Sermon Tone Analysis

Jesus Is Lord!

The Gospel of John

John 6:14-21; Matthew 14:22-33

Sermon by Rick Crandall

Grayson Baptist Church - October 5, 2016

(Revised August 9, 2019)

BACKGROUND:

*Please open your Bibles to John 6, as we focus on the lordship of Jesus Christ.

Remember that at the beginning of this chapter, Jesus worked one of His most astounding miracles: The feeding of the five thousand.

*A great multitude had followed the Lord out to the countryside, because they knew Jesus had been miraculously healing people.

Matthew 14:13 tells us that after Jesus heard about the death of John the Baptist, "He departed from there by boat to a deserted place by Himself.

But when the multitudes heard it, they followed Him on foot from the cities." John Phillips noted that the Lord probably set sail from Capernaum.

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*And Matthew 14:14-17 says:

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when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick.

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When it was evening, His disciples came to Him, saying, "This is a deserted place, and the hour is already late.

Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food.''

16.

But Jesus said to them, "They do not need to go away.

You give them something to eat.''

17.

And they said to Him, "We have here only five loaves and two fish.''

*Those people had been in such a hurry to catch up with Jesus they did not stop to take food.

The only food they could find in that huge crowd was a little boy's lunch.

Jesus then miraculously multiplied the five loaves and two small fish to feed the 5,000 men there, plus thousands more women and children!

Everybody ate as much as they wanted, and here in John 6:13, they filled twelve baskets with the leftovers!

*Tonight's Scripture takes place immediately after that incredible miracle.

Let's read vs. 14-21 to see what happened next.

And as we read, please think about the lordship of Jesus Christ.

MESSAGE:

*There is nothing the world needs more right now than for people to recognize the lordship of Jesus Christ.

And when we look into God's Word, nothing stands out more than His lordship.

For example, we get a glimpse of the lordship of Christ in a prophecy from Isaiah, written 700 years before Jesus was born.

*Isaiah 9:6-7 says:

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For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder.

And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

7. Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, to order it and establish it with judgment and justice from that time forward, even forever.

The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

*Philippians 2:5-11 also strongly stresses the lordship of Jesus.

There Paul was speaking to Christians and said:

5. Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,

6. who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God,

7. but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a servant, and coming in the likeness of men.

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And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.

9. Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name,

10. that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,

11. and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

*Jesus Christ is Lord of all!

But is He your Lord tonight?

And Christians: Are you living like Jesus is the Lord of your life?

We need to realize more and more that Jesus is not just our Savior.

He is our Lord!

1. SO NOTICE FIRST THAT JESUS IS THE LORD OF HIS CROWN.

*This is one of God's lessons for us in vs. 14-15, where John wrote:

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Then those men, when they had seen the sign that Jesus did, said, "This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world.''

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Therefore when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him king, He departed again to a mountain by Himself alone.

*After those men saw the miraculous feeding, they rightly concluded that Jesus was the Prophet that Moses had foretold 1,400 years earlier.

Deuteronomy 18:15-19 records this prophecy that God gave to Moses:

15. "The LORD your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your brethren.

Him you shall hear,

16. according to all you desired of the LORD your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, 'Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, nor let me see this great fire anymore, lest I die.'

17.

And the LORD said to me: 'What they have spoken is good.

18.

I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him.

19.

And it shall be that whoever will not hear My words, which He speaks in My name, I will require it of him.'"

*You see, the first time the LORD delivered the Ten Commandments to His people, He spoke the words from the top of Mount Sinai.

*Exodus 19:16-25 gives us the scene:

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Then it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were thunderings and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain; and the sound of the trumpet was very loud, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled.

17.

And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.

18.

Now Mount Sinai was completely in smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire.

Its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly.

19.

And when the blast of the trumpet sounded long and became louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by voice.

20.

Then the LORD came down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain.

And the LORD called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

21.

And the LORD said to Moses, "Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to gaze at the LORD, and many of them perish.

22. Also let the priests who come near the LORD consecrate themselves, lest the LORD break out against them.''

23.

And Moses said to the LORD, "The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai; for You warned us, saying, 'Set bounds around the mountain and consecrate it.'''

24.

Then the LORD said to him, "Away!

Get down and then come up, you and Aaron with you.

But do not let the priests and the people break through to come up to the LORD, lest He break out against them.''

25.

So Moses went down to the people and spoke to them.

*Then in Exodus 20:1-17, God literally spoke the Ten Commandments from the top of the mountain.

*But the people were so terrified that Exodus 20:18-23 says:

18.

Now all the people witnessed the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood afar off.

19.

Then they said to Moses, "You speak with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.''

20.

And Moses said to the people, "Do not fear; for God has come to test you, and that His fear may be before you, so that you may not sin.''

21.

So the people stood afar off, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was.

22. Then the Lord said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: 'You have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

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You shall not make anything to be with Me gods of silver or gods of gold you shall not make for yourselves.'"

*That's why in Deuteronomy 18:15-19, again Moses said:

15. "The LORD your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your brethren.

Him you shall hear,

16. according to all you desired of the LORD your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, 'Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, nor let me see this great fire anymore, lest I die.'

17.

And the LORD said to me: 'What they have spoken is good.

18.

I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him.

19.

And it shall be that whoever will not hear My words, which He speaks in My name, I will require it of him.'"

*In other words, God told His people, "Alright, you don't want me to speak directly to you.

I won't, at least for a while.

For the time being I will speak to you through earthly prophets.

And I will not speak directly to you again until I send the heavenly Prophet.

God was talking about the Christ, the Messiah, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

*So, after the men in vs. 14 saw the miraculous feeding, they rightly concluded that Jesus was the Prophet that Moses had foretold.

And in vs. 15, those men thought they had a great idea: "Hey!

Jesus is the greatest miracle worker who has ever come into the world!