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The Chibi News Daily Reflection
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Hi, I'm Mark and I'm a vicar in the Church of England in Middlesbrough
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This year is the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea. At Nicaea, a bunch of bishops and church leaders gathered together to debate the big issue of the day
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which was whether there was any sense that Jesus was less than God
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The council concluded that what the church had been already teaching for about 300 years
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was true to what was found in the Bible, that this person Jesus was indeed God
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One of the arguments for this was that Jesus does miracles with the exact same power and authority as God
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So when he makes bread multiplied to feed the thousands, or heals the sick, or makes the dead rise
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he's doing it with the authority and the power of God. But there's an interesting thing if you read the stories of Jesus feeding the thousands
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Mark's Gospel tells us that once Jesus had given thanks and broken the bread in two
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he then gave it to his disciples and it was as they passed out the bread
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that it never ran out. As the council of Nicaea affirmed Jesus doesn't need to use his disciples in the miracle
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he's God but he gets his friends involved in serving others and in doing so those friends are blessed
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Christians believe this is still true today that Jesus calls all who follow him
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to serve in his power and the church believes that in doing so people find great blessing
