Food for the Soul

[293 words] Many find the teachings of God’s word distasteful. Unwilling to bring their lives into conformity with the will of God, they reject His teaching and follow after their own desires. The apostle Paul warns of such in 2 Timothy 4:3-4 where he writes, “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths.” Could these words be any more accurate in describing modern society? Jesus says, “Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God” (Matt. 4:4). We must live by God’s word or we will die unprepared to face a judgment based on its standard (John 12:48). When Jesus spoke of…