Someone To
Teach You
In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need
someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You
need milk, not solid food! Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is
not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. But solid food is for the
mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.
Hebrews 5:12-14
Therefore let us move beyond the elementary teachings about
Christ and be taken forward to maturity, not laying again the foundation of
repentance from acts that lead to death, and of faith in God, instruction about
cleansing rites, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.
Hebrews 6:1-2
Have you ever watched little birds as their parents teach them
how to get their own food? If the birds don’t learn quickly they will never be
able to find food for themselves. It is one of the first survival lessons we
all face.
The author of Hebrews spoke of a similar problem in the
spiritual realm. Certain people in the church were not growing in spiritual
maturity. They had not learned to distinguish between good and bad.
While receiving spiritual food from preachers and teachers is
good, spiritual growth and survival also depend on knowing how to feed
ourselves.
Spiritual growth requires the solid food
of God’s Word.
Our Daily Bread –