
Tough times are ahead, soft smooth sermons will not cut it. Congregations need the solid word. People need to turn the leaves of their Bibles. Bibles that have remained new in the hands of members for years need to age by usage in a week. Leaves must be ragged, notes must be taken alongside verses. Texts must be memorize and call upon to aid the weary stressed out souls. Sermon listeners must become Bible pager turners. Line upon line ,line upon line, precept upon precept ,Here a little there a little, foundations of faith must be built. Who would be able to stand when the trouble decisive times come ? Surface readers will be deceived and will fall away like the chaff in the wind . Get into the deep Word of God.
royalblood
1 Corinthians 3:1,2
1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. (The carnal mind must start at the milk, like babes . how long have you been in the church how long have you been a Christian and still fighting up with simple lessons like faith, grace etc mature Christians should have experiential knowledge of these things and move on to harder Biblical stuff )
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. (Some cant bear all Bible Truth it would require them to reorder their lives.some are not willing to make such a drastic changes)
Isaiah 28:9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. (those that are weaned from milk are ready or accept the hard truth in doctrine and prophecy)
Hebrews 5:12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. (those who know the truth who have been in the word who should be teachers have not matured or stayed steady in the word and must be thought as babies again.How long must we be taught faith, grace ,righteousness, must we still be fighting with overcoming sin? We should have an experiential knowledge by now.)
1 Peter 2:1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, 2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: ( The only reason we have to lay aside all these evils mentioned above malice, guile(bitterness),envies its because the simplicity of the gospel has not taken effect on harden hearts.that is why the sincere milk the baby milk must be given again, again ,again and gain.)
All people of faith, growth is essential, lets move on to the perfecting (John 17:17, Matthew 5:48,James 1:4) that Christ requires.
Be ye perfect as your father in Heaven is also perfect.
I leave with you
Hebrews 5:12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
13 For every one that useth milk is unskillfull in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
source me :Royalblood
Royal, I was at a point a few weeks ago of asking God how I can reach the kids in my SUnday School class, some claim salvation, but listening to their discussions on how they act at school and at home and with others, you cannot tell the difference from a 'natural man' and a 'carnal man' they act the same, except one may warm a pew at church and the other wouldnt even dream of it.. so I asked God what do you say to these?? And through this study of babies andmilk and mature and adult, He showed me that until they are spiritual and can understand the meat, you preach and teach Jesus and the Cross, for the natural man, they will be wooed to salvation, for the carnal man, they will be wooed to repentance and then teach Matt. 6:33 so they can live what God wants them doing instead seeking their 'things' on their own and neglecting what God wants them to do. Praise the Lord! Bless you, Melissa G
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