Milk

Hebrews 5:12-13 encourages us who have been believers for some time to grow up and move on to solid food. He who feeds on milk is inexperienced and like an infant, so he cannot teach as he should.

Hebrews 6:1 Tells us to stop laying the foundation of repentance, turning from dead works and faith in God. Now this doesn't mean these things are to be forgotten. It means we are to take care of these and then move on to bigger and better things such as completeness and perfection in spiritual maturity. As believers we don't have to keep coming back to these topics and re-learning them. We are saved, and should move on to walking in the Holy Spirit.

This is all well and good you say, but what's this milk He's talking about?

According to Hebrews 6:2 the following are "milk";

Purification
Laying on of hands
Resurrection of the dead, and
Eternal Judgment and Punishment

Well that's a list isn't it? If all we do is go to church on Sunday morning and listen to a preacher for 40 mins and then go home these topics are likely as simple as Quantum Mechanics is to most of us.

We NEED to be studying and praying. We need to move forward. A thing that scares me is most Christians I speak with have a hard time understanding that we are saved by Grace (unmerited favor)and not our good works let alone resurrecting the dead! As I look at the above list I know I'm still stuck on much milk as well.

Want some encouragement? OK, I guess if I have to.... ;)

As I have shown here before, Christ was a student in His early life as a man. Luke 2:40-52 So lets go on to more than just that bit of learning and understand the reason why Christ had to come here as a man. He came here as a man because He had to be prepared for His position as intercessor on our behalf to the Father. Check out Hebrews 2:10

As Christ learned, and was prepared for His position so must we learn and be prepared for ours. If you want to be of great use to the Lord, you'll need to be greatly prepared!

Lets get cracking!