BREAD ALONE---MATTHEW 4:4

 

Introduction: There is nothing wrong with hard work and wanting success. God said we were to earn a living by the sweat of the face. Material things do not make person happy.

I. Man is more than a physical being.

 

1. Work is honorable.
   
    
2. Many are deadbeats.
   
    
3. Don't work, don't eat. II Thess. 3:10
   
    
4. If a man does not provide for
   his family, he is worse than an
   infidel. I Timothy 5:8

II. Man is also a spiritual being.

 

1. He must get with God to be happy.
2. Ye shall know the truth and it shall make you free.
3. We are made in the image of God, therfore we need God as well as bread.

III.   Man has been seperated from God since the Garden of Eden.

 

1.      Jesus came into this sin cursed world to live, die, be buried, and raised from the dead to give us life.

IV.   Man must be born again to have a new nature.

 

1. After new nature you can't live by bread alone.
2. He has a new love.
3. He has a new motive for living. "Seek ye first the kingdom of God."
4 You want to serve God & help your fellowman.

You can't do this by bread alone.