Mark 6:14-29; Luke 3:19-20; Luke 9:7-9; Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:30-44; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-15; Matthew 14:22-33; Mark 6:45-52; John 6:16-21; Matthew 14:34-36;

Mark 6:53-56; John 6:22-71; Matthew 15:1-20; Mark 7:1-23; Matthew 15:21-31; Mark 7:24-37; Matthew 15:32-39; Mark 8:1-10;   Matthew 16:1-12; Mark 8:11-26

When Herod and Herodias tired of John’s message of repentance and his condemnation of their adultery, they cut off his head. Seemingly they thought that truth would die with him. It did not. You cannot avoid the truth of sin by killing the messenger.

“All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, but the word of the Lord remains forever.” And this word is the good news that was preached to you.

I Peter 1:24-25

When Jesus gained in popularity, folks followed Him everywhere. When they were hungry, He miraculously fed them by the thousands. The next they returned for more food. Jesus taught them hard truth. Most of them went away. They thought that they could simply return to their lives and the message would fade away. It did not. You cannot avoid the truth of true life by ignoring the messenger.

So Jesus said to the Twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.”

John 6:67-69

Truth is a very persistent thing. It may not be popular, but it is truth. It may not be accepted, but it is truth. It may not accomplish what you want, but truth will accomplish what God wants. The Word of God will not fail.

“Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food. Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David. Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples. Behold, you shall call a nation that you do not know, and a nation that did not know you shall run to you, because of the LORD your God, and of the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you. “Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

Isaiah 55:1-11

Consider His nature.  Consider His ways.  Strive to love Him more!