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This is another part of my series on Putting on the Lord Jesus Christ. 

10/12/11

I've decided to start writing down the things Jesus spoke about & commanded. Hey, if you are gonna walk in the Spirit & put Jesus on, you have to be getting the Word in. The first scripture I want to look at is the following:

"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," Matthew 4:4.

This was Jesus' response to Satan's request that He command the stones to be made into bread.. Earlier in chapter 4, we find that Jesus was led to the Wilderness by the Holy Spirit. The devil would tempt Him. Jesus had fasted 40 days & 40 nights. Afterwards, He was hungry. The "tempter", Satan began tempting Him. Jesus was in human form. His fasting was for 40 days & 40 nights. The Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary describes this temptation as "an attempt to get Jesus to doubt God's providential care. If Jesus had turned the stones into bread, He would have been acting independently from His Heavenly Father. Satan was trying to get Jesus to use His power to meet His own needs." Jesus' quickly made it known that it isn't food that sustains us, but every Word that proceeds out of the mouth of God is what sustains us. When fasting, ignore the physical. Focus on the spiritual, & rely on God to meet our needs (Deuteronomy 8:3). The Lord is Who sustains us. Listening to God is far more important than focusing on our physical needs. We, Christians, have to focus on the spiritual- not the physical-READ THE WORD! "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," Hebrews 4:12. The Bible is the Word of God. This is what keeps us, directs us, corrects us. "(16) All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: (17) That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works," 2 Timothy 3:16-17. Jesus knew that the Word of God takes priority over physical things. Today, we need to be more concerned spiritually. (10/13/11) Update: The Word was in the beginning, with God, and was God. Without Him nothing was made (from John 1:1-3). It's more important for our spiritual needs to be met than our physical.

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Until Tomorrow...Lord's Willing