Matthew 14:19 And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.

1. God is always doing amazing things with __________.

2. Jesus is not __________ by our ____________.

3. At the Lord's Supper, Jesus is feeding the multitudes with the __________ of __________.

Scripture Readings
Isaiah 55:1-5
Romans 9:1-13
Matthew 14:13-21

Take It With You!

Here we will offer thoughts and meditations on the message to help us as we contemplate and discuss and wrestle with what we are hearing.

In addition, there is some sort of connection between the Bread of Life Discourse in John 6 and the Lord's Supper, and in that discourse, faith-full eating and drinking of the Son of Man's flesh and blood result in resurrection on the last day (John 6:54). As we kneel, then, in repentant faith before the altar rail to receive the Supper, may we not call to mind the grand trajectory of God's way of nurturing his people, his compassion for all their needs that arise from the brokenness and sin that still trouble the creation and our lives during the present age? And might we not also, then, believe that the physical eating of Christ's true body and true blood-received with our mouths - will be God's instrument to strengthen and preserve us in body and soul to everlasting life? I think we may. Such a belief is evident in the post-Communion blessing to be spoken by the pastor upon the congregation:

The body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ strengthen and preserve you in body and soul to life everlasting. Depart in peace.

Jeffery A. Gibbs, Concordia Commentary: Matthew 11:2-20:34.