Today’s devotion comes from Deuteronomy 32:44-47.
“Then Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people, he, with Joshua the son of Nun. When Moses had finished speaking all these words to all Israel, he said to them, “Take to your heart all the words with which I am warning you today, which you shall command your sons to observe carefully, even all the words of this law. For it is not an idle word for you; indeed it is your life. And by this word you will prolong your days in the land, which you are about to cross the Jordan to possess.” Deuteronomy 32:44-47.
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“… Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’” Matthew 4:4.
“It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.” John 6:63.
“Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life.” John 6:68.
Jesus is the “Incarnate Word”.
“And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 1:14.
“What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life— and the life was manifested, and we have seen and testify and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was manifested to us— what we have seen and heard we proclaim to you also, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.” 1 John 1:1-3.
“And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.” 1 John 5:11-12.
The words of Scripture point us to “the Word of Life”, Jesus Christ. And, we do not learn about Jesus through pictures or sculptures or other images (in fact, they are forbidden by the second commandment); we learn about Jesus through the words of Scripture.
“You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me; and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life.” John 5:39-40.
And so, we have daily devotions, seeking to learn more about Jesus, “the Word of Life”.
“34 “Blessed is the man who listens to me,
Watching daily at my gates,
Waiting at my doorposts.
35 “For he who finds me finds life
And obtains favor from the Lord.” Proverbs 8:34-35.
“‘Give us this day our daily bread.” Matthew 6:11.
“Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.” Acts 17:11.
“But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
And in His law he meditates day and night.” Psalm 1:2.
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