Power for Abundant Living

The Bible is the Word of Godphysical food; he needs Ms food supplemented byevery word that comes from God. Man cannot live bywords that come from men, from different writers,from different theologians or from different churchgroups, but by words that come from God.Man does need physical food for the maintenanceof Ms physical body. But a man has more than justhis physical body to care for. A man's soul needsnourishment also. Man's soul cannot be sustained bymashed potatoes, gravy and steak. Matthew 4:4 declaresthat man shall live not only by bread "but byevery word fl.." He needs not just a word here and aword there; not one verse here and another versethere; "but by every word that proeeedeth out of themouth of God." The Word of God is that food requiredby man so that he may renew his mind andthereby manifest the more abundant life.Spiritual weakness and spiritual inability can bedue only to an improper diet, that is, the neglect ofthe Word of God. For the most part, spiritual anemiacaused by the neglect of the Word of God may todaybe attributed to the fact that the Bible is not understoodwhen read. The Bible is not understood becausewe have never been taught how to understand it. Whohas taught us figures of speech? Who has taught uswhat revelation is? Who has shown us the accuracy ofThe Word? That is why we have stories about the94