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FEEDING ON THE WORD

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Feb 11, 1903

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 29, No. 6.

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FEEDING ON THE WORD.

By John Ramsay, Jr.

“Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.” Matt. 4:4.
We know from the natural laws laid down by the Most High that we must partake of food to sustain our physical being, or we will starve, and finally die. This same law demands the doing in reference to our spiritual being. The Lord has just as graciously provided us with spiritual food as He has with physical food, in giving us His Word, and this Word contains life-giving principles. John 6:63.
As we see that we can not live without this food any more than we can live without physical food, of which we must partake daily, we will see that it is as necessary that we feed upon God’s Word every day. We read in the seventeenth chapter of Acts that the people of Berea “were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the Word with all readiness of mind, and searched the Scriptures daily.”
If we neglect to study God’s Word daily, we will become cold and indifferent in regard to our spiritual welfare, will starve for want of the Word, and will finally die eternally.
There are great possibilities in the study of the Scriptures, for they contain salvation. The apostle Paul, writing to Timothy, says, “From a child thou hast known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.” He also 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, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.” 2 Tim. 3:15-17.
The whole of the Bible is to be studied, for the Saviour says, “Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life; and they are they which testify of Me.” When those words were spoken, not one word of the New Testament had been written; only the Old Testament. Christ says the books of the Old Testament testify of Him. Then they contain the Gospel. So we see that all of the Bible is worthy of our careful study.
Reden, Manitoba. JOHN RAMSAY, JR.