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Food for Thought- O Taste and See

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December 21, 2020

“O taste and see that the LORD is good” Psalm 34:8.

“Oh, that men would give thanks to the LROD for His goodness, and for wonderful works to the children of men! For He satisfies the longing soul and fills the hungry soul with goodness” Psalm 107:8-9  

“I was so foolish and ignorant, I was like a beast before You” Psalm 73:22

“My flesh and heart fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever” Psalm 73:6.  

God promises to be our food and our portion. He desires to feed us every day with the bread of His Word. Jesus lost many who followed when He said, in John 6:51-57, “I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.” The Jews therefore quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?” Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For My flesh is food indeed…”

God tremendously desires that we humbly come to His Word, letting His Living Word, the Holy Spirit, teach and lead us; comfort and reprove us, filling us with all that we need; all that spiritually satisfies. Is it not His Holy Word that we ought to daily feast upon? God made this marvelous point like an exclamation mark (!) when He came to earth. The Word became flesh and was born in a manger. “And [shepherds] came with haste and found Mary and Joseph and the Babe lying in the manger” Luke 2:16.

A Manger- A feeding trough for beasts. Of course, we are all born into this world like bests, men without Godly understanding, willingly ignorant of God’s glory and majesty, yet He came, born in a feeding trough willing to feed any that would come to Him.

Taste and see that the LORD is good!!!

 

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“The Bethlehem Connection”

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December 22, 2012

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“When Jesus was born in the little hamlet of Bethlehem of Judea, as Scripture foretold, God again directly intervened in human affairs to undertake a mission worthy only of Him. Revered Bible teacher Major Ian Thomas often expressed it this way: “God invaded humanity.”

“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall come forth to Me to One to be Ruler in Israel whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting. (Micah 5:2)

Often buried beneath the trappings of the Christmas season is the monumental fact that the coming of Christ and subsequent birth of the church would alter this planet’s future and transform the lives of untold millions.

“Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,’ which is translated, ‘God with us'” (Mt. 1:23).

“To fallen humanity, the church is an inconvenient contradiction to every godless thing it desires. Thus, from the beginning, hostile forces have tried to annihilate Christians, their God-loving culture, and the faith. Over more than 2,000 years, the conflict accelerated in stages until we now find ourselves in what has all the markings of a final push to finish the crusade to wipe out the faith—the same faith that has brought stability, truth, justice, social order, morality, and a sanctity of life previously unknown in history.”

“Many say we now live in a “post-Christian society.” Perhaps that popular phrase most clearly delineates the endgame of the anti-God campaign controlled by moral renegades who increasingly impose their will on those too spiritually emaciated to resist.”

“But in the midst of what may seem a hopelessly deteriorating situation, the fact remains we are not left alone to suffer the unpleasant consequences of an era ending in a tearful whimper. With Hanukkah and Christmas, we remember God is well, “He knows those who trust in Him” (Nah. 1:7), and He is able to come to our aid and bring matters to a [godly] conclusion.”

“Our confidence is in Jehovah, who steps in to take control. God has not left the arena. The last page of Earth’s history has yet to be turned, and we rest in the competence of a God who will perform what He has promised.”

“God articulates, history confirms. Our Lord speaks, and debate ceases. His Word is immutable fact, and history is the record of how He executed His Word.”  By Elwood McQuaid (Consulting editor for The Friends of Israel)

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