Mark chapter 6. We have here
the record that is given to us in Mark chapter 6 of the feeding
of the 5,000 plus the women and the children. It is recorded
also in John, also in Matthew, also in Luke. Mark chapter 6. Now, let me give you this introduction
before we look at the verses. Remember from last week's message
The Lord had heard the report from the returning apostles who
were sent out to preach the gospel, and they came back with the good
news, how God gave them liberty to preach, and how many who were
sick were healed. And they came back and told the
Lord of all that God had blessed them with. Notice, if you will,
Mark 6 verse 30. And the apostles gathered themselves
together unto the Lord Jesus, and told him all things, both
what they had done and what they had taught. And he says in verse
31, come yourselves apart into a desert place, and he says,
rest with me, rest with me a while. While they departed into a desert
place to rest from their labors and to be with the Lord, This
multitude who were in need of mercy followed the Lord. Notice verse 34 of Mark 6. And Jesus, that is our blessed
Savior, when he was come out, come out of the ship, saw much
people and was moved with compassion toward them because they were
as sheep, they were lost sheep, They were His sheep, not having
a shepherd. And He began to teach them many,
many things. Now it says, we read last week
over in Luke chapter 9, don't turn there, let me just read
this to you. In Luke chapter 9 verse 11, He took them and
went aside privately into a desert place. And the people, when they
knew it, followed Him. And then it says there in Luke
9, it says that He received them Number one. Number two, he says
there that he spake unto them. It says here he began to teach
them. He spake unto them of the kingdom
of God. Thirdly, it says he healed them
that had need of healing. He received them, he spake unto
them of the kingdom of God, and then he healed them that had
need of healing. Now let's look at those things
for just a moment. It says there in Luke 9-11, He
received them. The Pharisees complained when
the Lord associated with sinners, and they said of Him, This man
receiveth sinners. That's good news, is it not?
That includes me. I'm a sinner. This man, the Lord
Jesus Christ, receives sinners and He eats with them. He had
fellowship with them. And the self-righteous thought,
well, he can't be that prophet. He can't be God's man. Oh yes,
he is. He came to save sinners. And
then it says there in Luke 9, He taught them. He began to teach
them many things. He taught them about the kingdom
of grace. He taught them about salvation
by the grace of God alone and salvation through the blood of
the Redeemer who redeemed us from the curse of the law. It
says in John 6, 45, it is written in the prophets, and they shall
all be taught of God. Every man therefore that hath
heard and learned the gospel, they come to the Lord Jesus Christ. And then it says there in our
text, He taught them, and then it says over there in Luke 9,
11, He healed them that had need of healing. You know, this is
exactly why the Lord came. Turn, if you will. Fine, hold
your place there, because we're going to come back. But turn
to Luke chapter 4. Luke chapter 4. He says there, the Spirit
of the Lord. Remember, He went to the synagogue
and asked for the record of Scripture. And He took the book and He opened
the book to Isaiah 61. And here's what He read. From
Luke chapter 4 verse 18, the Lord is reading from Isaiah 61. He said, The Spirit of the Lord
is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the
poor. He hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach
deliverance to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind,
to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable
year of the Lord. He closed the book, gave it to
the minister, and set out. The eyes of all of them in the
synagogue were fastened on him, fixed on him. And he began to
say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears,
in your sight. The Spirit of the Lord is upon
me because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor. Now, he's not talking about in
terms of money. He's talking about those who
are poor in spirit, those who are broken hearted. He came to
preach the good news of the gospel to those who were sinners. Secondly,
he came to preach deliverance to the captives. Deliverance! Deliverance! That's where we
get the word redemption. He is our Redeemer who does deliver
us by His power, by His blood, and by His grace. He has redeemed
us with His precious blood and washed us from our sin in His
own blood. He preaches the gospel to the
poor. The Lord has blessed Him and
sent Him to heal the brokenhearted. He denied them of a broken heart.
To preach deliverance to the captives, recovering of sight
to the blind. This is what He does when He
saves us. He commands the light to shine out of darkness. To give us the light of the glory
of God, the glory of God's mercy and grace that shines in the
person, the face of the Lord Jesus Christ. Recovering of sight
to those who are blind. To set at liberty those who were
bruised and mangled with sin. He set us free to preach deliverance,
to preach the acceptable year of the Lord. That's the year
of Jubilee. You remember under the law, every 50 years was a
year of jubilee and liberty was proclaimed through the land and
those who had sold themselves into slavery or had lost land,
they were set at liberty and the land was returned back to
the original family. It's an acceptable year of the
Lord. And in the gospel, the Lord has set us free. We have
liberty in Christ Jesus. Stand fast, therefore, in the
liberty wherewith Christ has set us free. The Lord Jesus Christ,
He is our year of jubilee. We are accepted in the Beloved. The Lord Jesus Christ. Now listen
to me. Do you have need? I do. I need Him. He never turned a
needy beggar away. God be merciful to me, the sinner. I'm going to take my place before
the throne of His sovereign grace as a mercy beggar knowing He
delights to show mercy. I'm going to come to His throne
of grace boldly that I may obtain mercy, find grace to help in
time of need in Christ Jesus. That's why He came to set us
free. He came to seek and to save that
which is lost. Now, this message today has four
points. We see the patience of the Lord,
the long-suffering of the Lord, the patience of the Lord and
the present problem. Here's the first point. The patience
of the Lord and the present problem. From verse 35 and 36. Here's
his long suffering with the problem. Look at verse 35. And when the
day was now far spent, must have been getting dark, the sun was
going down, his disciples came to him and said, this is a desert
place. There's no provisions here. And
now the time is gone, the day is gone. Send them away. Send this crowd, this multitude,
this thousands and thousands of people. Send this crowd away
that they may go into their own country, their country, roundabout
of the country roundabout, into the villages, buy themselves
bread. They have nothing to eat. They
can't provide for themselves. Now, here's the problem presented
in the long-suffering and patience of the Lord. Now, the large crowd
didn't grow restless. They didn't grow impatient. They
were enjoying His glorious ministry. He was teaching them, healing
them. They were enjoying His glorious
ministry, the blessed Savior. They were feasting upon Him.
They were enjoying Him. And the disciples got anxious,
thinking it's about suppertime. What are we going to do? The
disciples were the ones who, seeing the large crowd, began
to worry about providing for them. They said, Lord, send them
away. Let them go into the villages
and buy their own bread, for they have nothing to eat. You
know what they're saying? Lord, leave off preaching. Just
quit preaching, just quit ministering, and let's take care of this physical
need. Just leave off preaching, leave
off healing, and send them away. Instead of, now what should they
have done? What should they have done? Instead
of looking to the Lord for instruction, and waiting upon Him, and trusting
Him to provide for the multitude, they began to plot and plan and
scheme their own plan of action. Let's send them away. Let's send
them out to the store to get some groceries. Maybe we can
all eat together. They began to lean on their own
wisdom, their own understanding, rather than trusting the Lord. rather than waiting upon the
Lord. They looked at the difficulties
instead of the possibilities. They looked at the multitude
of the people and threw up their hands and said, what are we going
to do? They looked at the difficulties
instead of the possibilities. With God, all things are possible. Now here's the point. How much
like them are we? Are we? Yet the Lord is patient with
them. He sends this problem to them. Now the Lord arranged all this.
He brought this multitude. He brought this difficulty. He
brought this problem. He sent this problem. The Lord
arranged all this. Brought all this together to
teach them and us to look to Him and to wait upon Him in our
time of trouble. He sends the trouble. to teach
us patience, to trust Him more. I want you to find Roman chapter
5 and look at this. Oh, the problem presented in
the patience of the Lord. He sends us trouble. He sends
us trial. He sends us difficulties that
we might learn to trust Him more. Roman chapter 5. Therefore being
justified, verse 1, by faith, We have peace with God through
our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom also we have access by faith
into this grace wherein we stand and rejoice in hope of the glory
of God. And not only so, but we glory
in tribulations, also knowing that tribulations worketh patience. Tribulation worketh what? Patience. And patience, experience. And experience, hope. And hope
maketh not ashamed, because the love of God is shed abroad in
our hearts by the Holy Spirit, which is given unto us." So there's
a problem presented. What are we going to do? We have
this multitude of people. How are we going to care for
them? How are we going to feed them? They have nothing to eat. And
we see the Lord's patience and long-suffering. Now here's what
the Lord said. Here's the plan. Here's the plan,
and it's the Lord's plan on purpose. His plan of purpose. Look at
Mark 6, verse 37. He answered and said unto them,
Well, give them to eat. I tell you, give them to eat. And they said unto him, Well,
shall we? Now they're still thinking. They're
still scheming. Give them to eat. And they said
unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred penny worth of bread,
and give them to eat? And he saith unto them, Well,
how many loaves have you? Do you have? Go and see. And
when they knew, they say, Five loaves, two fishes. And he commanded
them to make all sit down by companies upon the grass. And
they sat down in ranks by hundreds and by fifties. Here's the Lord's
plan and purpose. You see, He always has a plan.
He always has the correct plan. You see, He's in charge. He works
all things after the counsel of His own will. We read in Matthew
14, 16, they need not depart. Remember, the disciples said,
send them away. Our Lord said, they need not depart. Glorious
words of grace and assurance. They need not depart. There's
never any reason for a sinner to depart from the Lord. As a matter of fact, he said,
I'll never leave you. I'll never forsake you. To those
who are in need, the command of the Lord is always this, Come
unto me, all ye that are laboring and heavy laden. I'll give you
rest. It's not go away. It's not depart from me. He says
to those who are in need, come unto Me. I'll give you rest. He says this,
the command of the Lord to those who are in need is, come unto
Me. Don't go away. He said, follow Me. Don't go
away. Matthew, follow Me. My sheep, they hear My voice.
I know them and they follow Me. To those who are in need, the
command of the Lord is always, come to me. The command of the
Lord is always, look unto me and be ye saved. Follow me. Look
to me. All the ends of the earth, I
am God and there is no other. It's look to Him. It's not depart. He says to those who are in need.
Now to those who brag on themselves and think that they have righteousness
that they have produced, We do hear Him say, Depart from Me,
I never knew you. But to those who are in need
of Him, His righteousness, His grace, He said, Don't depart.
He said, You come to Me. I'll give you life. I'll give
you life. Now the first thing He does in
His plan, He gives them a challenge. He gives them a challenge to
test their faith. He said, Give them to eat. The Lord knew all
along what he was going to do and how he was going to provide
for them. Let me show you this. Turn over to John chapter 6 and
look at this. The Lord knew all along what
was going to happen. He planned what was going to
happen. He decreed what was going to
happen. John chapter 6, verse 5. Same story. John 6. Verse 5, When Jesus then
lifted up his eyes, and saw a great multitude come unto him, he saith
unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? And this he said to prove him,
for he himself knew what he would do. Philip answered and said,
Two hundred penny worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that
every one of them may take and eat a little, take a little.
And one of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said,
There's a lad here which hath five barley loaves and two small
fishes, but what are they among so many? He said this to prove
him, for he knew himself what he would do. The Lord knows all
things. The Lord said, they said, Lord,
Shall we take up all the money we've saved and go buy bread
for this multitude? Verse 38. Look at verse 38, Mark
6. He said to them, Well, how many
loaves do you have? Have you? Go and see. Well, they
took inventory. And they found this little boy
that had five loaves and two fishes. The second thing he does
is ask a probing question. Well, how many loaves do you
have? You know, the Lord never asks a question for information.
He knew exactly what this crowd had. But he asked this question,
a probing question, to reveal what was in their heart and what
was on their mind. I'll give you some examples of
that. The Lord never asks a question for information. Now consider
this. Adam, where are you? Now God
knew where Adam was. Adam had sinned against God.
Adam had hid himself behind some fig leaves trying to cover his
nakedness before God. God knew exactly what happened
to Adam, that Adam sinned against God, yet he was hiding from God,
yet God asked him that question to reveal the wickedness of his
heart. Another example, Peter, do you
love me? Yes, Lord, you know all things,
you know that I love you. But he never asked a question
to reveal information, but rather to reveal what's in our heart.
Do you love me? Yes, Lord, you know all things.
You know I love you. Well, the disciples checked their
resources, and that of the crowd, and came up with five loaves
and two small fishes. We've checked the inventory,
and we've come up short. I mean, five loaves and two fishes
are just not going to feed. 10, 15, 20,000 people. We've checked our inventory
and we've come up short. Now here's what they were doing.
They were calculating without Christ. They were calculating
without looking to the Lord Jesus Christ, knowing He's in charge,
knowing He provides all things, yet they were busy thinking physical,
fleshly material rather than resting in the Lord and His good
providence. and His good power. Now, I'm
thankful, aren't you, that the Lord provides for us in salvation? Because when we have taken personal
inventory of our merit and our deeds, how short are we? We can't even provide for our
own righteousness. How miserably short and sinful
do we appear before His holiness? We can take inventory all we
want of our whole life, And add it all up, and it's still dung
in His sight. It's still filthy rags in His
sight. We've all sinned and come short
of His glory. We can't even provide for ourselves.
We can't provide righteousness for ourselves. We cannot provide
a covering for ourselves, nor for our family. We must depend
upon the Lord Himself to provide for us. to perfect for us, to
perform all things for us in our salvation. Aren't you thankful
that He does perfect that which concerneth me and He does perform
all things for us in salvation? Two scriptures I want you to
look at and mark these in your Bible. Psalm 138. We had this
in our Bible study Wednesday evening. Psalm 138. Verse 6,
Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly,
but the proud he knows afar off. Look at verse 8, The Lord will
perfect that which concerneth me. Thy mercy, O Lord, endureth
forever. Forsake not the work of thy hands. He will perfect that which I
need. And I need perfection to stand
in His sight justified. Now back to Psalm 57. Turn over
there. Mark this one in your Bible.
Psalm 57, look at verse 1 and 2. Be merciful unto me, O God,
be merciful unto me, for my soul trusteth in thee. Yea, in the
shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities
be overpassed. I will cry unto God Most High,
unto God that performeth all things for me. He performs all
things. Look at the next verse. He shall
send from heaven and save me from the highest resources possible. He perfects and performs all
things for his covenant people. He shall send from heaven and
save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up.
God shall send forth his mercy. and his truth my souls among
lions God help me help me well there's the first two points
now here's thirdly we see the Lord's power the Lord's power
his power verse 39 down to verse 41 he commanded them I like that
language the king of kings speaks with authority he commanded them
to make all sit down by companies upon the grass, in ranks by hundreds
and fifty. The gospel is a command to bow
to Christ. And when he had taken five loaves
and two fishes, he looked up to heaven, blessed, thanked God,
broke the loaves, gave them to the disciples, sat before them and set before them, and two
fishes divided he among them, among them all, and they did
all eat, and were filled." Now here we see the Lord's power,
the Lord's providence. What an example this miracle
demonstrates of the Lord's mighty power. 10,000, 15,000, 20,000,
5,000 men plus the women and children are all fed it says they all did eat
and were filled and then it says they took up 12 baskets full
of fragments leftovers we're distinctly told that the multitude
had nothing to eat they couldn't provide for themselves they couldn't
provide for this large crowd but they had little little is
much in the hands of the Lord He takes five loaves and two
fishes and gives thanks to the Father, and we in everything
give thanks unto Him. He commands a multitude to sit
down, His disciples to serve the multitude, and all that were
hungry were filled. None were refused. No one was neglected. Men, women,
children, young, old, Jew, Gentile, all did eat and were filled. You see, He provides for His
people. All did eat and were filled. Oh, the mighty power of God in
saving sinners. He provides for His own, just
as He provided for that entire crowd that day. All did eat and
were filled. All of His, and those people
there are a picture of His elect, His covenant children. whom He
has purposed to fill with Himself and to save them by His grace,
to save them by His power. Now, listen to these scriptures.
Hebrews 7, 25. Oh, the mighty power of God in
saving sinners. He's able to save them to the
uttermost, all that come to God, by Him, saying He ever liveth
to make intercession for them. You see, He is able to save who? Them. He provided this meal that
day for those chosen people. Just as God from all eternity
determined to save His chosen covenant people that He gave
to Christ in that covenant of grace. And in time, He saves
them by His gospel. Listen to this scripture, Romans
1 16. He said, I'm not ashamed of the gospel of Christ. It's
the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believes, to
the Jew. and to the Gentile. Turn and read this one with me.
Find Ephesians chapter 1. You turn and mark this in your
Bible. Ephesians chapter 1. Ephesians
chapter 1. It's by His power that He provided
for those people. And they were filled to the full
with Him. Ephesians chapter 1. And He saves
us by His power. Ephesians chapter 1 verse 19. What is exceeding greatness
of his power. Ephesians 1 verse 19. To us who
believe. How do we believe? According
to the working of his mighty power. What kind of power is
it? It is resurrection power. Which he wrought in Christ when
he raised him from the dead and set him at his own right hand
in heavenly places. The gospel is the power of God
and the salvation He's able to save to the uttermost. We believe
according to the working of His mighty power. Now turn over just
a few pages to 1 Thessalonians chapter 1. Knowing, brethren,
beloved. This is 1 Thessalonians chapter
1. Look at verse 4. Knowing, brethren, beloved, your
election of God. For our gospel came not into
you in word only, but in power. and in the Holy Spirit, and in
much assurance, as you know what manner of men we were among you
for your sake." See, the Gospel comes not only in words, but
it comes in power. He saves us by His power. Now,
you've got this one memorized. Don't turn. Let me just quote
it to you. 2 Timothy 1, Be not thou therefore ashamed of the
testimony of our Lord, nor me his prisoner, but be a partaker
of the afflictions of the Gospel according to the power of God
who saved us. and called us with a holy calling,
not according to our work, but according to His own purpose
and grace, which was given us in Christ before the foundation
of the world. You see, He provided for these
people, and they did all eat and were filled by His power,
the power of His grace, the power of His providing for them. Well, here's the last point.
The Lord's great provision. Look at verse 42 and 43. And
they did all eat and were filled. And they took up twelve baskets
full of fragments of fishes. And they that did eat of the
loaves were about five thousand men, the Lord's great provision,
the Lord's great power, the Lord's great purpose, the Lord's great
providence. All did eat and were satisfied,
and they took up twelve baskets. They were twelve apostles. And
each apostle took this basket, and it was a basket that never
emptied out. And they went to all these different
companies, passed this basket around. After everybody had eaten
all they wanted to eat and were filled to the full, they came
back and said, Lord, our basket's still full. Here's the point. You can't exhaust the riches
of His grace. You can't exhaust the riches
of His mercy. They all ate. They ate all they
wanted. The baskets were yet full. This
is a miracle of His grace. You cannot exhaust the storehouse
of mercy in Christ Jesus. Now turn and mark this in your
Bible. John chapter 1. You can find this easy, quickly.
John chapter 1, verse 15. They were all filled. Those who
feed upon Christ, He fills with plenty in reserve. You cannot exhaust His mercy.
John chapter 1, Luke verse 15. John bare witness of Him, and
cried, saying, This was He of whom I spake. He that cometh
after me is preferred before me, for He was before me. Of
His fullness have all we received grace, or grace. Of His fullness
They all did eat, and were filled, and yet the baskets were full.
Of His fullness have we all received, watch this, grace for grace. Here's the reason for grace.
Grace. Grace because of grace. For the
law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by the Lord Jesus
Christ. Let me quote this to you. Philippians 4.19, but my God
shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ
Jesus. They all did eat and were filled
and they yet took up twelve baskets full, full. Now remember what
we read in Genesis 22? Abraham called the name of the
place that day, Jehovah-Jireh. As it is said to this day, in
the mouth of the Lord it shall be seen that the Lord will provide. Isaac said to Abraham, Father,
the fire, the wood, the knife, how about the lamb? He knew you
couldn't approach God and worship God without a blood sacrifice. Where is the lamb? My son, God will provide Himself
a lamb for an offering. And when it came time to sacrifice
Isaac upon the mountain, He took that lad, probably 14, 15 years
old, tied him up, laid him on that altar, drew back with that
knife to take his life, and God stopped his hand. And God provided,
caught in a thicket by his horns, that lamb. And God said, you
take that ram, that lamb, and offer him in the stead of your
son. God did provide a sacrifice. That substitution, that satisfaction,
and the Lord Jesus Christ, all that is a picture of Christ.
Picture of the Lord Jesus Christ. the Lord does provide for his
people and watch this he is Jehovah Jireh the Lord will provide that
which he provides and only that which he provides will he accept
we're accepted in the beloved we're not accepted upon our merit
only in the Lord Jesus Christ are we accepted in the beloved
before God only that which God provides will God accept The
Lord Jesus Christ, is He enough? Is the Lord's provision of the
Lamb of God, the Lord Jesus Christ, is He enough? If He's all you've got, you've
got everything that God has provided for His people. Christ and Him
crucified. That's why Paul said, I'm determined
to do nothing among you but Jesus Christ and Him crucified. Now
let me read this to you. This is found in Isaiah 55. He
said, Ho everyone that's thirsty, come to the waters. He that hath
no money, this is strange economics. This is economics of grace. He
that hath no money, come ye buy and eat, come buy wine and milk
without money and without price. Wherefore do you spend money
for that which is not bread, and labor for that which satisfies
not? Hearken diligently unto me, eat that which is good, and
let your soul delight itself in fatness. His richness. Incline your ear and come unto
Me, here, and your soul shall live. And I'll make with you
an everlasting covenant, even the sure mercies of David in
Christ Jesus." The Lord graciously saves His people with the abundance
of His love, the abundance of His mercy, with the abundance
of His grace through Christ Jesus. Not barely, not measurably, Measly or barely, but richly
and abundantly, with plenty, not merely, but with an abundance. They all did eat, and there was
twelve baskets full. You can't exhaust the riches
of His grace. And He saves His people with
an abundance of mercy, abundance of grace, and He saves us richly.
Now listen to these scriptures. Psalm 137. The Lord is plenteous
in redemption. Let Israel hope in the Lord,
for with the Lord there is mercy, and with Him is plenteous redemption. He's plenteous in mercy. Listen
to this. Psalm 86 5, For the Lord is good. The Lord, Thou art good and ready
to forgive, plenteous in mercy upon all them that call upon
Him. He's rich in mercy for His great
love wherewith He loved us even when we were dead and in sin.
He's plenteous in forgiveness. You need forgiveness? There's
plenty of forgiveness in Him. Isaiah 55 says, Let the wicked
forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts and let him
return unto the Lord and He will have mercy upon him and to our
God for He will abundantly pardon. Ephesians 1.7 declares we have
forgiveness of sin according to the riches of His grace and
He's plenteous in salvation. Let's turn and read this one
together. John chapter 10. Turn over there. He's plenteous
in salvation. John chapter 10 verse 9. John 10 verse 9. I am the door. You got it? John 10 verse 9.
He said my sheep I know my sheep by name verse
10 I am the door by me if any man enter in he shall be saved
and shall go in into life salvation liberty out of death destruction
and find plenty plenty the thief cometh not but for to steal,
to kill, to destroy. I am come that they might have
life, those sheep, he knows my name, that they might have life,
and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the Good Shepherd,
the Good Shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. You see,
there is an abundance of mercy. He provides for us, not miserly,
meagerly, miserly, but richly. with plenty. He's plenteous in
redemption, plenteous in mercy, plenteous in salvation, plenteous
in forgiveness. Now look back to the text. Mark
6, and they all, they did all eat
and were filled. I'll tell you what this is. This
is the banqueting table of mercy. Who set the table? Who furnished
the table in the wilderness? He did. His table. And He fills it with plenty.
With plenty. The banquet of mercy. Served
up by one host. And that's what this is. It's
a banquet of mercy. This is sinners being filled
to the full with Christ. The banquet of mercy served up
by one host. You know who it is? The Lord
of glory. Those who sit at the table of
grace shall not want for any good thing. The Lord is my shepherd,
I shall not want. The Lord Jesus Christ has made
unto me everything I need. Wisdom, righteousness, sanctification,
and redemption. That as He that would glory,
let Him glory only in the Lord. He is my shepherd. and I shall
not want. They all did eat of him. Do you know what he's called? He's called the Bread of Life. He that cometh to me shall never
hunger. He that cometh to me shall never
thirst. All that the Father hath given
to me, they will come to me, and I will in no way cast them
out. He's the Bread. I want to sit
at his table, don't you? And feast upon him. and be filled
to the full with His abundance, with His
mercy, with His grace.