sermon on five loaves and two fishes

Sermon Notes on Mark 6:35-44

Mark 6:35-44

The prequel

Read Mark 6:7, 6:12-13

Prequel- (7) called, equipped and sent

*full of evidence of Jesus’ divine power and likely full of confidence and faith in Jesus since Jesus has made them partakers of His divine annointing and power.

 

Movement 1, The miracle

 34When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things. 

35And when it grew late, his disciples came to him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is now late. 

36Send them away to go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.” 

37But he answered them, “You give them something to eat.” And they said to him, “Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give it to them to eat?”

38And he said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” And when they had found out, they said, “Five, and two fish.” 

39Then he commanded them all to sit down in groups on the green grass. 

40So they sat down in groups, by hundreds and by fifties.

 41And taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing and broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the people. And he divided the two fish among them all. 

42And they all ate and were satisfied. 

43And they took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and of the fish. 

44And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.

Lets look at the miracle

 

Movement two, Hard Hearts and Unbelief

48-52

 48And he saw that they were making headway painfully, for the wind was against them. And about the fourth watch of the night (wee hours, 3-6am) he came to them, walking on the sea. He meant to pass by them,

 49but when they saw him walking on the sea they thought it was a ghost, and cried out, 

50for they all saw him and were terrified. But immediately he spoke to them and said, “Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid.” 

51And he got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased.

 

Now Here is where we will park 

 And they were utterly astounded,

 52for they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.

Read it again

And they were utterly astounded,

 52for they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.

And they were utterly astounded,

for they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.

 

 

*Why is it important for us as believers to not have hard hearts of unbelief?*

 

How are we to respond to this word today about our hard hearts?

 

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