Matthew 14:14-21
14 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.15 And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.16 But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.17 And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.18 He said, Bring them hither to me.19 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.20 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.21 And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.
The Disciples PERSPECTIVE
The PEOPLE Were Too Many
Matthew 14:14 Jesus went forth, and saw a GREAT MULTITUDE
Matt 14:15 …send the MULTITUDE away…
John 6:5 Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a GREAT COMPANY come unto him,
John 6:9 What are 5 loaves and 2 fishes among so MANY
The PLACE Was Too Destitute
Matthew 14:15
15 And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
The PERIOD of Time Has Past
Matthew 14:15b
15 And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past
The PROVISIONS We Have are Too Small
John 6:8-9
8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto him, 9 There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
The Normal PLAN is Too Expensive
John 6:5b-7
…he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? 6 And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do. 7 Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.
Our Lord’s PERSPECTIVE
Our Lord’s PERSPECTIVE on the PLACE
John 6:10a
And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place.
Our Lord’s PERSPECTIVE on the PEOPLE
John 6:10b
10 And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
Our Lord’s PERSPECTIVE on their PROVISIONS
Matthew 14:17-18
17 And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes. 18 He said, Bring them hither to me.
John 6:11
11 And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would. 12 When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. 13 Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
Our Lord’s PERSPECTIVE on the Time PERIOD
- Time to sit
- Time to pray
- Time to minister
- Time to gather the Remains