What Right did
Peter Have to Make This Claim?
“And there is salvation in no one else; for
there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we
must be saved.” Acts 4:12
Miraculous Feeding
– Thousands came to listen to Jesus speak and teach and we’re told of two occasions
involving 5,000 and 4,000 men respectively, (the crowds were much larger, but
only the number of men present is recorded) were Jesus fed them. The provisions involved 5 loaves of bread
and two fish for the first feeding and 7 loaves and a few small fish for the
second. The disciples were told to pick
up what was left from the first feeding, which filled twelve lunch baskets –
one for each of the Apostles to also be fed.
The leftovers from the second feeding – 7 large baskets of food! Michael Card refers to the first miraculous
feeding as one of “perfect provision” (just enough for the need at hand) and
the second as a “miracle of abundance” (more than enough to meet the need). These events would have recalled to mind the
miraculous way God provided for His people during their 40 year journey to the
Promised Land.
Unfortunately, most of the people merely regarded Jesus
as a meal ticket, but He desires to be so much more in our lives. Peter learned that tasks impossible for mere
men and not impossible for Jesus.
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