Was just doing some bible study today and came accross this passage, my pastor teacher has been teaching this and while dwelling on it, it kinda made me laugh.
Mar 8:14 And they forgot to take bread; and they had not in the boat with them more than one loaf.
Jesus was giving orders to them, saying, watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod, he was trying to teach them to beware of legalism, lies and deception and false teaching.
Mar 8:15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.
and the only thing they got from what he was saying was leaven which reminded them that they only had one loaf of bread.
Mar 8:16 And they reasoned one with another, saying, We have no bread.
Jesus tells them that they are too naturally minded and still dont trust in the ways of God, they could not perceive the spiritual message cus they had their minds set on food.
Mar 8:17 And Jesus perceiving it saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? do ye not yet perceive, neither understand? have ye your heart hardened?
Mar 8:18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
And Jesus reminds them of the miricles he has already performed, and they still could not see what he was getting at, they just replied with the number.
Mar 8:19 When I brake the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.
And again they still did not understand.
Mar 8:20 And when the seven among the four thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces took ye up? And they say unto him, Seven.
Mar 8:21 And he said unto them, Do ye not yet understand?
Jesus was telling them that his Father and our Father God the Father will provide us with everything we need if we trust in him, he's trying to tell them not to worry for the things of the world but set your focus on the things of God, and those things will be taken care of.
I think this is a good question to ask ourselves, how much do we trust in the plan of God, do we trust that he will always come through for us or are we too focused on what we can do on our own.
Just thought I would share, let me know your thoughts.
Mar 8:14 And they forgot to take bread; and they had not in the boat with them more than one loaf.
Jesus was giving orders to them, saying, watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod, he was trying to teach them to beware of legalism, lies and deception and false teaching.
Mar 8:15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.
and the only thing they got from what he was saying was leaven which reminded them that they only had one loaf of bread.
Mar 8:16 And they reasoned one with another, saying, We have no bread.
Jesus tells them that they are too naturally minded and still dont trust in the ways of God, they could not perceive the spiritual message cus they had their minds set on food.
Mar 8:17 And Jesus perceiving it saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? do ye not yet perceive, neither understand? have ye your heart hardened?
Mar 8:18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
And Jesus reminds them of the miricles he has already performed, and they still could not see what he was getting at, they just replied with the number.
Mar 8:19 When I brake the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.
And again they still did not understand.
Mar 8:20 And when the seven among the four thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces took ye up? And they say unto him, Seven.
Mar 8:21 And he said unto them, Do ye not yet understand?
Jesus was telling them that his Father and our Father God the Father will provide us with everything we need if we trust in him, he's trying to tell them not to worry for the things of the world but set your focus on the things of God, and those things will be taken care of.
I think this is a good question to ask ourselves, how much do we trust in the plan of God, do we trust that he will always come through for us or are we too focused on what we can do on our own.
Just thought I would share, let me know your thoughts.
Thank God He loves us through our imperfections.
