Monday, November 5, 2012

Spiritual Sustenance

Heb 4:12  For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

The WORD of GOD.

Pro_30:5  Every WORD OF GOD is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

He is a SHIELD unto them that put their trust in Him!

Luk_4:4  And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every WORD OF GOD.

We must LIVE by the WORD of GOD.

Yet we scarcely have anything to do with it. How many people would be considered starved if the Word of God were their sustenance? How many people are spiritually dead because they've not lived by the Word of God? On the other hand, how many people read the Word of God yet gain no sustenance from it because they've read it amiss?

1Th_2:13  For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

If we believe the Word of God is really the word of men then ALL our reading will mean nothing- no living sustenance. Men's words cannot give us any life at all, they are words without any real power in them. God's Word is a Living Word, alive and full of power and life!

2Co 4:1  Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
2Co_4:2  But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

We CANNOT handle the Word of God DECEITFULLY and expect to be fed by it.

Yet there are so many people who read their daily verses, who say their prayers, and they are all empty of true spiritual life giving sustenance because they are being deceitful, they are not reading God's word as true spiritual life food. They are NOT reading the Word of God with the expectation of being truly nourished in a very, very real way. 

How can we read this--

Luk_4:4  And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every WORD OF GOD.

--and not realize that we are only truly alive, truly living, truly fed by food that will not leave us empty but give us spiritual life- the life that really, really matters more than any other?

The WORD of GOD.

Luk 8:5  A sower went out to sow his seed (((THE WORD OF GOD)))): and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.
Luk 8:6  And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.
Luk 8:7  And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.
Luk 8:8  And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Luk 8:9  And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?

Luk 8:10  And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.

Luk 8:11  Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

Luk 8:12  Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
Luk 8:13  They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
Luk 8:14  And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

Luk 8:15  But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

The WORD OF GOD.

So important is the Word of God that it is a true treasure to comprehend that IT has the power to create in us a CLEAN heart- an honest and good heart- when we HEAR it and KEEP it and allow it to work in  us being PATIENT as this happens.

The Word of God is sown upon EVERYONE, no one is left out, not a single person. How that Word of God is accepted is what matters. 

All too often the devil with all his evil ways tempts us away, all too often cares and riches and pleasures of this life mean so much more than the eternal riches in store.  We need to examine our lives and repent, seeking forgiveness, praying for faith and patience in that faith that God will create an honest and good heart within us, He is everything!

The WORD of GOD is -

Heb 4:12  For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

- QUICK
-POWERFUL
-SHARPER THAN ANY TWO EDGED SWORD

The WORD of GOD is -

-LIFE GIVING
-SUSTAINING
-SPIRITUAL
-HEART CLEANSING

The WORD of GOD.

More tomorrow all by the grace and mercy of our Savior! ALL in HIS LOVE! BY HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS!

Please LORD help us.

There are loved ones among us Lord that are very sick, possibly dying, please LORD bless them, as Your will is done let them be Yours no matter what happens. All by YOUR grace and mercy!

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