The Spiritual Feast

We are now in the midst of the holiday season-- a time for food! Great preparations are made for such meals, and plenty of food is made ready to eat. Families gather around tables and eat heartily.

Despite such great feasts and amounts of food eaten, we again hunger. Thanksgiving lunch may be large, but one will need more food a few hours later. The day after Thanksgiving comes, and food is necessary yet again. No matter how much food is prepared, or how good it may taste-- we continually require more sustenance to survive.

What if there were a source of food and drink that forever satisfied your hunger? How valuable would that be to you?

Long ago, a woman went about her daily business, getting her water from the local well. While she was there, a man asked her for water; when she hesitated, he offered her "living" water. She did not understand; this man had no ability to get water from the well, let alone some "living" water. He again offered her the water that would lead her to never be thirsty again. She wanted this water so that she would never need to draw water again.

As she would soon discover, this man was none other than Jesus of Nazareth, and His offer did not involve physical water (John 4:4-15). There is no source of physical food or water that will truly satisfy; all such sustenance will pass through and more will be required. To what, then, does Jesus refer?

Jesus often makes such statements in John's Gospel, establishing that those who drink of the "living water" will have a well springing within them to eternal life (John 4:14). He also urges people not to labor for perishing food, but for the food He can provide to eternal life (John 6:27). As it is written in John 6:35:

Jesus said unto them, "I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall not hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst."

Jesus refers to Himself not literally as food, but as the source of blessing. The New Testament indicates that it is through Him that God has now spoken (Hebrews 1:1), and it is through His blood that all men can have the forgiveness of sins (Matthew 26:28). Salvation is prepared for those who believe upon Him and do His will (1 Peter 1:3-9, 1 John 2:1-6). Eternal life is prepared for those who follow Jesus!

Thanksgiving meals will be eaten, and yet later there will be hunger. Your soul may be temporarily satisfied by others, but only in Jesus Christ will your soul be able to enjoy the spiritual feast that eternally satisfies. Follow Him today!

Ethan R. Longhenry
evangelist@norwalkchurch.org

Feeding Your Soul

We would like to thank you for considering this publication and we hope that all is well with you. We hope that you look forward to a season of enjoying company and sharing good meals.

We hope that you would consider not just the care of your physical needs but also the care for your soul. How is your spiritual life? Is your soul being properly fed and maintained?

Just as physical malnutrition or starvation can lead to death, spiritual malnutrition or starvation leads to spiritual death (2 Corinthians 4:16)! That is not a fate that we hope that you or anyone else would experience!

We, the church of Christ in Norwalk, Ohio, would love to see you at one of our assemblies, or would love to have the opportunity to feast with you on God's Word in a home study or a Bible correspondence course. Please contact us here or give us a call at (419) 541-6254, and we will be more than happy to help you in your walk with God in any way that we can. Thanks again!

Ethan R. Longhenry
evangelist@norwalkchurch.org

The church of Christ in Norwalk, Ohio

Thank you for reading the electronic version of our bulletin, Good News for Norwalk. If you live in Norwalk or happen to be traveling in the Norwalk area, we would certainly love to have you visit one of our assemblies!

Our location:

386 North Edgewood Drive (just off US 250 just north of Norwalk's city limits)
Norwalk, Ohio 44857

Our assemblies:

Sunday morning assembly: 10:30am
Sunday evening assembly: 6:00pm

Our Bible studies:

Sunday morning Bible study: 9:30am
Wednesday evening Bible study: 7:00pm

For More Information

If you have any questions or comments about anything you have read here, or desire more information, please contact our evangelist, Ethan Longhenry, at evangelist@norwalkchurch.org.

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