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Practical Applications
of God’s Word
Part 3 — Nourishment
“I have esteemed the words of His mouth more than my necessary food” (Job 23:12).
“Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and Thy Word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart” (Jeremiah 15:16).
The Word of God is food for the new life that we received when we were born again. The life we have from God is a perfect life, and it is the very life of Christ. However, it is a dependant life. If we are to grow and have a happy, healthy spiritual life we must feed on God’s Word every day. When we eat something we take it into our system and it becomes part of us. This is true of the Scriptures. When we read it, meditate on it, and digest the truth of it, we receive eternal benefit. Then we will be able to “Grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 3:18). Just as we take care to eat good healthy food every day for our physical well-being, so we need the spiritual food of the Bible for the nourishment of the divine life we have from God, in Christ.
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