Feeding the Four Thousand

Syllabus: CBC * Grade 5 * Christian Religious Education * Strand 3.0 The Life of Jesus Christ * Sub-strand 3.4 Feeding the Four Thousand

Lesson objectives

By the end of this topic, you should be able to:

• List four ways of helping the needy in today's society.
• Describe the miracle of feeding the four thousand (Matthew 15:32-38).
• Outline lessons learnt from the miracle.
• Practise the value of love by helping the needy.

Summary

When a crowd of four thousand men, plus women and children, had nothing to eat after three days with Jesus, he had compassion on them and miraculously fed them all using just seven loaves and a few fish. This miracle shows Jesus' compassion and challenges us to care for the needy around us.