Oh, let the Son of God enfold you with His spirit and his love.

Let him fill your heart and satisfy your soul.

Oh, let him have the things that hold you,

and his spirit like a dove will descend upon your life and make you home.

Welcome to the Word for today,

featuring the Bible teaching of Pastor Chuck Smith, founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a verse by verse study through the entire Bible.

And on today's edition of the Word for today, Pastor Chuck continues with the compassion of Jesus, as we pick up in Mark, chapter 8, verse 1.

And now with today's message, here's Pastor Chuck.

Let's turn now in our Bibles to Mark's Gospel, chapter 8.

Now Mark has already told us how that Jesus fed 5,000 men beside the women and children with five loaves and two fish.

Now we find a second miracle of the multiplying of the food in order to supply the needs of the people.

It is interesting at the beginning of Christ ministry.

When Satan was tempting him, he said to him, because he was hungry after the 40-day fast,

why don't you take these stones and make them into bread?

But Jesus would not use his miraculous power

in order to take care of his own physical need.

But when it came to the physical needs of others,

he was then willing to use that miraculous power, never to satisfy his own flesh or his own need, but was willing to use it in order to satisfy the needs of others.

In those days, the multitude was very great, and they had nothing to eat.

And Jesus called his disciples and said unto them,

I have compassion on the multitude.

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