NT Come Follow Me 14
Introduction:
Peter had enough faith in the Lord to try to walk on the
water. What about you? Are you accepting His invitations and challenges to set
out of your comfort zones and to do something challenging? Have faith enough to
know that He loves you, and He absolutely wants things to work out for you.
Will you get things in order that you need to get in order so that you can go
back to school? So that you can go and visit Eliza. Pray more. Ask for His way.
Personal Study: Jesus Christ honors His Father.
Pay attention to the
relationship that Heavenly Father and Jesus have when you read John 5:16-47.
How can you strengthen your own relationship with Heavenly Father?
Personal Study: The Savior can magnify my humble offerings to
accomplish His purposes.
Instead of
concentrating on your inadequacies, concentrate on the Lord’s might and mercy.
He can multiple our efforts for the good of others and for our own good as
well.
Remember when you do one small thing, just showing some initiative, the Lord blessed
you to accomplish so much more.
Personal Study: Jesus Christ invites me to set aside my fears
and doubts and exercise faith in Him.
Matthew 14:22–33
Mark 6:45–52
John 6:15–21
Jesus who can calm the troubled seas can also walk on them. Just remember with
Him all things are possible, even if they are not expedient for us. We might
not walk on water, but we should have faith to do what the Lord would have us
do.
Be like Peter; be like Nephi 1 Nephi 3:7 Can you step outside a boat to walk on water?
Can you build a boat for your families to cross the ocean? If the Lord asks you
to, He can help you do it. Oh ye of little faith.
Personal Study: As a disciple of Jesus Christ, I must be willing
to believe and accept the truth, even when it is hard to do.
John 6:48 When Jesus told his disciples that He is the bread of life, He also said that they needed to eat of it. They didn’t understand what He was saying, and many departed from following Him. John 6:60
Jesus is the Bread of Life and the Living Water. We have felt that, we have tasted of the goodness, we’ve had faith in Him and a witness from the Spirit. When we are disturbed by something new, how should we react? If we leave Jesus, there is absolutely no where for us to go. John 6:68–69
Hold on to your faith and seek understand. And trust in the Lord.
To Whom Shall We Go?
Family Study: How Many Loaves and
Fishes does it take to feed five thousand men (plus women and children)?
When has the Lord multiplied your efforts? Through a
priesthood blessing Bob gave me, the Lord blessed me with a greater capacity to
love, when I was having challenges with parenting.
Family Study: The
Shipped was tossed to and fro, but Jesus said to fear not.
How can you learn to calm your fears when the Spirit has
already comforted you to quiet your fears? How can you gain the trust to keep
your eyes on the Savior and not on the storm? How can you learn to spend your
time practicing those things that tend to build faith instead of turning to
trivial pursuits for escape?
Family Study: How can
the Lord make us whole?
Family Study: How are
we nourished by the food we eat?
John 6:35 Why is Jesus the Bread of Life? What does that mean for us?
How do we eat the bread of life? How does faith in Jesus Christ nourish you?
The Living Bread Which Came Down from Heaven
How Great the Wisdom
and the Love
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/nt/matt/14?lang=eng
John the
Baptist is beheaded—Jesus feeds the five thousand and walks on the sea—Those
who touch the hem of His garment are made whole.
Vs 13-14 When Jesus heard of John's death, he departed to a solitary
place to be alone; but people followed after Him. In his compassion and mercy,
He healed their sick.
Vs 16 Jesus had gone to a
solitary place to be alone, but he welcomed the mulititudes and healed them;
and when the disciples would that he'd send them away, He said, No, they can
stay, they don't have to go. Feed them.
Vs 17-22 Jesus multipled
the fish and bread to feel thousands of people. He delighted in blessing,
teaching, and feeding His flock. He was a good host. He saw the company of
people off Himself.
Vs 27-51 Make sure that
you don't let little momentary fears cloud your vision and turn your focus away
from the Lord. Trust in Him. Decide each day to follow Him and walk with Him.
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/nt/mark/6?lang=eng
Jesus
sends forth the Twelve—John the Baptist is beheaded by Herod—Our Lord feeds the
five thousand, walks on the water, and heals multitudes.
Vs 1-5 Acknowledge the Diety in
everyone. Jesus should be accepted everywhere. And we should accept those who
are in our families and communities and not judge people to be of little worth,
not ever.
Vs 7-9 Missionaries are to
leave behind the things of the world and only take what is necessary for their
service.
Vs 22-26 Don't make
blanket promises when you have no idea what you are promising to. It is
foolishness.
Vs 30-32 After John's
death, Jesus and His apostles resorted to a private place to rest.
Vs 33-34 His followers
found out and got there before Jesus and the apostles. He had compassion on
them and taught them...then He miraculous fed them (in verses following).
Vs 37 How can we as
followers of Jesus Christ feed the multitudes? We are commanded to give them to
eat. How? Invite them to Come unto Christ.
Vs 49-51 When you feel
encompassed by darkness and the cares of the world. When your anxious, and your
anxiety feels like guilt, turn to Him; He will offer you peace, calm,
reassurance, and mercy. Look to Him in every thought. Doubt not. Fear not.
Vs 55-56 People heard of
Jesus and flocked to Him. His Church which bears His Priesthood, His ordinances
and His gospel need to be more inviting, so that people will flock to Zion and
long to be made whole.
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/nt/john/5?lang=eng
Jesus heals an invalid on the Sabbath—He explains
why men must honor the Son—Jesus promises to take the gospel to the dead—Man is
resurrected, judged, and assigned his glory by the Son—Jesus obeys the divine
law of witnesses.
Pay attention to how the
Lord made people whole? How has He made you whole? John 5:1-16
Vs 6-8 Our faith needs to
be firmly placed on the Lord Jesus Christ and the doctrine He teaches. We can
be made whole through faith on Him and repentance.
Pay attention to the
relationship that Heavenly Father and Jesus have when you read John 5:16-47.
How can you strengthen your own relationship with Heavenly Father?
Vs 16-24 Jesus confirmed
what they thought and did not deny it. He is the Son of God. Our Father has
made His Son equal to Him and commited judgment into His hand.
Vs 25-32 Jesus's authority is from God. He has proper
judment. He has power over death. Through Him all will be resurrected. He is
honest and fair.
39 ¶ Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal
life: and they are they which testify of me.
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/nt/john/6?lang=eng
Jesus
feeds the five thousand—He walks on the sea—He is the living manna sent from
God—Salvation is gained by eating living bread—Jesus explains how men eat His
flesh and drink His blood—Peter testifies that Jesus is the Messiah.
Vs 5-13 I like this account of Jesus feeding the multitude. He truly had
the power to do it. And His power can be with us as we also try to feed others.
I know that my parents had miracles serving on their missions, feeding the
hungry elders out of their own meager store. My mom mixed up pancakes and they
were filled.
Mom also did this when we were very young. She wanted to make sure
Dad paid tithing on the gross. Even the grocery money was shorter then, she
mixed up pancakes for us children. Someone who was going back to the states
brought her over a huge amount of flour, because they didn't want it to go bad.
Jesus asks us to take no thought for the morrow, but he also asks
us to exercise faith every day.
Vs 14-15 People recognized that Jesus must be the
Christ, but they didnt' quite get what His mission is.
Vs 32-40 Jesus truly is
the bread from heaven. If we believe in Him and on Him, and if we make
covenants with Him and His Father, we will find the spiritual nourishment that
can sanctify us and make us holy. We can be saved through His grace.
Vs 47-51 This a a spiritual oneness that we can develop with Christ by
partaking of the sacrament and keeping His commandment.
Is it a hard saying? If taken literally, it is an odd saying, even
now. We need to understand the Lord's role in our lives and our utter
dependence upon Him for our salvation.
Vs 67-69 If
both believe and are sure, then keep following Jesus. If doubts ever arise,
keep believing and holding on to the sure witnesses you've already received.
After knowing the true Savior, there is no where else to go to be spiritually
fed and gain salvation.
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