Spiritual Meat

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Spiritual Meat

SPIRITUAL MEAT

(broma pneumatikon, "food spiritual"): Nourishment for the soul, referring specifically (1 Corinthians 10:3) to the manna by which the children of Israel were miraculously fed and which was made by Paul prophetically equivalent to the broken bread of the Christian sacrament symbolizing the body of Christ. Hence,

(1) Christ Himself as the food of the soul: "I am the bread of life" (John 6:48-58);

(2) anything that nourishes the spiritual life:

(a) obedience to the will of God: "My meat is to do the will of him that sent me" (John 4:32-34);

(b) the truths of God in the Scriptures: "Word of righteousness" = "strong meat" (Hebrews 5:12-14); "word of God" (Matthew 4:4);

(c) the things of the Spirit (1 Corinthians 3:1-2; compare 1 Corinthians 2).

Dwight M. Pratt

Library

The Rock of Ages
... They all ate the same spiritual meat, the manna from heaven. They all drank
the same spiritual drink, the water out of the rock in Horeb. ...
/.../kingsley/town and country sermons/sermon xiv the rock of.htm

Of Spiritual Knowledge.
... all our fathers were under the cloud and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud
and in the sea," and how they "all ate the same spiritual meat and drank the ...
/.../cassian/the conferences of john cassian/chapter viii of spiritual knowledge.htm

The Story of Israel Crossing Jordan under Joshua is Typical of ...
... the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and were all baptized into Moses in the
cloud and in the sea, and did all eat the same spiritual meat, and drink the ...
/.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of john/26 the story of israel.htm

Perseverance of Saints.
... and all passed through the sea; 2. And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud
and in the sea; 3. And did all eat of the same spiritual meat; 4. And did all ...
/.../finney/systematic theology/lecture li perseverance of saints.htm

Third Sunday Before Lent
... 14. So it is ever the same spiritual meat and drink which God embodies in his
word and sign, whatever its material and external form may be. ...
/.../luther/epistle sermons vol ii/third sunday before lent.htm

1 Cor. Ix. 24
... under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; and were all baptized unto Moses
in the cloud and in the sea; and did all eat the same spiritual meat; and did ...
/.../homilies on the epistles of paul to the corinthians/homily xxiii 1 cor ix.htm

For that Both History of the Old Testament...
... the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and were all baptized into Moses, in
the cloud, and in the sea, and did all eat the same spiritual meat, and did all ...
/.../augustine/on the profit of believing /section 8 for that both.htm

The Angel of the Everlasting Gospel.
... unto Abraham,"saying: In thee shall all nations be blessed," Gal.3:8. And not Abraham
alone, but all the fathers "did eat the same spiritual meat, and did ...
/.../bliss/a brief commentary on the apocalypse/the angel of the everlasting.htm

If Celsus had Read the Scriptures in an Impartial Spirit...
... manna, and that referring to the miraculous issue of the water from the rock, he
continues as follows: "And they did all eat the same spiritual meat, and did ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xlix if celsus had.htm

February 10 Evening
... under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; and were all baptized unto Moses
in the cloud and in the sea; and did all eat the same spiritual meat; and did ...
/.../anonymous/daily light on the daily path/february 10 evening.htm

Subtopics

Spiritual Breakthrough