![]() ![]() ![]() “And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.” Regular, consistent Bible study gives us spiritual discernment and the ability to distinguish true biblical teachings from those that are false. Anyone still drinking milk is not going to grow and will forever remain “unskilled in the word of righteousness” and by remaining immature, they will not be able to “distinguish good from evil” or sound biblical doctrine from apostate or evil teachings of the many false teachers that were around in that day and perhaps are more prevalent in our day today. This may have been due to the fact that they were not reading or studying the Scriptures on a regular basis. ![]() Many in the church were apparently satisfied with the “basic principles of the oracles (teachings) of God” and in comparing them to babies still drinking milk they were not growing up in “the word of righteousness.” This was a type of laziness. These verses precede the verses in Hebrews 6:1-4 which we read earlier about moving on to maturity. 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.” “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. Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.” #5 – Hebrews 5:12-14 “Brothers, do not be children in your thinking. ![]()
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