PART 6 THE BOY WHO CARED

TEXT- JOHN 6:1-14

INTRODUCTION

A YOUNG PREACHER MAS PREACHING HIS FIRST SERMON AT HIS FIRST CHURCH AND BECAME EXCITED AND CONFUSED ABOUT AN EVENT WITHIN THE BIBLE. "CONSIDER THE SCENE WHERE JESUS FED THE MULTITUDE WITH 5,000 LOAVES AND 5,000 FISH," HE STATED. ONE OF THE MEMBERS SHOOK HIS HEAD IN A VIGOROUS "NO" WITH DISGUST. THE FOLLOWING SUNDAY, CORRECT HIS ERROR AND BEGAN THE MESSAGE, "CONSIDER THE SCENE WHERE JESUS FED THE 5000 PEOPLE WITH FIVE LOAVES AND TWO FISH." HE THEN POINTED TO THE DISGUSTED MEMBER AND SAID, "YOU COULDN'T DO THAT, BROTHER." TO WHICH THE MAN REPLIED, "I COULD IF I HAD WHAT WAS LEFT OVER FROM LAST SUNDAY!"

THIS MORNING OUR TEXT IS FOUND IN JOHN 6:1-14 AND THE TITLE OF MY MESSAGE IS, "THE BOY WHO CARED."

THIS YEAR THE THEME OF OUR CHURCH IS, "THE CHURCH THAT CARES."

IN EMPHASIZING: THIS THEME I'VE BEEN PREACHING A SERIES OF SERMONS FROM THE GOSPEL OF JOHN, FOCUSING ON THE MIRACLES JESUS PERFORMED.

IN ALMOST EVERYONE OF THE MIRACLES JESUS DID THERE WERE OTHER PEOPLE INVOLVED.

1. IN THE FIRST MIRACLE- THE SERVANTS
2. IN THE SECOND MIRACLE- A FATHER
3. IN THE THIRD MIRACLE- SICK PEOPLE
4. IN THE FOURTH MIRACLE- A LITTLE BOY AND THE DISCIPLES

THROUGH THESE MIRACLES WE CAN SEE HOW JESUS CARED ABOUT OTHERS AND TEACHES US TO DO THE SAME.

AS WE EXAMINE THIS FOURTH MIRACLE I'D LIKE US TO NOTICE THREE PRINCIPLES WE CAN LEARN AND HOW JUST A LITTLE BIT OF CARE CAN HAVE A BIG RESULT.