O no, there\'s no bread

O NO THERE IS NO BREAD…
Have you ever gone without food?  I mean more than just an hour or two, but maybe the whole day without food.  Not by choice but for whatever reason you just didn’t eat.  Have you ever decided that you wouldn’t eat anything?  Probably not.  Why?  Unless you are on some crazy diet or on a fast, we all understand that if we go without food for a while that our bodies start to “scream” at us, demanding that we put some “fuel” (food) into our body.  Why?  Without fuel (food) our body will become drained, it may not happen right away but the longer one goes without food the greater the chance the body will have issues.  In Matthew 4:4 Jesus gives a response to one of the temptations from Satan about turning stones into bread.  Why was this a temptation?  Jesus had just finished a 40 day fast of no food and as scripture says “He as hungry”.  I think anyone would be hungry after going that long without food.  So, you can see that this was not just an easy thing for Jesus to “walk past” He had to respond to this temptation and His response is so valuable.  In fact, if we aren’t careful we can just read this as something Jesus did and not as something we should do ourselves.  Jesus responds to this temptation by saying “It is written (He is about to quote Deuteronomy 8:3) that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every wO NO THERE’S NO BREAD…
Have you ever gone without food?  I mean more than just an hour or two, but maybe the whole day without food.  Not by choice but for whatever reason you just didn’t eat.  Have you ever decided that you wouldn’t eat anything?  Probably not.  Why?  Unless you are on some crazy diet or on a fast, we all understand that if we go without food for a while that our bodies start to “scream” at us, demanding that we put some “fuel” (food) into our body.  Why?  Without fuel (food) our body will become drained, it may not happen right away but the longer one goes without food the greater the chance the body will have issues.  In Matthew 4:4 Jesus gives a response to one of the temptations from Satan about turning stones into bread.  Why was this a temptation?  Jesus had just finished a 40 day fast of no food and as scripture says “He as hungry”.  I think anyone would be hungry after going that long without food.  So, you can see that this was not just an easy thing for Jesus to “walk past” He had to respond to this temptation and His response is so valuable.  In fact, if we aren’t careful we can just read this as something Jesus did and not as something we should do ourselves.  Jesus responds to this temptation by saying “It is written (He is about to quote Deuteronomy 8:3) that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes out of the mouth of God”.  Let’s bread this down;
Man shall not live by bread alone
He is not saying we shouldn’t eat – but He is saying there is something else or something in addition to physical bread that we should be living by
The word “lives” in the Greek language carries the meaning; remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live forever, be quickened, be restored to life or health; to refresh, or to comfort!
So, look at this verse considering this – Jesus said man cannot not be sustained, live prosperously, live forever, or even be restored to life or health, lasting refreshment or lasting comfort by bread alone.
So, if natural bread alone cannot sustain us then what can?  His Word
His Word is the only thing that can bring lasting comfort.
His Word is the only thing that can refresh us, for more than an hour or two
His Word is the only thing that can cause to live forever, live prosperously, and sustain us far greater than natural food can.
Now please understand we need to eat, but the more important thing, our priority must be to “chew” on His Word.  Just as you wouldn’t neglect your physical body, we should not neglect our spiritual body.  Just as you don’t eat one meal a week, don’t feed your spirit man only once a week, Sunday’s.  Feed your soul daily.  Make a choice that you will read The Word not because the church says too, not because the Pastor says too but because God says that we should!  Make this a daily habit.  Much love, Pastor Michaelord that comes out of the mouth of God”.  Let’s bread this down;
Man shall not live by bread alone
He is not saying we shouldn’t eat – but He is saying there is something else or something in addition to physical bread that we should be living by
The word “lives” in the Greek language carries the meaning; remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live forever, be quickened, be restored to life or health; to refresh, or to comfort!
So, look at this verse considering this – Jesus said man cannot not be sustained, live prosperously, live forever, or even be restored to life or health, lasting refreshment or lasting comfort by bread alone.
So, if natural bread alone cannot sustain us then what can?  His Word
His Word is the only thing that can bring lasting comfort.
His Word is the only thing that can refresh us, for more than an hour or two
His Word is the only thing that can cause to live forever, live prosperously, and sustain us far greater than natural food can.
Now please understand we need to eat, but the more important thing, our priority must be to “chew” on His Word.  Just as you wouldn’t neglect your physical body, we should not neglect our spiritual body.  Just as you don’t eat one meal a week, don’t feed your spirit man only once a week, Sunday’s.  Feed your soul daily.  Make a choice that you will read The Word not because the church says too, not because the Pastor says too but because God says that we should!  Make this a daily habit.  Much love, Pastor Michael

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