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1547 entries for this category: Scripture tells us that the Son of God(Jesus) came to earth to redeem/save mankind from their sins. In order for Jesus to fullfill what was prophesied in the Old Testament, he had to die. His death however, was not incited by him. It was predestinde by God. When he referred to cleansing the temple, he was actually referring to need of mankind to turn from their evil/wicked ways and come back to the father. He also referred to this as a way to show us that truly the savior of the world. Some may say that he inideed incited his deatth because he continuously went against what was the norm for that time(preaching /healing on the sabbath), associating with the outcasts claiming to be the Messiah). Despite this though, he did not incite his own death. He challenge them to see if they had enough faith in Him to believe He could feed the people with little or no food. The disciples wanted to send the people away but Jesus enqired about the food that was in their possession the He blessed it and gave to the disciples to distribute. Jesus fed the 5000, had food remained, He made people happy; that was a great miracle. Our faith takes us to these sort of experiences. Faith and works go together, for the Bible says faith without works is dead. Je
Was Jesus trying to incite His own death?
By: Carolyn Johnson
Category: Timeline - Final 1 Week
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Why did Jesus challenge the disciples to "give them (5000 people) something to eat" before multiplying the food?
By: Diana Yarde
Category: Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand
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