EAT TO LIVE (the source of spiritual life)
A vast number of scriptural texts in the Bible make clear just how FALSE most people’s concepts and beliefs are concerning the means of salvation (or in other words, the way to spiritual life). Simply invoking the WORD “Jesus”, or any other pronunciation or spelling in reference to Him or to God the Father, accomplishes nothing! Even the devil does that, and the devil believes, and TREMBLES as a result of his belief, but it does not save him. (James 2:19 (KJV))
The ‘belief that saves’ goes beyond a mental acceptance of a thought or idea or even of a person. Rather, the ‘belief that saves’ is a spiritual absorption of HIM, so that He rules in and permeates our hearts and lives, through the spiritual meanings of His Word. John 6 features several statements by Jesus along those lines, and that passage is our main focus of study in this video. Our goal is to try to encourage people to search the scriptures and feed upon the SPIRITUAL MANNA that God still sends to His people today!!!
See Also:
What is the True Means of Salvation?
Eat to Live
Manna as our spiritual bread. This textual study with the same title is not the same as this video study. You will learn much more by studying both.
The Truth that Jesus Taught, Not Many Believe
Most religions today contradict Jesus as to what being “born again” really means. IMPORTANT!
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I’m assuming you keep Sunday as your day of rest, as most Christians today do. As long as you keep man’s Sabbath instead of God’s Sabbath (Saturday) holy, you are lost. If I’m wrong and you keep Saturday holy, I apologize for making an incorrect assumption.
Hello Greg,
The Bible teaches very plainly the difference between the old covenant descendants of Abraham, and the symbolic lessons God had to use to try to teach them spiritual truth. God has never been capable of being worshipped with man’s hands (as the scriptures state). But, at the same time old covenant Israel was not able to experience “Christ in them…. the hope of glory” either. Therefore, because salvation was not yet purchased and the comforter was not yet dwelling within the hearts of God’s true people, He had to teach via literal (physical, fleshly) forms of SYMBOLIC worship.
We now live in the new covenant (as I’m sure you know), and now have COMPLETED redemption available wherein Christ Jesus can dwell within our hearts. Therefore, today is not a case of keeping a ceremony on a certain day of the week, but now God’s true people worship Him in spirit and in truth EVERY MOMENT of our lives by committing our lives to him for EVERY DAY and for eternity. I have read multitudes of pamphlets and books put out by various types of Seventh Day advocates, and I have seen how they attempt to explain away the scriptures by literalizing the “shadows” presented in the old covenant. I have had discussions (some public) with many preachers of old covenant “shadows”…. but in my over 60 years of daily Bible study, I have never found God’s will for NEW COVENANT saints to place their faith in legalism of any kind. Keeping our lives holy and worshipping God EVERY DAY of the week is His true divine will. If you are an honest heart, and I hope you are, why not open your heart to the Lord while reading “The Sabbath Question; What Does God Really Want” posted among the WRITTEN BIBLE STUDIES on this site (Inspire4.com). I feel it is presented in kindness, and with a sincere burden for people who have been led to believe as you do.
Sincerely, Doyle Armstrong
Here’s a link to that written study: https://www.inspire4.com/the-sabbath-in-the-bible-what-does-god-really-want/
Having lessons from animals and nature to teach us spiritual lessons is so helpful, we will be using these to help our children, fantastic studies which we find very useful.
Powerful message! Thank you for sharing this video study.