MAY 26 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#17 “How many loaves do you have?” (Matthew 15:34)

 

MAY 26  THE JESUS QUESTIONS  

JQ#17  “How many loaves do you have?”  

(Matthew 15:34)

LIVING FOR JESUS  Daily Prayer    

JESUS, Jesus, Jesus ——— there is NO other Name that we can call on

 that produces such “LIFE” as that which You Provide for believers ———

 abundant and free, for You have paid the price for the penalty of sin! 

All sin, which was taken upon Yourself as You faced death and the grave

 all alone on that Cross at Calvary has been atoned for by Your Blood

 which was shed for the sins of the world! 

Who can explain the mind of God that chose to correct the sin problem

 by such a Great Sacrifice of giving to an undeserving world the Precious Gift

 of His Innocent, Only-Begotten Son so that God’s Grace could be extended

 to all that “Repent” and turn from their sin. 

No, we cannot explain the mind of God but we can see and know for 

ourselves the Heart of God because His Plan for us and our “Good”

 has been executed and as Jesus said when He had accomplished 

ON THE CROSS

 the “Work” of the Father, 

“It is Finished!”

 Praise the Heart of God and the Great Sacrifice of His Son 

that all who believe “shall not perish”, so my prayer Lord Jesus is 

“lead us in paths of righteousness 

for His Name’s sake and deliver us from evil” 

for Your’s is the Eternal Kingdom Forever!     

AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus is the fulfillment of the words Abraham spoke to his son Isaac

 as both were being obedient to the Will of God and were climbing the

 mountain where God had commanded Abraham to offer his son Isaac

 as a “sacrifice”, when Isaac turned to his father Abraham and asked, 

“…but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” 

Abraham who had been told by God, 

“…take now your son, your only son Isaac…and offer him…”

 turned to Isaac who was carrying the fire and the wood

 for this momentous sacrifice spoke these “Prophetic” words,

 “My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb…” 

(Genesis 22:8) 

God’s Plan of Salvation was revealed through Abraham’s obedience

 to the will of the Father when Abraham raised the knife to sacrifice

 his only son for an Angel of the Lord spoke and told Abraham 

not to harm Isaac!  Abraham had been Faithful in being obedient to God

 and had in effect “offered” Isaac and proved that he would be obedient

 to the Father’s Will. 

God had demonstrated that His Plan of Salvation 

also included a “Substitute” —— 

for God had intended from before creation 

to solve the sin problem of the world by providing Jesus 

as the “Lamb without blemish”, 

His Only Begotten Son (Genesis 22:1-14). 

We read the confirmation of God’s Plan to resolve the sin issue

 in the book of Revelation when at the end of time 

that there is scheduled the separation

 of the sinners from the repentant, 

fulfilling the

 Teaching of Jesus in the parable of the 

“separating the wheat from the tares”  —— 

as the “repentant” will have their names written in 

“the book of Life of the Lamb

 slain from the foundation of the world…”. 

(Revelation 13:8) 

but those that have not accepted 

God’s Plan of Salvation ——— Jesus Christ ——— 

will burn eternally in the lake of fire! 

Yes God is very serious about “Life” 

and God does not want any to “perish” 

so God provided the “Lamb” 

in the form of His Only Begotten Son Jesus 

who was “Sacrificed” for the sins of the world. 

Jesus is Teaching in 

JQ#17 “How many loaves do you have?”

 that the greatest problem in our lives is getting “bread” 

for our very existence and Jesus boldly states that

 “leaven” represents sin and death ——

Jesus declares Himself 

as the answer to sin when He states:

 “I Am the Bread of Life” 

(John 6:35) 

It is important that we understand that God provides the 

“Bread and the Lamb” 

but we must be obedient to Him to “offer sacrifice”

 and to “beware” of the doctrine of sin

 that we allow into our lives (Repent) 

and consume the “bread” that gives “life”.

 Don’t you think it is reasonable to assume that since God 

wrote an entire book centered around 

His Only Begotten Son and His Death on a Cross 

as the Atonement of Sin, 

and that our Eternal Destiny rests 

on our “believing in Jesus”, 

and that God is truly serious about “sin”? 

The Bible front to back, every jot and tittle, 

is a picture of “Salvation — God’s Greatest Gift” — 

can you not reach out and accept His Gift? 

God not only will give you your “daily bread” — 

He is Gracious and Merciful 

and desires “abundant life” for you 

and He will also give you 

butter and jam for your “bread”!!!

MAY 25 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#17 “How many loaves do you have?” (Matthew 15:34)

 

MAY 25  THE JESUS QUESTIONS  

JQ#17 “How many loaves do you have?”  

(Matthew 15:34)

LIVING FOR JESUS  Daily Prayer   

JESUS, Thank You Lord that “our sin” took top priority in Your concerns.

 The more I study and see the mighty works of God accomplished 

in the life of this sinner and read of the mighty miracles God orchestrated 

among entire nations of sinners, I am overwhelmed with how much “effort”

 that the Father God, His Only Begotten Son, and the Powerful Spirit of God

 has expended on the correction of man’s greatest problem,

 PERSONAL sin. 

And to think that man volunteers to sin so easily and to recognize that 

man has brought the curse of sin upon himself, it makes Grace that 

much more Merciful! 

God who is uncreated and does not need us for 

His Self-existence,

 has chosen to address the “sin problem” for us

 and has gone to extreme lengths to provide “atonement” for our sins

 and a path by which we can attain His Forgiveness, 

and we fail to recognize that

 God has had a plan all along,

 

from the first words God spoke after creation 

to the last words He will speak before time itself comes to an end — 

all His efforts have been to address sin in our lives! 

Praise God, 

for without Him 

there would be 

no life, 

no forgiveness, 

and no 

HOPE FOR A FUTURE!!!     

AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus asked this simple Question but just like all Questions Jesus asked, 

the Question is for our learning benefit 

and not to provide information or knowledge to Jesus. 

If we find ourselves lost on a journey we will stop and ask directions 

but we know with all certainty that Jesus is NOT LOST 

so the Questions that He asks are actually to give directions to us. 

Jesus Teaches us by asking Questions that make us reflect 

on our “common knowledge” 

and He encourages us with the Questions 

to “reason within ourselves”by using

 the intellect that God has bestowed on everyone, 

and thereby Jesus Teaches that if we will 

but stop and look at the world around us

 and use our God-given faculties to consider the 

Truth of God 

that He reveals to us with our day-to-day experiences, that 

we will come to an “understanding” that will lead us 

into the knowledge of God and the beginning of wisdom. 

This Lesson Jesus is Teaching on “bread” is one such Lesson 

where Jesus uses something everyone 

of every generation and culture can relate to — 

“bread”.

 We can easily tie many Teachings of God together using “bread” 

like this passage which is specifically built around “bread”, 

and as Jesus mentions “leaven” 

our thoughts should turn to the

 Passover when God demonstrated His Power 

to “free” His people from our “slavery” 

and also to the greatest thing that enslaves every generation,

 “sin”, 

so the Passover is significant because of the command of God 

to eat “unleavened bread” as the death angel passed over 

all who had applied the blood 

and those that had complied with God’s commands 

were saved from the plague of death 

God released in order to free His people from slavery! 

Then, more “bread” as King David ate the “Showbread” 

as he went about doing the work of God. 

Jesus in this passage is recognized as the “Son of David” 

and Jesus is also using “bread” to accomplish His Work for the Kingdom, 

and soon the culmination of the entire ministry of Jesus

 will be summed up as Jesus takes a loaf of “bread” and 

“breaks bread” 

and declares 

“this is my body which was broken for you”

 (Matthew 26:26) 

and Jesus specifically stated: 

“For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.” 

(Matthew 18:11) 

So we can easily see that bread has been used by God

 and that God has been 

“planning” our salvation 

from the first words God spoke, 

“Let there be light” (Genesis 1:3)

 

which was to address the darkness and emptiness of the world, 

which we all know is a picture of sin. 

The entire Bible is God executing His Plan for His chosen people 

to free us from our selfishness which expresses itself as “sin” 

as we reject God, 

yet God parts the sea and provides for our safety 

even in the worst storms and then to seal-the-deal,

 God because of His Love for this sinful world, 

“gave His only begotten Son 

that whosoever believes in [Jesus] 

shall not perish but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16) 

If we will but listen to the Master Teacher we can learn the

 Truth of God 

and apply even the simplest things,

 such as the eating of bread, 

to remind us of the Great Love of God 

and turn from our sin 

and as the multitudes did when Jesus healed them, 

we will marvel at His Grace, 

we will worship at His feet, 

and we will glorify the God of Israel. 

Don’t you think that 

GOD’S PLAN 

is a 

GOOD PLAN?