Mark 8:18 "And do you not remember? 19 When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" They said to him, "Twelve." 20 "And the seven for the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" And they said to him, "Seven." 21 And he said to them, "Do you not yet understand?"
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The disciples had seen Jesus multiply a few loaves of bread and a few fish in a work of creation to feed thousands. Now they have gotten into the boat together and have realized that they only have one loaf of bread. This has spawned a discussion...perhaps an argument... about the failure to bring enough food. Jesus is in the boat with them and they have forgotten His power to provide.
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Like those who followed Jesus, even though we have seen our needs met over and over by our Lord...somehow we forget about His faithfulness. We are used to providing for ourselves...or so we think...But who truly provides our bread and all else we need?
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And to make things worse, the disciples could think only of the missing bread when Jesus was trying to teach them an important spiritual lesson: Mark 8:15 "And he cautioned them, saying, "Watch out; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod."
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Do we love the food we eat more than the truth we know?
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What is the true bread? Who is the true provider?
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Let us remember!
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blessings,
Rob Smith
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"Death is inevitable. Life is a choice!"
John 11:25
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live."
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