Matthew 4:4 🥖 | Monday

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Memorize 🧠 

But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

Matthew 4:4

Author & Audience Context ✍️ 

• Matthew (author) was a Jewish tax collector before becoming one of Jesus' 12 disciples 💰️ 

• He wrote his gospel originally for a Jewish audience in the 70s or 80s AD

• Matthew emphasizes how Jesus fulfilled Old Testament prophecies and was the promised Messiah from the line of Abraham and David. This is one of the reasons why Matthew starts his gospel with Jesus’ family tree 🌳

Apply & respond 🏃‍♂️ 

Food doesn’t nourish us until we consume it. Holding an apple in your hand will give you no health benefit.

It has to go from outside of us to inside of us.

God’s Word is the same way - we can’t simply hold the Bible in our hands (physically or digitally) and expect it to nourish us.

It has to make into us - by reading it, listening to it, memorizing it and letting it drive our actions.

In Matthew 4:4, Jesus teaches us that the very words of God provide spiritual nourishment.

Pray

Lord, help me seek not just physical nourishment, but spiritual nourishment from Your Word today. Amen. 🙏

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