Appetite

Sermon  •  Submitted   •  Presented
0 ratings
· 3 views

A hunger or desire for something. Although the primary reference of the term is to a hunger for food, it can also refer to other human desires. Scripture distinguishes between healthy and unhealthy appetites, indicating what it is appropriate to seek after.

Notes
Transcript

Appetite as physical hunger

Nu 11:6; Pr 6:30
See also La 2:12; Ps 107:5–9; Pr 16:26; Ec 6:7; Is 29:8; Je 31:25; Je 50:19

Appetite as a spiritual hunger

Ps 143:6; Pr 25:25; Mt 5:6
See also Ps 119:20; Ps 119:131

The gospel satisfies human hunger and thirst

John 4:13–14 NKJV
Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”
See also Ps 42:2; Jn 6:27; Re 21:6; Re 22:17; Is 55:1; Jn 7:37; Jn 6:50–51

Lust as sexual appetite

Pr 6:25; Eze 23:11; Col 3:5; 1 Th 4:3–5
Related Media
See more
Related Sermons
See more
Earn an accredited degree from Redemption Seminary with Logos.