Jesus begins to reveal to His disciples what will be required of Him as the Christ in the coming days, and it is not what they expected. We can learn from their misunderstanding as well.
In the events of this section of Matthew, Jesus interacts very differently with a person in need. In doing so, He reveals some deep perspectives that need to change.
The religious leaders who came looking for Jesus found a problem with the way the Disciples were handling their traditions. Jesus found a problem with the way the religious leaders were handling the commandments of God. In this interaction, Jesus teaches us what really matters.
In this message we study a very well known account of the miraculous provision of food for a very large crowd. We also look at how this event impacted the disciples and future followers of Jesus.
We often forget that Jesus experienced the difficulties, struggles and sorrows of human life like we do. In this portion of Matthew, we see two different circumstances that Jesus faced and can learn how He handled them.