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Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand
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Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks,
and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the
same with the fish. When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his
disciples, "Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be
wasted." So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with
the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.[John 6:11~13]
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Today
Jesus Christ crosses the Galilee by boat.
The
Galilee is also known as Tiberias River.
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When
people saw Jesus Christ¡¯s arrival, a large group of people gathered. They
gathered to meet Jesus Christ because they saw Jesus performing a miracle of
healing sick people.
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Jesus
Christ went up to the valley for others to be able to see him well. And he
preached to those many people who came about the kingdom of heaven. While
listening to Jesus, the people who gathered there were deeply into the words
of Jesus that they didn¡¯t even notice that how much time had passed.
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And Jesus
healed each and every person who came to be healed.
And as the
time passed by a lot more of people gathered.
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Upon
seeing the people who came to him to be healed Jesus felt sad. He
wanted to give food to those people who forgot to eat just for the sake of
listening to the words of heaven.
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So Jesus
spoke to Apostle Philip, ¡°Where can we buy loaves of
bread to feed all these people who gathered here?¡±
Jesus
wanted to know the faith of Philip.
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When
Philip heard this he said,¡± Jesus, even if these
people will eat one bite per loaf
of bread, it will cost a lot of money.¡±Philip
told Jesus that it¡¯s impossible to feed all these people.
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At that
time, another Apostle Andrea, came and told Jesus,
¡°Jesus,
this boy here have 5 breads and 2 fishes.
But there
is no way we can feed them with just this.¡±
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All the
Apostles though that it was impossible for them to feed all these people.
And the
reason why they thought that was because the people gathered there were 5000
men, adding in women and children, there were about 20000 people there. The
apostles couldn¡¯t find a way.
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Jesus told
the Disciples,¡± Go and tell the people to sit on the
ground.¡±
The
Disciples got confused but they followed his words.
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Jesus
prayed to the LORD with the 5 loaves of bread and two little fish that the
little child brought.
All the
people gathered there didn¡¯t understand what Jesus was doing.
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When Jesus
was done with his prayer, he gave the loaves of breads and fishes to the
disciples.
¡± Now go and distribute these to the people.¡±
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So the
disciples followed the words of Jesus and they distributed the breads and fishes
to the people gathered there.
The
amazing thing is that even they continuously gave the bread and fishes, it
continued to be remade.
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The
disciples got excited and distributed the bread and fish.
Not one
person was without bread or fish. Everyone
there ate breads and fishes and had as much as they wanted.
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But the
more amazing thing was that even though everyone ate the food as they pleased;
there was food was left and the leftovers filled 12 baskets.
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And when
the people saw this miracle, they truly admitted that Jesus Christ was sent
to earth by God. Jesus Christ whom we believe is a truly only son of living
God. He is a truly living God for whom nothing is impossible.
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Jesus
Christ who fed 20000 people with 5 bread and 2 fish is our God who prays for
us. Because when we believe him with all our faith he will make us honorable
and use us as servants of God. So let¡¯s believe in these and become a person
who has great faith.
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Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand