convicted neighbor Cary Kittrell wrote:

Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly wrote:

convicted neighbor Don Kirkman wrote:

Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly wrote:

convicted neighbor Don Kirkman wrote:

Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly wrote:

From Luke 4:2-4:
HE (Jesus) ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them HE
was hungry.

The devil said to HIM, "If you are the Son of GOD, tell this stone to
become bread."

(LIE: "Hunger is bad.")

Truth: Satan is saying "if you're so powerful and so close to God get
yourself bread by transforming one of these (loaf-shaped) stones we see
around us".

The possible motivation for Jesus to do this would be from falsely
believing satan's lie that "hunger is bad" in the setting of being
hungry.

But the REAL motivation is clear in the context which I cited.

Without the counsel of the Holy Spirit, nothing about the Bible is
truly clear for you.

Otherwise
there would have been no reason for this teaching material to be
included in the Bible.

The reason Jesus went through this is to show us the way to overcome
satan's lie that "hunger is bad" which enslaves us by compelling us to
leave GOD's perfect will to eat (and overeat) thereby taking away our
free will choice to be completely obedient to HIM.

Which is entirely consistent, of course, with Jesus' repeated
admonitions that we are to make sure that the poor never overeat.

Those who are truly poor are not overeating.

Truth is simple.

When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels
with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate
them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the
goats:

And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the
left.

Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed
of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation
of the world:

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave
me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in
prison, and ye came unto me.

Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an
hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed
thee?

Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you,
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my
brethren, ye have done it unto me.

Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye
cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye
gave me no drink:

I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not:
sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an
hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison,
and did not minister unto thee?

Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as
ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous
into life eternal.

[Matt 25, 31-46]

Without enough food or drink, the poor would stop being hungry and
thirsty as they die.

Thus, the instructions you cite are for keeping the poor hungry and
thirsty by providing food and water as needed.

Many thanks, much praise, and all the glory to GOD for HIS compelling
you to unwittingly prove the validity of this Spirit-guided exegesis
of Luke 4:2-4.

Laus Deo !

May GOD bless you in HIS mighty way making you healthier (hungrier)
than ever.

Prayerfully in Jesus' awesome love,

Andrew <><
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Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
Cardiologist