We learn from this passage that the ministry of the Christian Church (represented by the apostles and disciples of our Lord, here) is to feed those who are, as it says in our text, “continuing with Him”. It is the obligation of every individual Christian and every Christian church to think seriously about how they can help other people around them. And more particularly, I am trying to draw your attention to the people who are continuing on with us. They are the people who are regular visitors to our church and they are getting to know us. They are beginning to learn what it means to be a Christian. They are hearing the teaching and they are willing to receive the truth of the Word of God, even at a cost to themselves. Here in our text, Jesus orchestrated this miracle for the multitudes, not only that they might fed, but also so that the disciples might be taught. This was for the training of the twelve, but it is also for our instruction as well. Both Jesus and the disciples who were closest to Him ministered to these people in this miraculous way in the wilderness so that each of us will grapple with what we can do for others around us. So let us think together, 1st of all this morning, about the compassion of Jesus. Then 2nd - We will think about the question of the disciples. And 3rd, we will think about the meal and the leftovers.
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Pastor Paul Rendall was born in November of 1951, and grew up in Davenport, Iowa. He went to college at Drake University and the University of Iowa where he received a B.A. degree in Social Work and History in 1974. Paul searched for truth in all the wrong places in college, but...
