Welcome to episode 55 of Grasp the Bible.  In this episode, we continue our study in the Book of Mark, covering chapter 6:30-56.  The series is called “Get in, buckle up, and hold on!”  Today, we discuss: 

• Jesus feeds the 5,000 (vv. 30-44) 
• Jesus walks on the water (vv. 45-52) 
• Jesus heals the multitudes (vv. 53-56) 

Key takeaways: 

• Mark presents Jesus as a second Moses.  There are lots of parallels between this account and the exodus account. 
• This great miracle of the feeding of the 5,000 teaches us how the second Moses, being far greater than Moses, meets the needs of his people and indeed the whole world. 
• Jesus fed with his teaching AND with food. 
• Instead of seeing the feeding opportunity through the eyes of faith, the disciples view it through the lens of practicality. 
• In the Old Testament, it is God who treads the waters.  By walking on the water, Jesus is acting with divine authority, doing what only God can do. 

Quotable: 

• Popularity and commitment have little in common. 

Application: 

• Jesus had compassion to meet both physical needs and lostness.  When we witness to others, we need to avoid a social gospel (one which focuses solely on meeting physical needs and leaves unspoken the greater need – the need for a savior). 
• The feeding miracle reminds us that spiritual success does not come through human effort or resources, but through trust and dependence on God. 
• While God does not call us to be naïve or reckless in our Christian life, He does call us to live by faith, believing that His will and purpose will be done. 
• So often when Christ comes to us in our misery, we reject him because we do not believe he will really come to our aid. We think he can help others, but that he is unaware of our situation and powerless. Or, in the perverse pathology of our hearts we may even reject his help when it comes because it does not come in the way we expected. Thus, we push away the very hand which would heal us. 
• Christ sees all and knows when we feel we are alone and fear that no one knows or cares. 
• God doesn’t always remove our obstacles but calms the wind and gives us strength to push toward our goal. 

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