Deuteronomy 8:3. And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, -
What a wonderful sequence there is in these short sentences! "He humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger," and one would think that the next sentence would be, "and allowed thee to starve." No; it is, "and fed thee with manna." They had the better appetite for the manna, and were the more ready to see the hand of God in sending the manna, because of that humbling and hunger which God had previously suffered them to endure. "Fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not." The very name by which they called it was, "Manna," or, "What is this?" "for they wist not what it was." "And fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not."
Deuteronomy 8:3. Neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
God can make us live on bread, if it be sanctified by the Word of God and prayer; he does make our souls to live upon his Word. He could, if so it pleased him, make our bodies live by that Word without any outward sustenance whatever.
Deuteronomy 8:3. And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, -
What a wonderful sequence there is in these short sentences! "He humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger," and one would think that the next sentence would be, "and allowed thee to starve." No; it is, "and fed thee with manna." They had the better appetite for the manna, and were the more ready to see the hand of God in sending the manna, because of that humbling and hunger which God had previously suffered them to endure. "Fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not." The very name by which they called it was, "Manna," or, "What is this?" "for they wist not what it was." "And fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not."
Deuteronomy 8:3. Neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
God can make us live on bread, if it be sanctified by the Word of God and prayer; he does make our souls to live upon his Word. He could, if so it pleased him, make our bodies live by that Word without any outward sustenance whatever.