Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry. 3 Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”
4 But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ”
Man shall not live by bread alone. but by every Word that proceeds from the mouth of God.
When we take food, it gives energy. If a person does not eat food, then his body becomes weak. but if he eats he gets strengthened.
Jesus says, it is not just the food that gives you life, the food keeps the body running. but it is not the only thing.
what is the first food given to us.
1) Genesis 1: 29 And God said, “See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food.
God gave every plant that has food.
2)Genesis 9: 3 Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have given you all things, even as the green herbs.
This is about food.
Now Lord Jesus says not by bread alone, but by every word of God.
There is a comparison between food and Word of God
Manna.
Exodus 16:5
4 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you. And the people shall go out and gather [a]a certain quota every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in My law or not. 5 And it shall be on the sixth day that they shall prepare what they bring in, and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.”
What is the meaning of Manna.
why did God allowed Israelites hungry?
Deutoronomy 8:3
3 So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord.
This food nobody knew , even their fathers dont know.
Man shall not live by bread alone. The manifestation of Gods Word is manna.
Exodus 16:4
35 And the children of Israel ate manna forty years, until they came to an inhabited land; they ate manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan.
How to eat this manna that man should live.
Manna characteristics:
1) Need
Exodus 16:16
16 This is the thing which the Lord has commanded: ‘Let every man gather it according to each one’s need,
First , you need to realize the need of the hunger for God.
You give a person who just ate biryani , some delicious food, he wont eat, because now there is no need for him.
But give it to a hungry man, he will eat it.
Gather the manna according to each mans need.
2) Do not use yesterdays food.
Exodus 16: 19 And Moses said, “Let no one leave any of it till morning
3) Donot complain - There is nothing except this manna.
Numbers 11: 6 but now our whole being is dried up; there is nothing at all except this manna before our eyes!”
How to eat this food:
Numbers 11:7-9
7 Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its color like the color of bdellium. 8 The people went about and gathered it, ground it on millstones or beat it in the mortar, cooked it in pans, and made cakes of it; and its taste was like the taste of pastry prepared with oil.
In Exodus it was mentioned as Wafers made with honey
Exodus 16: 31 And the house of Israel called its name [c]Manna. And it was like white coriander seed, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
And here, it is called Pastry prepared with oil.
Ground it on millstone or beat it in the mortar
Do you eat the rice just like that, do you eat wheat grains just like that.
No.
the First thing that needs to be done is Ground it, beat it
Goto the secret place - Meditate on it.
Psalmist says Blessed is the man
Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the [a]ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
Who walks not in the counsel of the [a]ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
Groudn it - Seek God in prayer for revelation.
Cook in the pans
Cooking involves fire- The Word that is gathered and the Word that is grounded , will be tested in the fire.
Where there is a test there is testimony.
Made cakes of it.
When the manna was grounded, word was tested in fire then we can give the cake to others.
It will be like Pastry prepared with Oil. Why does it says it is like pastry prepared with Oil, Oil represents HolySpirit.
When you spend time in secret place, when the Word is gathered, grounded, beaten in mortar and heated up in pans and then given, then you know the Taste of the Word is like Pastry with Oil.
You know when you heart it , when the congregation hears it, was it the Word just prepared for the sake of giving message or was it grounded, expereienced, prayed and made cakes with it..
--How do we know that a person is living.
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