14 Solid food is for those who are mature, who through training have the skill to recognize the difference between right and wrong. — Hebrews 5:14
When it comes to the Scriptures, I am learning not to say “I have learned” but rather that “I am learning”. Every time I think I have “learned” something, the Holy Spirit opens up more of the Scripture. Sometimes I wonder if I will ever get out of kindergarten. But we all have an innate knowledge of right and wrong. That is a good start, but we have to build from there. The basics of God’s Word is the plan of salvation. Paul is saying there is more to our relationship with Jesus than that. After we have accepted Jesus and our salvation is secure, it is time to start to study Scripture and develop habits that will help us to mature in our walk with Jesus. Meditating on God’s Word, prayer and time alone with God is how we grow. The world is our classroom and the Holy Spirit is our instructor. We can take the short route to the Promised Land by studying and being obedient or we can be like the children of Israel and spend 40 years making an 11 day trip. And, remember, of all of those that spent 40 years making the trip, only two actually got to enter into
the Promised Land. Let us choose to be like Joshua and Caleb. God has prepared us to take the land and it is time to move out.
30 But Caleb tried to quiet the people as they stood before Moses. “Let’s go at once to take the land,” he said. “We can certainly conquer it!” — Numbers 13:30
“The Gospel has come to you because it’s on its way to someone else.” -Anonymous
“The Gospel has come to you because it’s on its way to someone else.” -Anonymous
Post 4-29-2017
I like that kind of faith and I need that kind of faith.
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Don’t we all?
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