SATISFIED HUNGER-I—Luke 9:12-17
Need:
Pushed to the limit?
Removed from familiar & secure?
Challenged with too much?
Jesus fed over 5000 people with five loaves & two fish.
Jesus is able satisfy the hunger of those who follow Him.
Where does Jesus satisfy the hunger of His followers?
8 instances of satisfied hunger.
1—Jesus satisfies hunger in the
RIGHT TIME(:12a)
—Explanation:(:12a) Timeliness
“And the day began to decline, & the twelve came & said to Him, “Send the multitude away, that they may go into the surrounding villages & countryside & find lodging & get something to eat; for here we are in a desolate place.”
“Day began to decline”—Day’s End—11th hour
—Argumentation:
2Pet. 3:9—“The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.”
2Cor. 7:9-10—“I now rejoice, not that you were made sorrowful, but that you were made sorrowful to the point of repentance; for you were made sorrowful according to the will of God, in order that you might not suffer loss in anything through us. For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation; but the sorrow of the world produces death. For behold what earnestness this very thing, this godly sorrow, has produced in you: what vindication of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what avenging of wrong! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be innocent in the matter.”
—Illustration:
Our Voyager van/Gun it—Really flies!/Gets us out of a tight spot/RIGHT TIME
Supper time/RIGHT TIME
—Application:
?Your’s the RIGHT TIME for Jesus to satisfy your hunger?
?Has Jesus Satisfied your Hunger?
2—Jesus satisfies hunger in the
RIGHT PEOPLE(:12b)
—Explanation:(:12b)
:12—“....& the twelve came & said to Him, “Send the multitude away....”
“The multitude”—Jesus’ followers—Many while the miraculous lasts.
Maybe not the most spiritually discerning people BUT...
....Willing to tolerate Jesus’ Personal Claims/Teaching/Healing/Exhortations/ Challenges/Charges, etc.
—Argumentation:
Isa. 55:1-7—“Ho! Every one who thirsts, come to the waters; And you who have no money come, buy & eat. Come, buy wine & milk Without money & without cost. “Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, & eat what is good, And delight yourself in abundance. “Incline your ear & come to Me. Listen, that you may live; And I will make an everlasting covenant with you, According to the faithful mercies shown to David. “Behold, I have made him a witness to the peoples, A leader & commander for the peoples. “Behold, you will call a nation you do not know, And a nation which knows you not will run to you, Because of the LORD your God, even the Holy One of Israel; For He has glorified you.” Seek the LORD while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; And let him return to the LORD, And He will have compassion on him; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.”
—Illustration:
Pro football fans/Hunger for whatever pro football gives/RIGHT PEOPLE
Those who gather at supper table/RIGHT PEOPLE
—Application:
?Jesus satisfy your hunger at the RIGHT PEOPLE?
?You the RIGHT PEOPLE for Jesus to satisfy?
?Has Jesus Satisfied your Hunger?
3—Jesus satisfies hunger with the
RIGHT ATTITUDE(:12b)
—Explanation:(:12b) Concern for people’s well-being
“.... & the twelve came & said to Him, “Send the multitude away, that they may go into the surrounding villages & countryside & find lodging & get something to eat;....”
“That they may...find lodging & get something to eat”—Concern for physical need—
—Argumentation:
Jn. 13:34—““A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.”
Php. 2:5-8—“Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, & being made in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.”
1Jn. 4:11-12—“Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has beheld God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, & His love is perfected in us.”
—Illustration:
Missions Giving/People need salvation/RIGHT ATTITUDE
Remodeling sanctuary—Dated/Concern that others may be turned off by building/RIGHT ATTITUDE
*Handicapped parking/Need extra space/RIGHT ATTITUDE
—Application:
?Your’s the RIGHT ATTITUDE for Jesus to satisfy your hunger?
?Has Jesus Satisfied your Hunger?
4—Jesus satisfies hunger with the
RIGHT PLACE(:12c)
—Explanation(:12c) Desolate Places
“....for here we are in a desolate place.”
“Desolate place”—Wilderness/Open field—No human inhabitants.
Why is your PLACE “Desolate”?
Separateness from support system back home.
*When you have nothing you can only focus on Jesus!
*Sometimes God has to take us there or even our sin willtake us there & God will salvage the situation!
—Argumentation:
—Lot chose the lushness of the valley while Abraham was given the rest.
—Moses saw God in the wilderness of Mount Sinai(Acts 7:30)
—Elijha heard God’s voice in the stillness of the wind.(1Kngs. 19:12-13)
—John the Baptist—Preached in the wilderness of Judea(Mat. 3:1)
—Jesus’ Temptation in the wilderness(Mat. 4:1-11)
—Illustration:
*Delivery room/Seems Cold, hard, desolate/Dr. arrives/RIGHT PLACE
Shell Point/desolate/Brotherhood arrives/Sumptuous feast/RIGHT PLACE
—Application:
*You’re in the right place—but you’re squirming—Sometimes the disconnection makes us appreciate God’s true power& love. You need the ‘Dr.’—Jesus
?Your’s the RIGHT PLACE for Jesus to satisfy your hunger?
?Has Jesus Satisfied your Hunger?
—CONCLUSION—
Action:
Jesus satisfies our hunger in the Right...
TIME(:12a)
PEOPLE(:12b)
ATTITUDE(:12b)
PLACE(:12c)
CHILDREN’S—‘’
Presented 08/11/02am to:
Providence Baptist Church
975 Providence Road
Whigham, GA 39897
