Beyond Miracles and On to
Jesus
Dr. Adrian Rogers
Love Worth Finding
I believe in miracles, but I trust in Jesus. If you believe the
Bible, you know that God is a miracle-working God. And God is not
limited in any degree nor any respect. He is totally sovereign. Do
you believe that? I hope you do. Believe in miracles, but don't put
your faith in miracles. Put your faith and your trust in the Lord
Jesus Christ.
Let's look at the miracle of the feeding of the five thousand as
recorded in John 6. Great multitudes were following Jesus at that
time, but why? John 6:2 gives us the answer, "And a great multitude
followed him, because they saw His miracles which He did on them
that were diseased". It is because they saw His miracles. And people do
that today, do they not? Now there are three things I want you to
see about moving beyond miracles and on to JesusÂ…
There Is No Problem Too Big For Jesus
To Solve
Do you have a problem today? Read John 6:1- 14. There was a
monumental problem that day - 5,000 hungry people and hardly a bite
of food! Jesus said to Phillip, "Whence shall we buy bread, that
these may eat?" And Phillip answered, "Two hundred pennyworth of
bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a
little."
Now why did Jesus ask Phillip where they were going to buy bread?
Was it because Jesus was seeking advice? No, John says that Jesus
knew what He was going to do. Was He trying to learn something
about Phillip? No, He already knew all about Phillip. Jesus wanted
Phillip to gain some insight into himself. Phillip calculated the
cost of feeding the people, but He left Jesus out of the
equation.
You may have a very serious problem. Take that problem and double
it. Now, double it again. Now, I want to ask you a question. Is it
too big for God? Of course not. He is the Lord. The first part of
Genesis 18:14 says, "Is any thing too hard for the LORD?" Put this
down big, plain, and straight. There is no problem too big for
Jesus to solve. Do you believe that? I hope you do.
There Is No Person Too Small For Jesus
To Use
When Jesus solves problems, He uses people. Who was the person
Jesus used in the miracle recorded in John 6? A little lad. Andrew,
Simon Peter's brother found someone, "There is a lad here, which
hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they
among so many" (John 6:9).
Here was a little lad and a little lunch. Meager in quantity,
meager in quality, but the Lord Jesus blessed and fed the multitude
with this little lad's lunch. And Jesus is blessing and feeding you
and me today, two thousand years later.
Do you think this little lad went away hungry? When he gave it all
to the Lord Jesus, then Jesus gave back to him. You cannot
"out-give" God. Luke 6:38 says, "Give, and it shall be given unto
you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running
over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure
that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again."
God is not asking you to give what you don't have, He's asking you
to give what you do have. God specializes in doing extraordinary
things with ordinary people. You may be too big for God to use but
you'll never be to small for God to use!
There Is No Hunger Too Deep For Jesus
To Satisfy
After Jesus fed the five thousand, He gave the message in the
miracle - to go beyond the miracle and on to Himself. Open your
Bible and read John 6:22-65.
Jesus said, "The only reason you want Me is because of the bread
and the fish." In John 6:27, He gives them a command, "Labour not
for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto
everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for Him
hath God the Father sealed."
Then said they to Him, "What shall we do, that we might work the
works of God?" (John 6:28 ). Jesus answered, "This is the work of
God, that ye believe on Him whom He hath sent" (John 6:29). This is
what it's all about. That we believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ.
Jesus said, "I am the bread of life: he that cometh to Me shall
never hunger; and he that believeth on Me shall never thirst" (John
6:35). Here is the message in the miracle. Jesus. You should seek
nothing more, you should settle for nothing less.
You need Jesus - not some creed, code, or cause. You don't go
beyond Jesus. You may go deeper into Jesus, but you'll never go
beyond Jesus. The table is set. Come and dine.
