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To Taste is to Know

By: Terry Dashner, Fri Dec 9th, 2005 08:26:43 PM

To Taste is to know?

Terry Dashner…………Faith Fellowship Church PO Box 1586 Broken Arrow, OK 74013

Robert J. Hastings writes, “How does one understand sugar? I suppose he could do tremendous research on the subject and become quite an authority. He could write volumes on the history of sugar, where and how it is grown, how it is refined, the various sugar products, the number of people employed in sugar-related industries, the tonnage produced, its economic value, and on and on.

“Or, one could go into the laboratory and study its chemical makeup, becoming fluent in ‘sweet’ scientific terminology and formulas. But tasting a single grain of sugar will do more to explain what sugar really is and what it does than all the textbooks ever written or laboratory experiments ever performed.”

To taste is to know.

Allow me to carry this topic further, please. How is it that a skilled neurologist can tell me every, detailed thing about my brain, but she cannot possibly know what’s on my mind? If the neurologist conducts surgery on my brain, she can see and name all the parts. She can diagnose, patch-up, and make a prognosis about my mental health, but she cannot know what’s in my mind. Why? Because there is more to me than what appears physically. I am a soul in a body because I am created in the image and likeness of God. And God is Spirit.

If there is more to man than what is physical, then a man needs to recognize and maintain good spiritual health. Is this possible? Yes, I believe so. Just as one must care for his physical well being, so one must care for his spiritual well being. If the soul is neglected, one will ache inside and not know what is bugging him. One will yearn for things that cannot be found in the natural or physical realm. The yearning will never cease. Scripture teaches that the spiritual realm is more “real” than the physical. As a matter of fact the physical realm is fading, according to the laws of physics (measured by entropy); however, the spiritual realm is everlasting, eternal.

But don’t take my word for it, like I’m some expert in metaphysics. You may taste and experience new life for yourself. You don’t have to study interminably about the soul. You don’t have to take someone’s advice on how to experience the supernatural. You may come to the Water of Life and drink freely for yourself. Jesus is the Water of Life. Jesus is the Bread of life. Come and dine. Jesus is more than supernatural. He is from everlasting to everlasting. He is the Alpha and Omega. He is the First and the Last. He is King of Kings and Lord of Lords. He is Redeemer, and He will save your soul.

To taste is to know.

Keep the faith. Stay the course. Jesus is Alive and coming again, soon.

Pastor T.

About the author: Pastors a small church in Broken Arrow, OK. US Navy veteran and retired from the City of Tulsa, police. Father of three grown children.

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