Camp Horizon Update
In the first week: 17 campers made a profession of faith for the first time
Prayer Request; Mrs. Rebecca Gomez Tore ligaments in leg
John 6 - Feeding of the 5000
Only miracle (aside from the resurrection) that was in all 4 Gospels.
John provides the most details, compared to the other Gospels
Follows right after John the Baptist was beheaded and Jesus is grieving.
Overview
John 1: The lamb of God
John 2-3: Washing
John 4: the woman at the well
John 5: Pentecost
Purpose of Gospel of John: To show that Jesus is the Son of God
John 6
Sat as a teacher on the mountain
To teach his disciples
The Passover was near
v5 - A great company came unto him
John focuses on more of the other characters
We learn about Phillip
He was from this area
Jesus was asking him to test him
We learn about Andrew
He was Peter’s brother
He was always bringing someone to Jesus
He brought the boy to Jesus
The multitude planned to travel straight to Jerusalem
To have their meal in the big city
but they stopped and no one had anything except for this boy
They were entirely dependent on Jesus
All they had was a peasants lunch
Breaks the bread, blessed it
Distribution: from Jesus, to the disciples, to the people
The multitudes were filled: delightfully satisfied
There were 12 baskets of fragments gathered
The sought to make him THE king