Thru the Bible - Minute with McGee on Oneplace.com

He went away to a mountain to pray, and He sent His disciples across the Sea of Galilee. And in the storm there that night, why these men thought they were going to perish. And they saw Him walking on the water; He was coming to them. And when He came to them, He came into the boat, and John, in this lovely way, says, “Immediately they were at the other side.” That means when He got in the boat, it didn’t seem very far to the other side. And with Him in the boat today, friends, it makes the rough seas of this world and the waves that roll high—it makes it much better when He’s onboard.

“Jesus said, Make the men sit down. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.” And I would call your attention to that 5,000 men—plus women and children. And what you have there would be about 15,000. You have 15,000 people, and that’s a liability any time if you’ve got to feed them. And the only assets that you have are five loaves, two fishes. And what you need in this equation—and here is what I call this mathematics of a miracle—you need Jesus. And when you have Him here, if you have the five loaves plus two fishes plus Jesus, you’ve got something, friends. And without Him, why, you don’t have anything at all.

When a man begins to make an attack upon the Old Testament, watch out. It’s like the man at the insane asylum who was digging at the foundation, and a man came by and said to him, “What are you doing?” He said, “Well, I’m digging up the foundation.” “Why?” he said. “You live in that building.” He says, “I know, but I live upstairs.” And I’m afraid that a great many people say, “I live in the New Testament.” But, my friends, the Old Testament is the foundation. Our Lord says, “If you believe not His writings, how shall you believe my words?” They both go together.

“The woman saith unto him, I know that Messiah cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.” Oh, how majestic and sublime this statement is. And this woman is brought face to face now with the Savior of the world and the Messiah. And, friends, today my question to you—whoever you are, wherever you are, and however you are—is: Have you come face to face with the Lord Jesus Christ as this woman did?

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” God never saved the world by love—because the love of God could never save a sinner. God does not save by love, friends. God saves by grace. “By grace are ye saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.” “But God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosever (and you can write your name in there; I can write mine) whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”