Searching for Truth

When Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by Satan, one of the temptations recorded in scripture is the temptation for Jesus to turn stones into bread in order to satiate His hunger after forty days of fasting. Jesus’ response to the temptation is, “Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4). After feeding the 5000 in John 6, Jesus said in verses 26-27, “You seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled. Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal.” He continues in verse 32, “It is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven… and gives life to the world.” Then Jesus states in verse 35, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to me will not hunger, and he who believes in ...

Having decided that we will follow Jesus, we are determined to learn as much about Him as possible. We get a clear picture of the kind of person He is by studying intently the Gospels, learning from other disciples, and praying to our heavenly Father, asking for His help to enable us to become like Jesus. As we learn the kinds of behaviors and activities found in Jesus’ life, we can emulate them in our own lives. The first behavior, or spiritual discipline, if you will that we will consider from Jesus’ life is a study of God’s word. Rather than being a student of God’s word, we could actually say as John did that Jesus is God’s word (John 1:1-3, 14). Jesus not only came to save us from our sins, but also to reveal the Father to us (Hebrews 1:3). Jesus came to show us God, and He did so by living out in a human body the very nature and character of God. Jesus was a living manifestation of the word of God. He was the word of God lived out in a real human life. This, of course, is how it ...