The Miracle of Multiplication - The Blessed Life Part 3

#3 - “The Miracle Of Multiplication” 10-20-19 12When the day began to wear away, the twelve came and said to Him, “Send the multitude away, that they may go into the surrounding towns and country, and lodge and get provisions; for we are in a deserted place here.” 13But He said to them, “You give them something to eat.” And they said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we go and buy food for all these people.” 14For there were about five thousand men. Then He said to His disciples, “Make them sit down in groups of fifty.” 15And they did so, and made them all sit down. 16Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the multitude. 17So they all ate and were filled, and twelve baskets of the leftover fragments were taken up by them. Luke 9:12-17 NKJV Three Takeaways: #1. All Of Us Have The Tendency To Want To Figure Out In Advance How God Is Going To Provide For Our Needs. We’re Usually Wrong. #2. The Miracle Didn’t Take Place In Jesus’ Hands – It Happened In The Hands Of The Disciples! 15 “…Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 16He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. 17And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; 18they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.” Mark 16:15-18 #3. Something Must Be Blessed Before It Can Supernaturally Multiply. 8Here mortal men receive tithes, but there He receives them, of whom it is witnessed that He lives. Hebrews 7:8 30And all the tithe… is the Lord’s. It is holy to the Lord. Leviticus 27:30 “Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say, ‘In what way have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings. Malachi 3:8