作为生命之粮的基督，具体实化于生命的话。虽然那灵很美妙，却太奥秘了。我们需要具体、可见、可摸的东西－生命的话。在六十三节主说，“我对你们所说的话，就是灵，就是生命。”这节里的“话，”希腊文，rhema，雷玛，意思是即时、现时所说的话。这字不同于logos，娄格斯，常时的话，如约翰一章一节里的“话。”
这里在灵之后题到话。灵是活的，也是真实的，却相当奥秘，叫人难以了解；但话是具体的。主首先指明，为了赐人生命，祂要成为灵。然后祂说，祂所说的话就是灵，就是生命。这表明祂所说的话，乃是生命之灵的具体化身。现今祂在复活里是赐生命的灵，而这灵又具体化于祂的话。我们运用灵接受祂的话，就得着那是生命的灵。
话是在我们之外。当我将这话接受到我里面，话立刻成为灵。当我把话说出去，灵又成为话。当你将这话接受到你里面，话又成为灵；当你说出这话，灵再次成为话。我们传福音时，实在是传那话。人相信福音，就是相信话。当人接受话，这话在他们里面实实在在就成为灵。比方说，你若藉着约翰三章十六节来到主面前，也许你祷告说，“主，我感谢你，你如此恩待我。你已经将你的儿子赐给我。”当你相信这些话时，在你里面就有个东西被点活，成为活的。你相信主的话，却领受了那灵。那在你外面的话，成了在你里面的灵。
复活的基督乃是那灵，那灵就是话；话是灵，灵又是给我们享受的复活之主。因此，当我们在灵中接触话，实际上就是接触主自己这活粮。当我们在灵中接受这话，我们就是接受基督自己作丰盛生命的供应。如今一天过一天，我们有分于这奇妙复活的基督作我们的食物并生命的供应。
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The Lord’s Words Are Spirit and Life (2) – Matt. 4:4
As the bread of life, Christ is embodied in the words of life. Although the Spirit is wonderful, yet the Spirit is mysterious. We need something more concrete, visible and touchable — the words of life. In John 6:63 the Lord said, “The words which I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.” The Greek word here for “word” is rhema, meaning an instant, present word. This is different from logos, the constant word, as in John 1:1, “In the beginning was the Word.”
Here, after mentioning the Spirit, the Lord speaks of words. The Spirit is living and real, but quite mysterious and hard for people to grasp; words, however, are concrete. The Lord first indicated that in order to give life, He would become the Spirit. Then He said that His words are spirit and life. This shows that His spoken words are the embodiment of the life-giving Spirit. Today, in resurrection, He is the life-giving Spirit, and this Spirit is embodied in His words. When we exercise our spirit to receive His words, we gain the Spirit that is life.
Words are outside of us. But when we receive the words into us, they immediately become Spirit. When I speak out the words, the Spirit becomes words again. When you receive these words into you, they become Spirit; when you speak them out, the Spirit again becomes words. When we preach the gospel, we are actually speaking words. People believe the gospel by believing the words. When they receive the words, those words truly become Spirit within them. For example, if you come to the Lord through John 3:16, you may pray, “Lord, I thank You that You have loved me so much. You have given Your Son to me.” When you believe these words, something inside you is made alive. You believe the Lord’s words, but what you receive is the Spirit. The words outside of you have become Spirit inside of you.
The resurrected Christ is the Spirit, and the Spirit is the words; the words are Spirit, and the Spirit is the resurrected Lord for our enjoyment. Therefore, when we touch the words in the Spirit, we are actually touching the Lord Himself as the living bread. When we receive the words in our spirit, we are receiving Christ Himself as the rich supply of life. Day by day, we partake of this wonderful resurrected Christ as our food and life supply.