Hear the messages that Father Jeremiah delivers each week
to the congregation of Grace Anglican.
Christ’s feeding of the five thousand reveals to us the mercy of God toward us in our deepest needs. God has promised throughout Scripture that he will show forth his mercy and he does so such that it is right to say that his almighty power is chiefly declared through his mercy.
Image: Christ Feeding the Five Thousand, Public Domain. Image locaiton: https://picryl.com/media/christ-feeding-the-five-thousand-from-bl-royal-16-g-iii-f-86-5b38ed
Jesus’ feeding of the 5000 is more than a mere event in the his ministry. Jesus is fulfilling many events of God feeding his people and caring for them from the Old Testament. With that we discover that there is a greater fulfillment to this feeding to be found at the end of Jesus’ earthly ministry.
Image: Jesus Feeding the Multitude, Gustave Doré, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
How do we respond to Jesus’ multiplying the loaves and fishes? What was the meaning of it then? How do we understand it for today? There are many things are happening in St. John’s telling of this event and Father Jeremiah delves into some of them for us to consider in this sermon from St. John 6.1-15
Image: The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes, Jacopo Tintoretto, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Image location: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Miracle_of_the_Loaves_and_Fishes_MET_DT5476.jpg
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Mailing Address: P.O. Box 551081, Gastonia, NC 28054
