Milk - Hebrews 5

In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God's word all over again. You need milk, not solid food! Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil. Hebrews 5:12-14

The writer of Hebrews is coming down pretty hard on those who this letter was directed. You know I make the mistake of always thinking that Jews (from the time of Moses to the earliest of Christians….to today even) were all “Orthodox” from the standpoint of practicing Jews. This is clearly NOT the case. But this and the following chapter, I feel, speak to those who have heard the Gospel, some have even accepted it as true or even claim the Truth…but it ends there.

At times I have felt like one who claimed the Truth….but never lived like it mattered to me. I claimed to know God but never took the steps to get to know his heart or care about the things he cares about. I had the narcissistic view (and this is taught) that even if Jesus had to die for only MY sins….he would have. My view of God, his love, his mercy and justice began and ended with me. How tragic to claim to the name of Christ and never open his word, to never love a neighbor, to never feed the hungry or care for the widow or orphan, and to never make disciples. We are called to ALL of these things as followers of Christ.

Let’s continue to encourage each other to draw closer to God in all we do. In the end, we are all only accountable as we want to be, and we are ultimately responsible for our own spiritual growth.