TODAY'S SCRIPTURE. “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.” (Matthew 4: 4, Luke 4:4)

What exactly did Jesus Christ mean by that statement? What does it mean to live by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God?
I will share five effective ways on how you can live by every Word of God.

1. Living by God’s word means to humble yourself. Jesus’s answer is a direct quotation of Deuteronomy 8:3. The whole eighth chapter of Deuteronomy is about Moses instructing the nation of Israel to remember the Eternal God."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.”

From this verse, we can read that if you want to live by God’s word, you need to first humble yourself. If you are not humble, God will first need to humble you through trials and hardships. He will test and humble you before He can use you for His purpose. Humility is required for complete submission to God. You cannot live by every word of God if you are full of yourself. You cannot live by every word of God if you are filled with pride, arrogance and conceit.

Humbling yourself does not necessarily mean thinking less of yourself. It is the recognition that you are nothing without God. It is the ability to see the awesomeness, majesty and power of God and yet, He is loving and caring at the same time.

2 . Living by God’s word means believing His word. You cannot live by God’s word if you don’t believe it in the first place. Sadly, some people think that they can be Christians by accepting some parts of the Bible while rejecting other parts of it. Some people believe the New Testament and reject the Old Testament. Some people observe two or three commandments while dismissing the others. Some believe the theory of Evolution and still call themselves Christians. Isn’t it foolish to believe in a God when at the back of your mind you consider parts of the Bible, His very word, as myths, fictional and just desperate ways of men to explain their experiences?

The Bible is very clear when it says" ALL scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works” (2Timothy 3:16).

The word ‘inspiration’ here literally means, God-breathed. If you want to live by God’s word, you cannot be just selective in which portion of the Bible you believe. It is either all or nothing. You can either call God a liar or accept His word as factual, accurate, or perfect. There’s no middle ground.

TODAY'S RESPONSE
Humble yourself according to Gods word, believe His word completely concerning you and watch out for Part 2 of this teaching in tomorrows devotion.

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