Elisha Feeds One Hundred Men
2 Kings 4:42-43
New King James Version ( NKJV )
42 Then a man came from Baal Shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley bread, and newly ripened grain in his knapsack. And he said, “Give it to the people, that they may eat.”
43 But his servant said, “What? Shall I set this before one hundred men?”
He said again, “Give it to the people, that they may eat; for thus says the Lord: ‘They shall eat and have some left over.’” 44 So he set it before them; and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the Lord.
Feeding the Five Thousand
Matthew 14:13-21
New King James Version (NKJV)
13 When Jesus heard it, He departed from there by boat to a deserted place by Himself. But when the multitudes heard it, they followed Him on foot from the cities. 14 And when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick. 15 When it was evening, His disciples came to Him, saying, “This is a deserted place, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food.”
16 But Jesus said to them, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.”
17 And they said to Him, “We have here only five loaves and two fish.”
18 He said, “Bring them here to Me.” 19 Then He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass. And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke and gave the loaves to the disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitudes. 20 So they all ate and were filled, and they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments that remained.21 Now those who had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children.
Size and Style for two miracles
Size
- Elisha : one hundred men
- Lord Jesus fed : 5000 men not counting women and children –> 12 Basket full left over.
Style
- Elisha has to say “thus says the Lord” ( Elisha used the name of Jesus to feed the people ) ( Elisha is a servant )
- Jesus doesn’t need to say “thus says the Lord” because HE IS THE LORD
- Jesus feed the 5000 in a desert place, in the wilderness
- What’s man’s wilderness is Lords store house
HIS PROVISION IS ALWAYS GREATER THAN YOUR NEED
My Fathers house have bread enough and to SPARE
Luke 15:17
New King James Version (NKJV)
17 “But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
Gods blessings are greater than your need