1 Peter 2:2-3
Like newborn babes, long for the pure milk of the word, that by it you may grow in respect to salvation, if you have tasted the kindness of the Lord.
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In my experience, limited though it might be, I have come to know that when a baby is hungry he or she will let the mother know—and everybody else in the neighborhood—screaming, crying and hollering until it gets the milk it needs and longs for! Would you and I feel and react in a similar way if we were not getting God's Word? The baby cannot grow, could not even survive, without that nourishment. You and I cannot grow or survive without God's Word.
Have you heard the words of Job? "I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.” {Job 23:12}
God's Word IS our necessary food! We need to 'taste and see that the Lord is good' {Ps.34:8} and to continually remember the words of the prophet Jeremiah: “Thy words were found and I ate them, and Thy words became for me a joy and the delight of my heart; For I have been called by Thy name, O Lord God of hosts.” {Jer.15:16}
The apostle Paul had written that we should 'test ourselves to see if we are in the faith; examine ourselves!' {2Cor.13:5} You and I should check our hearts today to see if they contain the joy and the delight that comes with a proper diet—lots of 'Word'.
We are living in a time of satanic rage, perilous days, that Jesus spoke of {Mat.24:4-12} and the apostle Paul described. {2Tim.3-4} Part of the problem is that Satan is very, very subtle {Gen.3:1} and many people don’t even understand that it is he who is the problem—they do not understand that it is all a spiritual war being waged. All of the political furor, the battles being fought in so many places, the rampant criminal activity everywhere, the disobedience to law, are just a physical manifestation of that spiritual reality!
And in this present age of so much false news, so many lies and so much propaganda, political and commercial, that can steal your peace, we need truth!
“Jesus therefore was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, 'If you abide in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.'” (John 8:31-32)
WHATEVER THE QUESTION, JESUS IS THE ANSWER
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