Small Group Discussion Guide
Jesus Feeds the 5,000
Season 3 · Episode 8 - 6:51
How to introduce this clip
“The creators, cast, and crew of The Chosen can’t portray every miracle of Jesus, but they certainly let us watch several play out. While it was surely a challenge to film, it was a given they were going to show us the miracle we traditionally refer to as “The Feeding of the 5,000,” and it serves as one of the climactic scenes of the final episode of Season 3. Here’s a bit of context for what you’re about to watch: Large crowds of people have gathered to listen to Jesus teach all day, and now? They’re hungry. Trouble is, all they have by way of food is five loaves of bread and two fish that have been humbly offered up by a little boy named Telemachus. Let’s watch this clip from The Chosen to see what happens next…”
*If your church does not know about The Chosen, before you show the clip, you might also want to tell them the following: “The Chosen is a television show that tells the story of Jesus through the eyes of the people who knew him.”
Discussion Questions
1. Tell us about a moment when God took what little you had to offer and did something big with it. (Follow-up question: How did you push past your doubt that God could do anything all that big with what little you had to offer?)
2. Sometimes someone has ample gifts and charisma to offer—a seemingly endless supply of loaves and fish—but God is able to do very little with it. Why do you think that is?
3. Tell us about a need you see right now in your corner of the world, and then tell us what you have to offer that situation, even it feels like nothing more than a handful of “loaves and fish.”
4. While you must bring your “loaves and fish,” you must also bring along your faith. If "faith without works is dead,” it’s also true that works without faith never have a chance to live! What things most challenge your faith in God’s power to do great things these days, and how do you fight for your faith to remain?
5. We’ve talked a lot about you as an individual and the “little” you have to offer that God can multiply; what about today’s church? Big things need to happen in the world. What are the “loaves and fish” the church needs to bring?