Pastor Lowell Nelson teaches about Mark 8:1-10 "The Savior's Sufficiency" on 1/4/2026 for our Sunday service.
Mark 8:1-10
Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand
1 In those days, the multitude being very great and having nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples to Him and said to them, 2 "I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now continued with Me three days and have nothing to eat. 3 "And if I send them away hungry to their own houses, they will faint on the way; for some of them have come from afar." 4 Then His disciples answered Him, "How can one satisfy these people with bread here in the wilderness?" 5 He asked them, "How many loaves do you have?" And they said, "Seven." 6 So He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. And He took the seven loaves and gave thanks, broke them and gave them to His disciples to set before them; and they set them before the multitude. 7 They also had a few small fish; and having blessed them, He said to set them also before them. 8 So they ate and were filled, and they took up seven large baskets of leftover fragments. 9 Now those who had eaten were about four thousand. And He sent them away, 10 immediately got into the boat with His disciples, and came to the region of Dalmanutha.
Mark 8: 1-10 continues to show the identity and authority of Jesus during the recorded event of the feeding of the 4000 in Gentile territory.
People see this event as yet another miracle among many.
They are correct to a point, but this event is more of a message of mercy and compassion that resulted in a miracle.
Yes, this event is another example of His Power, but more so it reveals the expression of His heart. The constant struggle of Compassion vs Calculation.
