Not By Bread Only

"And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God."  Luke 4:4.  The devil is tempting Jesus following His fast in the wilderness.  Remember, the devil is a tempter and a deceiver.  The answer offered by Jesus in this temptation is a quotation from Scripture.  The devil must be answered with the word of God.  The devil offered Jesus physical food.  The devil never offers anything but that which is physical, and therefore, temporal.  Jesus would have hungered again.  Man, having been created in the image of God, needs more than the physical.  The soul must be fed and nourished.  The word of God is the spiritual food that feeds the spiritual man.  The word of God supplies us with strength and courage.  The word of God gives us eternal life.  And, we must receive every word that God speaks.  God speaks to us plainly so that our every need is supplied.  When the devil approaches us, let us say as did Jesus, "It is written."