Welcome to the Gospel and Life podcast.

John's Gospel recounts several of Jesus' miracles, from turning water into wine to healing a blind man.

John says these miracles are signs pointing us to something greater.

But what is it that we should see?

In today's sermon, Tim Keller looks at one of these signs

and what it reveals about who Jesus is and what he came to accomplish during his life on

earth.

The scripture reading is taken from John chapter 6, verses 1 through 14 and 27 to 35.

Sometime after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee, that is the Sea of Tiberius,

and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs he had performed by healing the sick.

Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples.

The Jewish Passover festival was near.

When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, where shall we buy bread

for these people to eat? He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was

going to do. Philip answered him, it would take more than half a year's wages to buy enough bread

for each one to have a bite.

Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, spoke up.

Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?

Jesus said, have the people sit down. There was plenty of grass in that place,

and they sat down. About 5,000 men were there. Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks,

and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish. When they had all

had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, gather the pieces that are left over, let nothing be wasted.

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