1 Corinthians 3:1-3
And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to infants in Christ. I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able, for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men?
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We cannot understand the fulness, the greatness and the glory of God's Word when we are first born again. We have to grow up in all things as we speak the truth in love. {Eph.4:15} The apostle Paul, who wrote that, also said that “When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things.” {1Cor.13:11} The behavior of a child may be very cute (at least to the parents) but that same behavior in somebody older is certainly not!

And that is why the Lord spoke through Paul again to say that we have to grow up, to mature and be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. {Eph.6:10} We should all desire to 'taste and see that the Lord is good' {Ps.34:8} just as David, a man after God's own heart said. As true disciples of Jesus we will long for the meat, the solid food of the Word: “But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil.” {Heb.5:14}

We surely need that discernment so that no one misleads us because there is so much evil all around us. Just as the Lord Himself spoke to all His disciples then and now to us today about the perilous times of the last days. So many false teachers proclaiming that God has anointed them, false prophets telling the saints of God who are immature just exactly what they want to hear—rather than what they need to hear. Wars and rumors of war, increased lawlessness, famines and earthquakes... All things that are increasingly in the news each day.

So, as we have talked about in previous posts, we must set our minds on the things above and fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and the finisher of our faith! {Heb.12:2} If we will read and live His word then we will know the truth and the truth will set us free! {Jn.8:31-31}

“Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.” (Philippians 4:8)

ABIDE IN GOD’S WORD—IT IS TRUTH