Theory question 105
Miracles of JesusSection B (Themes from the Four Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles)
(a) What circumstances led to Jesus' declaration of Himself as the 'Bread of Life'? (b) Identify three moral lessons in this story.
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(a) Jesus fed five thousand with five barley loaves and two fish (John 6:5-13).
The people wanted to make Him king by force, so He withdrew (John 6:14-15).
Next day the crowd looked for Him and found Him at Capernaum (John 6:22-25).
He said they sought Him because they ate their fill of the loaves, not because they saw signs (John 6:26).
He told them not to labour for food that perishes but for food that endures to eternal life (John 6:27).
They asked for a sign, recalling that their fathers ate manna in the wilderness (John 6:30-31).
He said it was His Father who gives the true bread from heaven, which gives life to the world (John 6:32-33).
They said, "Lord, give us this bread always" (John 6:34).
Jesus said, "I am the bread of life; he who comes to me shall not hunger" (John 6:35).
(b) Any three: seek spiritual things above material things; Jesus alone satisfies; believe in Jesus to have eternal life; do not follow Jesus for selfish gain; share what we have (the boy's loaves); avoid waste (fragments gathered).
Trace John 6:1-35, then three lessons.