Nem só de pão vive o homem
'Nem só de pão vive o homem' — essa declaração de Jesus ao diabo no deserto revela que a Palavra de Deus é o verdadeiro alimento que sustenta a vida em plenitude.
O verdadeiro alimento
Quando tentado a transformar pedras em pão, Jesus respondeu com a Escritura: a vida humana depende de toda palavra que sai da boca de Deus.
4 But he answering said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
3 And the devil said to him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
Jesus, o pão vivo
Jesus é o pão da vida que desceu do céu. Quem come deste pão viverá para sempre. Ele é o sustento que satisfaz a fome da alma.
35 He that cometh to me shall never hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
48 I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate manna in the wilderness, and yet died.
51 If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever, and the bread that I will give, is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father, so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.58 This is the bread which came down from heaven; not as your fathers ate manna, and died: he that eateth of this bread, shall live for ever.
Buscar o Reino acima de tudo
Não andeis ansiosos pelo que comer ou beber. Buscai primeiro o Reino de Deus, e todas estas coisas vos serão acrescentadas.
25 Ye cannot serve God and Mammon. Therefore I say unto you, Take not thought for your life, what ye shall eat, nor for the body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
29 And seek not ye, what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of a doubtful mind.30 For the nations of the world seek all these things; and your Father knoweth that ye need these things.31 But seek ye the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to you.
31 In the mean time his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.32 But he said to them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of. The disciples said one to another, Hath any man brought him to eat?33 Jesus saith to them,34 My meat is, to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.