Sermon - 7/25/21

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Religion

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I am sure many of you are familiar with the movie Forrest Gump. If you know the story, you will remember the part where Forrest begins running. As he runs and runs and runs, a crowd begins to follow him, and the people cannot seem to get enough of what they see as they watch him continue to run. Then, at one point, Forrest simply decides he is done running and it is time to stop and go home. When that happens, one person in the perplexed crowd asks, “What will we do? What will we do?” What will we do? This is the question we find in today’s gospel reading. Today’s gospel passage, the feeding of the 5,000, is the only miracle story found in all four of the gospels. And, it is found twice in two of the gospels. So. that means it is quite important and this question is significant. In Matthew, Mark, and Luke, when faced with the perplexing problem of feeding so many people, the disciples are the ones to ask Jesus the question, “What will we do?” But, as we read John’s version of this story, we discover there is a major twist in the tale. In John’s gospel we hear Jesus asking Philip, “What will we do?” Jesus has been continually moving through Galilee doing the work of ministry – teaching, speaking words of hope, and healing people. The crowds begin to follow him around because of the miraculous healings they have seen. And, in today’s story, 5,000+ people follow him up a mountain wanting to see more of his astonishing healing power. Jesus surveys the crowd and, already knowing what he is going to do, he is the one who asks Philip this test question, “Where are we to buy bread for these people to eat? They are hungry. So, what are we going to do?” Jesus is the one who asks the disciples and, by extension, asks the likes of each one of us, “What are we going to do? How are we going to deal with this problem of hunger?” Hunger is a universal experien

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