Chapter
4
The Life-giving Word
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How powerful
is the Word of God when brought into contact with one's life?
"For the word
of God is quick [literally, "living"], and powerful,
and sharper than any two-edged 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.
What was
Peter constrained to say about Christ's words?
"Then Simon Peter answered Him, Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou
hast the words of eternal life." John 6:68.
What did
Jesus declare regarding His Father's commandment?
"And I know
that His commandment is life everlasting." John 12:50.
What great
truth did God wish to teach us, when He gave the daily manna to feed the
children of Israel?
"And He
humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which
thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that He might make thee
know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live." Deuteronomy
8:3.
What happens
when we feed upon the true, heavenly manna?
"Thy words
were found, and I did eat them; and
Thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called
by Thy name, O Lord God of hosts." Jeremiah 15:16.
What
reference did Jesus make to this same life-giving manna?
"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.
How did God's
will for Christ's life become His food?
"Jesus saith
unto them, My meat is to do the will of Him that sent Me, and to finish
His work." John 4:34.
What name is
given to Jesus, since He was the Revealer of God's thought to mankind?
"In the
beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was
God." John 1:1.
"And He was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and His name is
called The Word of God." Revelation 19:13.
What did
this Word become?
"And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us."
John 1.14.
What was in
this Word that we so much need?
"In Him was life;
and the life was the light of men." John 1:34.
What is
Jesus therefore also called?
'"That which
was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our
eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the
Word of life." 1 John 1:1.
What did
Jesus declare Himself to be?
"And Jesus
said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to Me shall
never hunger; and he that believeth on Me shall never thirst." l John
6:35.
What did He
say would be given to those that partook of this God-given bread?
"As the
living Father hath sent Me, and I live by the Father: so He that eateth
Me, even he shall live by Me. This is that bread which came down from
heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth
of this bread shall live for ever. " John 6:57,58.
What did
Jesus really mean when He said that we should eat His flesh?
"It is the
spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I
speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life."
John 6:63.
What is it
that God will let us taste right now?
"And
have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to
come." Hebrews 6:5. (See Jeremiah 15:16.)
Tasting
it, what do we learn?
"0 taste and
see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in
Him." Psalm 34:8.
Does God want
us to ask for this Bread daily?
"Give us this
day our daily bread." Matthew 6: 11.
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