Deuteronomy 8:3 - Two Kinds of Food - Are You Eating Both? part 1

Deu.8:3: Two Kinds of Food - Are You Eating Both? part one

Deu 8:3 (NLT)  Yes, he humbled you by letting you go hungry and
then feeding you with manna, a food previously unknown to you and
your ancestors. He did it to teach you that people need more than
bread for their life; real life comes by feeding on every word of the
LORD.

CONTEXT

Remember the Lord Your God (8:1-20)
A Call to Remember and Obey

CROSS REFERENCES

Matthew 4:4 (KJV)  But he answered and said, It is written, Man
shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out
of the mouth of God.

Luke 4:4 (KJV)  And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written,
That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

John 6:27 (KJV)  Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but
for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of
man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

John 6:51 (KJV)  I am the living bread which came down from
heaven: 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.
John 6:53 (KJV)  Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I
say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink
his blood, ye have no life in you.
John 6:54 (KJV)  Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood,
hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

Mat 6:33 (KJV)  But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his
righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Psalm 37:3 (KJV)  Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou
dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

COMMENTARY / APPLICATION

God intends that to the earnest seeker the truths of His word
shall be ever unfolding. .
It is impossible for any human mind to exhaust even one truth or
promise of the Bible. . . .
As we contemplate the great things of God's word, we look into a
fountain that broadens and deepens beneath our gaze. Its breadth and
depth pass our knowledge. As we gaze, the vision widens; stretched out
before us we behold a boundless, shoreless sea.
Such study has vivifying power. The mind and heart acquire new
strength, new life.
This experience is the highest evidence of the divine authorship
of the Bible. We receive God's word as food for the soul, through
the same evidence by which we receive bread as food for the body.
Bread supplies the need of our nature; we know by experience that it
produces blood and bone and brain. Apply the same test to the Bible; when
its principles have actually become the elements of character, what
has been the result? what changes have been made in the life? "Old
things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." 2
Corinthians 5:17. In its power, men and women have broken the chains of
sinful habit. They have renounced selfishness. The profane have become
reverent, the drunken sober, the profligate pure. Souls that have borne
the likeness of Satan have been transformed into the image of God.
This change is itself the miracle of miracles. A change wrought by
the word, it is one of the deepest mysteries of the word. ED170-2

Many people think that life is based on satisfying their
appetites. If they can earn enough money to dress, eat, and play in high
style, they think they are living "the good life." But such things do
not satisfy our deepest longings. In the end they leave us empty and
dissatisfied. Real life comes from total commitment to God, the one who
created life itself. It requires discipline, sacrifice, and hard work,
and that's why most people never find it. [Life Application SB]

Bread sustains but does not guarantee life, which is God's gift
to those who trust in and live by his word: [NIV SB]