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Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:

Matthew 4:4, “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.”

What does it mean to feed upon the Word?

To the Lord it meant having a living and fresh relationship with the written Scriptures.

For example, in Matthew 4:4 when the Lord said, “It is written,” He used the perfect tense in Greek, which can be literally translated “It stands written.”

He did not say, “It was written,” as though the Word was something merely recorded in the past without any present reality.

The force of the perfect tense, “It stands written,” indicates that the Lord’s attitude toward the Word was that it was God’s present speaking–living and fresh, not dead and old.

In fact, the written Scriptures were identified by Him as being the very word that “proceeds out through the mouth of God.”

In saying “proceeds,” the Lord again used a tense that reveals His attitude toward the written Scriptures.

“Proceeds” is a present participle which denotes that “every word” was presently proceeding out through the mouth of God.

He did not use the past tense “proceeded,” as though He was articulating a theory on the inspiration of Scripture.

He used the present tense “proceeds” to reveal that the written Scriptures are living and fresh, even proceeding “out through the mouth of God.”

This proceeding word, according to the Lord’s view, is good for man not only to study and read, but to feed upon as bread and to live by.

This was the Lord’s realization concerning the Scriptures.

Consequently, our relationship to the Scriptures should be characterized by feeding upon words that are presently proceeding out of God’s mouth.

Until Tomorrow,

With A Shepherd’s Love

Pastor

TODAY’S PRAYER LIST

Sandra Graham

John McClain

Amy Garner’s Mom & Dad

Brandon’s Dad

Dan Haines  

Daniel Ford

Darlene Thaxton  

Denise Hulsey – Jordan’s G’Mother

Dr. Don Davis

Easton Fielder

Ellen Boyd

Freddie May’s Mom & Friend

George/Linda Alexander

James Burnette

Jim Mabe

Joan Cronan’s Sister

Joel Bateman

Linda Hodges’ Sister

Michael Stanley

Ricky Gipson – Ashley’s Brother

Ronnie Palmer

Rose Fuller’s Nephew

Rusty Turner

Scott Nix

Terrell Loyd

Tom Witcher

Tony Breedlove

James Garner’s Friend 

Kim McClain’s Mother

Lonzo Christian             

Ashley Burn’s Sisters

Colby/Connor – Allison’s G’sons 

Larry Barker  

Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah

Mary Sims  

Marynell Ford

Pastor & Mrs. Driskell 

Ricky Stubbs  

Roseleigh Osborn  

Scott Lanier – Linda’s Son 

Shaelyn – Jill’s Friend

Tammy Shellnut’s Mother/Dad