That in gathering. These twelve baskets. 766 00:47:07,600 --> 00:47:10,900 I have a hunch. It was for the 12th servants. 767 00:47:11,800 --> 00:47:13,900 Same brother. I made may be reading too much 768 00:47:13,900 --> 00:47:16,800 into that. No, I'm not and I'll prove it to 769 00:47:16,800 --> 00:47:20,500 you because there was a time when the disciples again were 770 00:47:20,500 --> 00:47:23,200 without food. They only had one loaf and they 771 00:47:23,200 --> 00:47:25,900 were traveling again and they began to talk about their their 772 00:47:25,900 --> 00:47:29,200 need. And go there and Mark to see 773 00:47:29,200 --> 00:47:32,400 what Jesus says to these 12 the same 12 who gathered up this. 774 00:47:34,300 --> 00:47:41,400 Set of leftovers. Mark 8 16 and they began 775 00:47:41,400 --> 00:47:43,800 discussing with one. Another, the fact that they had 776 00:47:43,800 --> 00:47:49,000 no bread and Jesus aware of this said to them, why are you 777 00:47:49,000 --> 00:47:51,600 discussing the fact that you have no bread? 778 00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:54,300 Do you not yet perceive or understand? 779 00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:58,700 Are your hearts hardened? Having eyes, do you not see 780 00:47:58,700 --> 00:48:01,000 having ears? Do you not hear and do you not 781 00:48:01,000 --> 00:48:03,400 remember? Now, look at this, when I broke 782 00:48:03,400 --> 00:48:06,800 the Five Loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full 783 00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:09,000 of broken pieces, did you take up? 784 00:48:09,100 --> 00:48:14,800 They set to him 12. And the seven for the 4000, 785 00:48:14,800 --> 00:48:17,400 which is another miracle coming down the line. 786 00:48:18,400 --> 00:48:21,100 How many baskets full of broken pieces that you take up and they 787 00:48:21,100 --> 00:48:24,800 said to him, seven will explore the seven when we get there and 788 00:48:24,800 --> 00:48:29,400 he said to them, do you not yet understand? 789 00:48:30,400 --> 00:48:34,200 Understand what that I can feed. Thousands of people, no 790 00:48:34,300 --> 00:48:35,900 understand this. That I can feed you. 791 00:48:37,700 --> 00:48:41,000 They were talking about how there was no bread and Jesus. 792 00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:44,700 Looking at them as a teacher would, after demonstrate not 793 00:48:44,700 --> 00:48:49,100 giving to sermons about it showing into amazing ways, how 794 00:48:49,100 --> 00:48:53,100 he can actually provide, he, you don't get it yet, you don't 795 00:48:53,100 --> 00:48:57,800 understand it yet. How notice he could have said 796 00:48:57,900 --> 00:49:00,400 how many people that I feed out of nothing and they would have 797 00:49:00,408 --> 00:49:03,900 said 5,000 and then 4,000 but he doesn't say that. 798 00:49:03,900 --> 00:49:08,100 He says how many pieces? How many baskets did you pick up 799 00:49:08,100 --> 00:49:12,700 after the Miracles 12? Seven. 800 00:49:13,600 --> 00:49:14,900 Why would he bring up the baskets? 801 00:49:14,900 --> 00:49:16,400 Because the baskets were for them? 802 00:49:19,100 --> 00:49:22,500 And so, when these disciples who yet again sacrifice another day 803 00:49:22,500 --> 00:49:25,700 to serve the Lord, and yet again had another Interruption to 804 00:49:25,700 --> 00:49:29,200 their schedule and yet again gave more of themselves. 805 00:49:30,300 --> 00:49:33,600 Jesus through this miracle intentionally calls for the 806 00:49:33,600 --> 00:49:37,000 leftovers to be picked up because Jesus, yes, Jesus 807 00:49:37,000 --> 00:49:41,000 perfectly knew that 12 baskets would be the measure and that 808 00:49:41,000 --> 00:49:42,800 each of them would have a basket in their name. 809 00:49:43,200 --> 00:49:45,200 Proving what? When you serve him, he takes 810 00:49:45,200 --> 00:49:50,200 care of you. When you serve him, he will take 811 00:49:50,200 --> 00:49:55,500 care of you perfectly. And sometimes you see that at 812 00:49:55,508 --> 00:49:57,700 the beginning, sometimes you see it in the middle sometimes you 813 00:49:57,700 --> 00:50:00,600 see it at the end of the matter. But one thing is for certain, he 814 00:50:00,600 --> 00:50:05,100 has you in mind, you know what this tells me as much as Jesus 815 00:50:05,100 --> 00:50:09,300 had compassion for the thousands Jesus had compassion for his 816 00:50:09,300 --> 00:50:12,200 servants. He cared about those who serve 817 00:50:12,700 --> 00:50:15,100 you can guarantee this for yourself. 818 00:50:15,100 --> 00:50:18,200 If you serve God, he will show up. 819 00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:21,400 He will never ever let his servants down. 820 00:50:21,600 --> 00:50:23,100 He might make you wait a little bit. 821 00:50:23,200 --> 00:50:25,600 He might make you serve in a manner in which you might not 822 00:50:25,600 --> 00:50:29,900 immediately perceive it, but it is coming and the Lord will come 823 00:50:29,900 --> 00:50:33,600 through and you will know his compassion for you. 824 00:50:33,600 --> 00:50:35,800 Not just his compassion through you. 825 00:50:38,100 --> 00:50:41,800 I love that. And I can testify today. 826 00:50:43,200 --> 00:50:44,500 Of eight years of serving the lord. 827 00:50:44,500 --> 00:50:50,700 Jesus, my basket has always been full and as you serve, the Lord 828 00:50:50,700 --> 00:50:55,500 Jesus, you can guarantee that you will know his fullness and 829 00:50:55,500 --> 00:50:59,000 he will make you lie down by Green Pastures and he will bring 830 00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:02,100 you by Still Waters. Does that mean that you will go 831 00:51:02,100 --> 00:51:04,600 through life as somewhat propose? 832 00:51:06,100 --> 00:51:09,300 Without testimonies and without trials, and without the need to 833 00:51:09,300 --> 00:51:11,500 call upon him. Know, the very same people who 834 00:51:11,500 --> 00:51:13,700 experience. The twelve baskets came to a 835 00:51:13,707 --> 00:51:16,200 point in Mark 8 where they felt like they had nothing. 836 00:51:17,100 --> 00:51:18,500 Why? Because God forgotten oh because 837 00:51:18,500 --> 00:51:22,300 God wants your faith. And he's not just going to 838 00:51:22,300 --> 00:51:25,100 endlessly Supply without interruption everything that you 839 00:51:25,100 --> 00:51:26,900 ever need, so that you don't have to worry. 840 00:51:26,900 --> 00:51:28,600 You don't have to wake. Yes, you should never worry. 841 00:51:28,700 --> 00:51:30,700 But to bring you two moments where you actually have to pause 842 00:51:30,700 --> 00:51:32,900 and trust and call upon his name, he will do that 843 00:51:32,900 --> 00:51:36,800 frequently. But every single time he will 844 00:51:36,800 --> 00:51:39,800 come through This is what it's all about. 845 00:51:40,400 --> 00:51:42,500 And I want to encourage the Servants of God in this house 846 00:51:42,500 --> 00:51:46,200 today as the example of Jesus Christ has and this chapter 847 00:51:47,000 --> 00:51:49,100 Christ was a compassionate Minister. 848 00:51:49,600 --> 00:51:53,000 He actually loved the people that he served and especially 849 00:51:53,000 --> 00:51:56,800 the lost the S, the Lost. He had compassion towards them. 850 00:51:56,900 --> 00:52:00,800 But Christ was also a orderly Minister which is important for 851 00:52:00,800 --> 00:52:04,000 us as a church growing up and wanting to see God do many 852 00:52:04,000 --> 00:52:05,800 things. Remember that the spirit of God 853 00:52:05,800 --> 00:52:10,600 is a God of Peace, not a god of confusion And he is a God who 854 00:52:10,600 --> 00:52:14,200 helps his servants as they seek to help him and serve him and 855 00:52:14,200 --> 00:52:16,000 honor him. If you're in a place today where 856 00:52:16,000 --> 00:52:21,400 you are in need, I want to close this time by praying for your 857 00:52:21,400 --> 00:52:24,900 faith to sustain you for God, to come through, because he will 858 00:52:24,900 --> 00:52:28,200 come through and how you can worship and trust him as you. 859 00:52:28,200 --> 00:52:31,800 Wait on him, he is faithful. Let's pray. 860 00:52:39,400 --> 00:52:41,900 Lord, we thank you for this text. 861 00:52:42,400 --> 00:52:45,000 Thank you for what it teaches us though. 862 00:52:45,000 --> 00:52:48,200 We know that there is so much more in these verses that we can 863 00:52:48,200 --> 00:52:51,200 understand and apply and worship you for. 864 00:52:51,200 --> 00:52:58,000 But for now, We have eaten and we are satisfied. 865 00:52:59,400 --> 00:53:03,300 Lord, as we said before, this prayer we want to, we want to 866 00:53:03,300 --> 00:53:08,300 seek you for the various needs of this house, specifically for 867 00:53:08,300 --> 00:53:11,800 those who give their time, their resources, their energy to 868 00:53:11,800 --> 00:53:13,300 honoring, you and glorifying you. 869 00:53:13,500 --> 00:53:17,800 If there is a particular want, if there is a dilemma in their 870 00:53:17,800 --> 00:53:23,400 lives, Lord, we just pray that this story would Infuse enough 871 00:53:23,400 --> 00:53:26,800 faith for them to continue to serve and believe that you will 872 00:53:26,800 --> 00:53:31,100 come through at the right time. And Lord as perhaps some might 873 00:53:31,100 --> 00:53:35,200 be waiting for a miracle believing you to come through 874 00:53:35,700 --> 00:53:38,900 for something that they can't do on their own, may they be 875 00:53:38,900 --> 00:53:41,800 sensitive enough to your spirit to know what you ask them to do 876 00:53:41,800 --> 00:53:46,400 in this particular situation. and so Lord, even as a church, 877 00:53:46,400 --> 00:53:48,900 as we're believing you for many things, as we're believing you 878 00:53:48,900 --> 00:53:54,500 for the future of this place, a new building Growing Ministries. 879 00:53:54,500 --> 00:53:56,800 Whatever the case may be loyal, we will, we will, we will 880 00:53:56,800 --> 00:54:00,200 continue to serve you in the midst and we will continue to 881 00:54:00,200 --> 00:54:03,900 pray as we wait, and we will continue to sing and rejoice for 882 00:54:03,900 --> 00:54:07,400 the season that we are in believing that those baskets 883 00:54:07,400 --> 00:54:12,000 will come and believing that you have not forgotten us as we have 884 00:54:12,000 --> 00:54:15,400 Faithfully served. You, you are a good God lord. 885 00:54:15,400 --> 00:54:18,100 We worship you. We worship you because you have 886 00:54:18,100 --> 00:54:19,600 spoken to our hearts this afternoon. 887 00:54:19,600 --> 00:54:21,900 We thank you for Angie's baptism. 888 00:54:22,200 --> 00:54:23,500 May your hand be on. Her life. 889 00:54:23,500 --> 00:54:26,400 We thank you for every saint. In this place, may your hand 890 00:54:26,400 --> 00:54:29,300 continue to be on their lives for the person in this place 891 00:54:29,300 --> 00:54:32,400 that there's a know. You may they see the compassion 892 00:54:32,400 --> 00:54:36,300 of Jesus Christ that it is not just for then it is for them. 893 00:54:36,400 --> 00:54:41,600 Now here today that they would respond by surrendering to you 894 00:54:41,600 --> 00:54:45,200 as the ninevites then and repenting and turning from their 895 00:54:45,200 --> 00:54:47,300 sin. Realizing that you are the one 896 00:54:47,300 --> 00:54:50,800 who gives life and life abundant and Jesus name we pray. 897 00:54:51,100 --> 00:54:54,800 Amen. And I let stand Church and 898 00:54:54,800 --> 00:54:55,500 worship.