Homiletics Study: Gospel of John
Lesson 8 Passage: John 6:1-21
Content (List of Topics or Events)
Jesus’ Challenge: Feeding a gathering crowd (John 6:1-9) 1. A great crowd followed Jesus seeing signs Jesus performed… healing sick (1-2) 2. Jesus went up on a mountainside sitting down with disciples (3-4) 3. Seeing the crowd approaching asks Philip where shall we buy bread to feed these people? A test of Philip (5-6) 4. Philip responded with the enormity of the cost to feed with just a little bite (7) 5. Andrew spoke up sharing a small resource… a boy with 5 barley loaves and 2 small fish (8-9) | Jesus’ Solution: Miraculous feeding of loaves and fish with abundance. (John 6:10-15) 1. Jesus instructs disciples to have people sit down on the grass (10) 2. Jesus blessed what they had; loaves first and then fish, then distributed as much as each wanted (11) 3. Jesus said to the disciples to gather the left-over pieces not to allow waste (12) 4. Disciples gathered 12 baskets with pieces of barley loaves from leftovers (13) 5. The people seeing the sign began to recognize Jesus as prophet; Jesus knowing intensions withdrew by himself (14-15) | Unexpected Jesus: Disciples witness Jesus in turbulence coming to them walking on water (John 6:16-21) 1. Evening the disciples went down to lake getting into a boat set off to Capernaum without Jesus (16-17) 2. About 3 or 4 miles out a wind came up and water grew rough (18-19a) 3. Disciples see Jesus approaching boat walking on the water and become frightened (19b) 4. Jesus calms their fears saying “don’t be afraid” and they take Jesus into the boat. (20-21) |
Divisions (Main Blocks of Thought)
Jesus’ Challenge: Feeding a gathering crowd | John 6:1-9 |
Jesus’ Solution: Miraculous feeding of loaves and fish with abundance. | John 6:10-15 |
Unexpected Jesus: Disciples witness Jesus in turbulence coming to them walking on water | John 6:16-21 |
Subject Sentence (Summarizes the contents of the Divisions – No more than 10 words)
Jesus solves challenges feeding 5000, removing self and water-walking. |
Aim (Main Teaching Point of the Passage)
CTATLT that whatever the situation Jesus knows our need, takes our little and provides abundantly. |
Specific Application Questions
When challenged how do you see the solution? Do you ask God for His perspective? |
In what ways are you tapping into God’s abundance? What needs to change to live in His abundance? |
How does Jesus presence in our rough times calm your fears? |
Principles to Remember
Challenges can change our perspective |
Jesus provides for our needs in abundance |
Jesus can be present in the unexpected |
Characteristic of God
Has the answer to our needs |
Theme
Jesus uses circumstances to demonstrate that He is our resource in time of need. |
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