Bread Alone

[whirlwind]

 
Matthew 4:4 But He answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.


Level on level on level of thought...in one verse. Truly, it is the living Word. It grows as we mature.

• Man, in order to survive, must have literal bread/food but he won't live eternally without our Father.
  
  Man, in order to live must have bread/the written Word but it alone isn't enough to "live" eternally.

We must have bread/the letter of the word and we must have the Spirit teach us the meaning of the letter....which is "every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God."


The letter is written and seen/understood on one level. What gives us eternal life is the spirit of the Word that we receive from the mouth of God.

• John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
  
  
  2 Corinthians 3:6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

How does He speak to us? He opens understanding of His written Word....He gives the letter...life.


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[me2lord]

That had a nice little spin on it...   it is true the letter of the word is the bible...is Jesus...all of it...