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Daily Bible Thought: Finding Loaves in the Desert?

Matt.15:29 Jesus departed there, and came near to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and sat there.
15:30 Great multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others, and they put them down at his feet. He healed them, 15:31 so that the multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking, injured whole, lame walking, and blind seeing--and they glorified the God of Israel. 15:32 Jesus summoned his disciples and said, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way."
15:33 The disciples said to him, "Where should we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?" 15:34 Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" They said, "Seven, and a few small fish." 15:35 He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground; 15:36 and he took the seven loaves and the fish. He gave thanks and broke them, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes. 15:37 They all ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over. 15:38 Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children. 15:39 Then he sent away the multitudes, got into the boat, and came into the borders of Magdala.

The things from below are the things of man mixed often into the word of God, but they are not miraculous from above! Jesus did all things perfectly, his every action and word brought glory not to the flesh, but to the glory of his Father in heaven YHWH.

Luke 19:38 saying, "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!{Psalm 118:26} Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!"

Luke 21:27 Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

John 1:14 The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 5:41 I don't receive glory from men.

John 5:44 How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don't seek the glory that comes from the only God?

John 7:18 He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

John 8:50 But I don't seek my own glory. There is one who seeks and judges.

Many are confused today with religions, they do many fine works in feeding the poor, some even using Christ example here, but then, and as always, the corruption from below filter into the work causing pain, suffering, and disappointment for the faith of others. It is as if the good, and then comes the evil mixed tightly together, like picking fruit from a thorn bush, like light always varying into shadows from good to bad. But have you notice when Christ performs a work for his Father there was only good, and the good lasted forever?

James 1:16 Don't be deceived, my beloved brothers.
1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow. 1:18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

Matt. 7:17 Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit. 7:18 A good tree can't produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.

But do you know why? Well, here is the story of the whole book of God to mankind, the bible, man has fallen into corruption, his corruption is death. It not only leads us into death eventually, but what we produce from our state of sin has good and bad in it, which is death to God's, who is the God of living, and not the dead. So when God says he is faithful and true, he is stating to us that he is life. In other words, he does not take corruption of mankind sin and make it better, or use part of human corruption having both good and evil in it. No! God make something new, he is the creator, he makes all things new for those loving him. Just as Christ did not tell his disciples; “ go buy food from the store and make some food for those that I am teaching”.

1 Corinthians 5:7 Purge out the old yeast, that you may be a new lump, even as you are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, has been sacrificed in our place.

Revelation 21:5 He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." He said, "Write, for these words of God are faithful and true."

Jesus did like just as his Father did in the wilderness, he made food from heaven, new, fresh, giving glory to God, no glory could go to mankind's efforts, but to you understand why? The why is that God has promise us he is making all things new, a new heavens, and a new earth. Now stop, and please think, what is mankind efforts doing through religion?

2 Peter 3:13 But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.

Luke 5:37 No one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed.

Matthew 13:33 He spoke another parable to them. "The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measures{literally, three sata. 3 sata is about 39 litres or a bit more than a bushel} of meal, until it was all leavened."

If you can be truthful with that question and see the fruit on the tree, and note how it only ends up in the same old, same old of corruption causing hurt and pain for those putting their trust and faith into man, than you have found the truth. Life cannot come to us by human efforts, let no one fool you! Life must come from above by God's efforts, as a gift to us like bread from heaven, what we eat must be without pollution of man's efforts under sin, free of yeast. We must be like Christ, and give only glory to God, or it is a mixture of good and evil the fruit of the corrupted fleshly mind.

Galatians 6:8 For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

1 Corinthians 15:50 Now I say this, brothers,{The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} that flesh and blood can't inherit the Kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption.

John 6:51 I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."

1 Corinthians 11:28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.

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