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Mark A. Copeland A. NOW, A DIET OF “MILK” IS OFTEN NECESSARY... 1. Certainly it is needed for those who are “babes in Christ” - e.g., 1 Co 3:1-2 2. Also for those who have regressed (as with the Hebrews) - cf. He 5:12b 3. Such a diet includes what is described as “the first principles of the oracles of God” (later called “the elementary principles of Christ” in He 6:1-3) B. BUT OUR DIET MUST ONE DAY INCLUDE “SOLID FOOD”... 1. Just as a physical baby must graduate to solid foods in order to grow to maturity 2. So a “babe in Christ” cannot mature unless the diet goes beyond the “first principles” 3. Wiersbe offers an interesting explanation as to the difference... a. “Milk” refers to what Jesus did on earth: His birth, life, teaching, death, burial and resurrection b. “Solid food” refers to what Jesus is now doing in heaven: e.g., His priesthood 4. If our diet remains “milk only”... a. Then we will be “unskilled” (lit., without experience) in the word of God b. We will remain “babes” in Christ - cf. He 5:13 C. WHAT HAS YOUR “DIET” BEEN LATELY...? 1. Has it been limited to “milk”? a. Has it even included “milk”? b. Some Christians may not even be getting the “milk” of the Word! 2. Are you getting any “meat”? a. Studying portions of God’s Word that challenges your understanding? b. Stay with us in this study in Hebrews, and you will be sure to get some! [A “milk only” diet leaves one immature, and by default one who is “unskilled in the word of righteousness”. This will in turn produce another trait of spiritual immaturity...] IV. THE INABILITY TO DISCERN (14) A. NORMAL SPIRITUAL GROWTH EXERCISES THE SENSES... 1. Even the “milk” of the word is designed to train one’s faculties a. By exposing us to the difference between right and wrong b. In this way our spiritual sense is “exercised” 2. Then “by reason of use” we learn to “discern both good and evil” a. With clear examples set before us in the Scriptures, we learn right from wrong b. We thereby develop the ability to “distinguish” between good and evil c. We become able to apply general principles to specific situations 1) Specific condemnation of a practice is not always necessary 2) We can discern when something is more like the good, or more like the bad B. SPIRITUAL IMMATURITY LACKS THIS ABILITY TO DISCERN... 1. A babe in Christ often has difficulty discerning the difference between: a. Good teaching (truth) and bad teaching (error) b. Good conduct (righteousness) and bad conduct (wickedness) 2. Inability to discern leaves them open to being... a. “Tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine” - cf. Ep 4:14 b. Like “a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind...a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways” - cf. Ja 1:6-8 Sermons From Hebrews 42
Mark A. Copeland C. DO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO DISCERN...? 1. Can you apply general principles to a specific situation, or do you require a clear “Thou shalt not” to determine if something is wrong? 2. Are you able to recognize when a doctrine is true to God’s word? 3. Or are you dependent upon someone else... a. To “spoon feed” you? b. To “take you by the hand and lead” you? -- I.e., to tell you what is right and wrong, what is truth and what is error CONCLUSION 1. There are certainly other indicators of spiritual immaturity... a. E.g., behaving in a carnal way b. E.g., possessing strife, envy, and jealousy - cf. 1 Co 3:1-4 2. But in our present text we have focused our attention on the four presented here... a. Dullness of hearing b. The inability to teach others c. A diet of “milk” d. The inability to discern -- All of these should serve as “warning signs” that something is amiss in our lives as Christians, they are truly “Marks Of Spiritual Immaturity” In our next lesson (“The Peril Of Not Progressing”), we shall see why it is so important to grow spiritually. As Peter warned, growth is the “antidote” to falling away: “You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked; but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.” - 2 Pet 3:18 Are you growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord? Sermons From Hebrews 43
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