"And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto him. And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things. And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed: Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat. He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat? He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes. And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass. And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties. And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all. And they did all eat, and were filled. And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes. And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men."
Today's lesson relates the miracle of the "loaves and fishes" wherein Jesus fed five thousand people with five loaves of bread and two fishes.
Even though Jesus worked the miracle, defined in this lesson, it demonstrates to us how through faith, any problem that might confront those of us who believe in Jesus Christ and the power of His Holy Spirit, can easily be solved by and through our absolute faith in Him.
The days of using miracles to convince people of the authenticity of Jesus as the Son of God are over. However, the only reason many believers don't see miracles in their own lives today is because of a lack of sufficient faith. When the Apostles asked why they could not cast out a certain devil Jesus said, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me. And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour. Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you"(Matthew 17:17-20)
Many who wear the coat of Christianity today, don't seem to recognize the awesomeness of this promise! If all of us who claim to believe in the almighty power of the Holy Spirit would pull together enough faith, we could ease all the suffering, not only in our own lives, but in the lives of all of those for whom we pray.~
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