"Bring them ... to me." - Matthew 14:18

One of the best known stories of Jesus concerns the feeding of five thousand persons. To assuage the appetites of that many people all at one time and place would be quite an achievement anytime, anywhere. But the achievement is infinitely great when it is accomplished with five loaves of bread and two small fish. I am sure a great many restauranteurs and homemakers would like to know how to make so little food go so far. I am sure it would be important to a lot of people to have this information. This is information, however, which you will not get from this sermon. What you will get, though, I honestly believe, is something of vastly greater importance.

To comprehend the high significance of this event, we must see it in context. We must see it a…