What is meat?

May 20, 2008 at 5:48 am (John, Thoughts) (, , , , )

Man shall not live on bread alone but by the “rema” that comes from the mouth of God.
“Rema” -  is the word that is spoken for a specific situation.

Logos is the entire word.
(1 john 1:14) “The Logos became flesh and dwelt among us…”
(Heb. 5:13) “For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the logos for he is an infant.”

(John 4:34) Jesus said to  them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work.”

In light of all of these verses is it safe to say that the meat of the word is to DO (also translated to produce)?  So many times I have made the meat of the word about going deeper and deeper into the caverns of my mind when Jesus said that his food was to do.  As I have had the opportunity to watch many new pursuers  of Christ in recent days, Hebrews 5:12-14 make a lot more scenes.  Growing up in the church I have seen a lot of people just suck on the word there whole lives and never doing.  This is the mindset that Paul was fighting in Hebrews.  You need to crave the milk but move to the meat (doing, teaching, producing).

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