Passage : 
Jesus Feeds the 5000
Tuesday November 14, 2023 Text: John 6:1-15; Luke 9:10-17; Mark 6:30-44; Matthew 14:13-21 Passages: John 6:1-15; Luke 9:10-17; Mark 6:30-44; Matthew 14:13-21
Jesus gives the people bread just as Moses did. The purpose was so that they would recognize Him as the one foretold and would look to Him to be saved.
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Jesus Has Compassion
Sunday August 6, 2023 Text: Matthew 14:13-21 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Matthew 14:13-21
The account of the feeding of the five thousand is one most of us are familiar with. Thinking back on this account, what part do you remember best? What stands out the most. For a lot of people, the focus of this miracle is that “they all ate and were full.” This is what the
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There Will Be Water If God Wills It
Tuesday August 8, 2017 Text: Matthew 14:13-21 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Matthew 14:13-21
Jesus does care about our earthly life and can and will provide all that we need for this life. Because Jesus provides all that we need we are free to give our lives in service to our Lord and our neighbor. The description of the miracle in John and Matthew is mostly the same, not much different. And yet John and Matthew both emphasize different points through the context in which they present it . Matthew puts it right after reminding us of the how Herod killed John the baptist. In so doing he presents Jesus as the King who gives and cares in contrast to the rulers of this world that kill and take.
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