Friends Church Sermons

If you remember Mattew concluded the previous section with this statement “And He did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief”. What follows is the beginning of a long section filled with his insights on the ministry of the rejected king. Matthew presents in chapter 14 three stories about faith and fear – as the heart responds to the message of Christ. Today we look at the second event. Of all of the miracles Jesus preformed during His earthly ministry this is the only one recorded in all four of the Gospels. The story begins with Jesus in Capernaum where He has made his home. The news of John the Baptist’s death reaches Jesus and Matthew says He withdrew from the crowds to a lonely place. We know that Jesus got in the boat and they rowed together across the northern end of the Sea of Galilee to the wilderness east of Bethsaida. That is where we pick up the story.