Jesus was a popular figure after he fed the crowd by the Sea of Galilee. However, not so very long afterwards, people are starting to leave in him droves and then he asks the disciples if they are going to leave as well? Peter, always the first to speak, says, “Lord, to whom shall we […]

The day after Jesus has fed the 5,000 all the people go again to find Jesus.  They even travel across the lake in order to get to him, believing that he could once again feed them.  Yet later, when Jesus says you need to believe in me – that is too hard, a step too […]

What Paul is doing right throughout this letter is putting steal into Timothy’s weak frame. Timothy was timid, shy, reserved and young. Timothy not only had to deal with his character, which was naturally reserved but he had to deal with a political atmosphere that was anti-Christian, plus a difficult congregation, plus those who had […]

I sometimes think that it is good that people are searching for things but so often people are searching for the wrong kinds of things. The assumption is that if you have something or experience something that you will be happy, but the truth is that this is never the case. What is far more […]

Paul goes through immense difficulties and in fact suffers many disappointments, the greatest being that those he should have counted as friends were not there for him. What made the difference was that God was by his side and sustained him. Lord will, we too will be alongside those who we consider to be Christian […]

The people want to make Jesus king by force and yet he withdraws from them.  He knows his purpose and is not tempted to deviate.  Sending his disciples away he then comes to them during a storm walking on water.  The key point is to see that Jesus comes to them and therefore to you […]

Some people really had it in for Paul, like Alexander the metal worker. Paul warns Timothy about him and then says that he has handed him over to the Lord. The question for us is how we deal with these kind of hurts and what it means to hand a person over to the Lord.

Jesus in this section of chapter 6 feeds 5000 men.  While some conclusions may be drawn from this passage alone, it must bee seen as part of the whole chapter.  Jesus really performs this miracle in order to set up his teaching about himself being the bread of life.  After this teaching, many no longer […]