FEEDING THE HUNGRY
Never have the people of the world been more hungry than they are today. Not so much in the physical, as in lacking food to eat, but in the far more urgent sense, they are Spiritually starving.
God’s warning to the Prophet Amos is more true than ever:
My people perish for a lack of knowledge!”
(Hosea 4:6)
How can we who have freely received Jesus, His eternal salvation, His faith, His healing, His great and precious promises, His joy and gladness, and all of His great blessings, do nothing? How can we watch as they die eternally for lack of knowledge? How can we ignore their needs?
WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN FEEDING HIS SHEEP?
After Jesus rose from the dead, He walked on the earth performing many signs and wonders and teaching the people. Shortly before He ascended to His throne in Heaven, He appeared to the disciples and allowed Peter to redeem himself for His denials. Jesus asked Peter three times if he loved Him. Peter replied that he did three times. Then Jesus challenged Peter to demonstrate his love for Him by feeding His sheep.
“So when they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these others do—with total commitment and devotion?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” Jesus said to him, “FEED MY LAMBS!”
Again, He said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me with total commitment and devotion?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” Jesus said to him, “Shepherd, My sheep.”
Again, Jesus asked Peter, “Do you love Me ?” Peter was grieved that He asked him the third time, “Do you really love me?” And he said to Him, “Lord, You know everything; You know that I love You.” Jesus said to him, FEED MY SHEEP!
(John 21:15-19)
ANOTHER TEACHING FROM THE KING OF KING’S:
“It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”
(Mark 4:4)
“And Jesus said to them, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, you cannot have any life in you unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood. He who eats My flesh and drinks my blood has, now possesses, eternal life, and I will raise him from the dead. My flesh is true and genuine food; He who feeds on My flesh and drinks my blood dwells in Me, and I live continually in Him.
Just as the living Father sent Me and I live by the Father, even so, whoever continues to feed on me shall live through and because of Me”.
(John 6:53-57)
When Jesus says we are to eat His flesh and drink His blood, He is not talking about cannibalism. He means that we are to consume His Words and believe beyond doubt that He guaranteed every one of them with His blood. That is what true communion is.
Meditate on these words from the first chapter of the report of John the Disciple:
“In the beginning was the Word (Jesus), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
(John 1:1)
And the Word (Jesus) became flesh and tabernacled (fixed His tent of flesh, lived a while.) among us; and we saw His glory, His honor, His majesty, such glory as an only begotten Son receives from His father, full of grace and truth.
(John 1:14)
MEANING: Jesus and His Words and God are the same. (John 14:7-9) We are to demonstrate our love for them by feeding their sheep their “Good News Of Great Joy,” The Gospel of Jesus.
It has been God’s plan since He created humans in His image as His image bearers that they would evangelize the entire world. He wants everyone to love Him with all their hearts, serve Him and no other gods, and live with Him forever.
His plan was for those who worship Him and Him alone to be so blessed that folks who worship other gods or no gods would see the blessings of making God their God and want Him and come to serve Him.
They failed. The ancients failed by rejecting God and serving pagan gods. God created a new race of people to be His people, the Jews, and at first, they followed and served Him, but soon, they rejected Him for kings and laws and failed to evangelize the lost and hopeless people of the world. Now it is up to us.
So God came to the world and put on an earth suit. He walked the earth for thirty-three years, teaching us the Way to eternal life and unimaginable blessings. He came to show us the Way! The only Way!
This is the first part of the message that God wants me and you to deliver to the World now:
“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s house, there are many rooms. If it were not so, I would have told you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am, you may also be.
And you know the Way to where I am going.” Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the Way?”
Jesus told him, I AM THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE; NO MAN COMES TO THE FATHER BUT BY ME.
If you had known Me, you would have known my Father. From now on, you do know him and have seen Him.”
(John 14:1-7)
God has assigned each of us to take the Gospel to the entire world, immersing them in the name of The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit. Teaching them all that Jesus taught us. Jesus demonstrated His love for us in that while we were yet sinners, He died for us.
(Matthew 28:18)
WE CAN DEMONSTRATE OUR LOVE FOR JESUS BY FEEDING HIS SHEEP!
Have you ever wanted to do something for Jesus because you love Him so much? Nothing could be better than feeding His sheep.
The food we have been instructed to teach all the world’s people the Words of Jesus. We are to teach them that they have been found innocent by believing in Him. (John 3:16-18)
We are to teach them that God loves them so much just the way they are sin and all that He died the most horrid death anyone could or ever will, just to ransom them from the consequences of their sins so that if they believe in Him, they will be with Him forever.
We are to teach them that the only requirement for receiving eternal life and God’s great and precious promises is to believe in Jesus.
(John 3:16-18, John 6:28-29, Psalm 103:1-3 and 12, John 1:29, Isaiah 53:3-4, 1Peter2:24, Hebrews 8:12, Hebrews 10:10-18, Revelations 1:5)
Here is an excellent question from our teacher, Paul:
“Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
How will they call on him whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent?
(Romans 10:8-15)
