What is Manna?

Question:

What is Manna?

My Reply:

Exactly!

You don’t get it…OK, well you see, in the original language, "Manna" means "What is it?"
Manna is known as "bread from heaven". In the Old Testament, it was the food that God fed the Israelites during their 40 years in the desert. It's described as flakes of wafers and honey.  It obviously had all the vitamins and nutrients needed to live on, also.

In the New Testament, Jesus called Himself "Manna", for He is the bread of life that came from Heaven...the only "food" we need to "live".

---Pastor Andy  :}>+-

Same Gods In Both Testaments?

Question: Why do I always get argued against when I say that the Jewish God is different from the Christian God?

My Reply:

Probably because the Jewish God is the same as the Christian God...they can't be different, for if so, then Christianity would be void.
Before Nero burned down Rome and blamed it on the Christians, Christianity was actually recognized as a sect of Judaism.  Jesus was a Jew.  I suppose you could say that Christianity is an upgrade from Judaism, since Christianity is its fulfillment.

Also, if you look at the Old Testament, you’ll see that everything points to Jesus Christ and all that happened in the New Testament pertaining to Him and what He did on the cross.

So they're not different gods, but One in the same. If they weren't, then Christianity couldn't be real.

Now, if you were to say that the Muslim god is different from the Christian God (another popular discussion topic), then you would be correct.

---Pastor Andy

Is the Bible Truly Difficult to Understand?

Question:

When having discussions with different people about the Bible, I hear people say things like, "our human brains are too small to truly understand what God means." But can that be true? Look at the following scriptures and see for yourself.

Deut 30:11
Ps 119:130
Luke 10:21
James 4:8
Must we do more research in order to get the understandings of things that we don't understand?

My Answer:

Interesting choice of scripture for your question.
There is a right and a wrong way of reading the Bible.  For example, when reading the New Testament, you need to:

1. Figure out what prompted the writing of the letter?
2. Look for what's clear (who, what, where, etc.)
3. Look for what's unclear (cultural background, etc.)
4. Many misinterpret the Bible because they take passages out of context. So keep everything in context with the chapter, with the letter/book, and with the theology of the whole Bible.
5. Finally, the Bible isn't meant to be just read, but obeyed. If you don't respond to what it teaches you, then even if you follow steps 1-4, you're still reading it incorrectly.

---Pastor Andy