1 Corinthians 3:1 And I, brethren, could not
speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes
in Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:2 I have fed you with milk,
and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet
now are ye able.
1 Peter 2:2 As newborn babes, desire
the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
Consider the
makeup of Milk and Meat.
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Both milk and
meat have protein.
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Both milk and
meat have fat.
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It’s not
unusual that this would be the case since they both originate from the same
source.
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So, the content
of milk and meat is, basically, the same.
This principle
holds true in the secular educational world.
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Reading, writing,
mathematics, history, etc.
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From grade
school through college, the same things are taught only with increasing
complexity.
The content of
spiritual milk and meat is basically the same as well.
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Spiritual milk
contains the same teaching as spiritual meat.
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That is to say
that the same spiritual nutrition is contained in both.
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All teaching
comes from the word of God, the scriptures (2 Timothy
3:16-17).
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It is the only
source for spiritual milk and meat.
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By drinking the
milk of the word and eating the meat of the word, we grow.
This is the
process of learning from God’s word.
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Jesus says to
take his yoke upon us and learn from him
(Matthew 11:29).
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In order to
learn, we must know God’s will for our lives.
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The Psalmist
wrote, “Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I
may learn thy commandments”
(Psalm
119:73).
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Jesus said, “Blessed are they
which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled” (Matthew 5:6).
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Again in John
6:45 It is written in the
prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man
therefore that hath heard, and hath
learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
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Matthew
28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost:
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Matthew 28:20 Teaching them to
observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.
Amen.
God’s plan for
growing his children is much like the way we learned in the secular educational
system. A teacher-student relationship
is required for spiritual growth.
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