Daily Word

About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull in hearing. For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk not solid food, for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil. Hebrews 5:11-14. The Greek word “dull” reappears, suggesting that the danger of spiritual laziness is in view throughout this section. Such truths (basic principles of the oracles of God) are listed in the next chapter. Although milk is nourishing for infants, the author desires that his readers become mature Christians, for whom solid food is appropriate. The maturity to grasp Christ’s priestly ministry is not intellectual sophistication, but spiritual discernment arising from consistent obedience to God’s will. It does not matter how long you've been a Christian, how much scripture you can memorize, how often you attend church, or all the ministries you serve in. Failing to walk in obedience, or applying the truths of His Word In your life on a consistent basis simply demonstrates your lack of maturity. Are you as mature a Christian outside the church as you appear to be inside?