Tag: Gospel

Jesus will provide for the eternal life of those The Father gives and will transform and redeem their lives.

Jesus makes those who were blind to see, physically and spiritually, as witnesses to His glory.

Jesus makes those who were blind to see, physically and spiritually, as witnesses to His glory.

Jesus is the promised provision of God and all who come to Him will be filled.

Jesus is the promised provision of God and all who come to Him will be filled.

Jesus is the promised provision of God and all who come to Him will be filled.

Jesus is the promised provision of God and all who come to Him will be filled.

Jesus Christ is the bread of life who gives to those who come to Him from a never-ending supply.

John quickly transitions to the next scene with the phrasing of “after this.” Yet, for all the controversy that Jesus brought with Him, the stories of His miracles had circulated widely. Now, a large crowd had amassed and followed Him looking for their own healing and miracle. With such a large crowd, the issue quickly arose as to how the thousands of people would be fed. Jesus asks Philip, being the one who lives closest to this region, how they could possibly feed this entire crowd. Yet, even knew the impossibility of this request in such a short time. It would take a year’s salary to just give a taste to everyone who had arrived.

Following the healing of the lame man at the pool of Bethesda, the Pharisees stood against the teachings and methods of Jesus Christ. He had openly shirked their authority and customs by healing on the Sabbath in an unconventional way while presenting the religious leaders with an ethical conundrum that they could not openly speak against the healing. Their religious system seemed to be crumbling under their rule and now they sought to determine who undermined their system and by what authority this strange new teacher did so. Now, Jesus proclaimed Himself to be equal with God, something the Pharisees could not stand and they sought to kill him.