Zac Poonen – 10. God’s Word is Our Food | Christian Basics
Zac Poonen – 10. God’s Word is Our Food | Christian Basics
We want to think about the Word of God, which gives us power to be overcomers in our battle against Satan, and which gives us strength to face every situation in the future.
The Bible is the Word of God. It was written by men under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. It is the food for the soul of a Christian who has come to faith in Christ and been born again. Just like a baby cries out for milk as soon as it is born, a true Christian, if he is to grow spiritually, needs this food of the Word of God. I want to show you a verse where it speaks of what the Word of God does, initially. We read 1 Peter 1:23, “You have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living and enduring word of God.” Many people feel when they have made a mess of their life, they wish they could live their lives all over again. And that is exactly the opportunity God offers you when He says, ‘You can be born again.’
Think if you could start your life all over again, as a baby, and with no record of your past failures; it is all wiped out. That is what it means to be born again. Your past is wiped out and you are born a second time. That wish that you had, ‘oh, I wish I could start my life all over again’ – God says, ‘I can fulfill it for you.’ That is what happens when we receive Christ into our life. In the verse we just saw it says that this new birth takes place through a seed, just like your physical birth also began with the seed of your father. In the same way here, spiritually, the Word of God is like a seed that brings you to the new birth, in what way? You believed that Word, you responded to that Word of God which said that Christ died for your sins. You accepted the Word of God which said that you are a sinner. You believed that Christ rose again from the dead, and you were born again. You received His Holy Spirit by faith because that was God’s promise given in His Word. And through that Word, you have come into a new relationship with God.
About Zac Poonen
Zac Poonen was formerly an Indian Naval Officer who has been serving the Lord in India for nearly 50 years as a Bible teacher. He has responsibility for several churches in India and abroad.
He has written more than 25 books and numerous articles in English – which have been translated into many Indian and foreign languages. His messages are available on audio CDs and video DVDs.
Like the other elders in CFC, Zac Poonen also supports himself and his family through “tent-making” and does not receive any salary for his services. He does not receive any royalty for any of his books, CDs, or DVDs, that are published by the Christian Fellowship Centre, Bangalore.
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