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1 | What happens to the milk? | Heb 5:14 | humbledbyhisgrace | 155910 | ||
What happens to the milk and at what point is someone at full age and ready for the meat? | ||||||
2 | What happens to the milk? | Heb 5:14 | DocTrinsograce | 155911 | ||
Hi, Humbled... It is a metaphor: "Milk" is basic instruction and "meat" is advanced instruction. Consequently your first question is kind of like "What happens to the Algebra?" People are ready for the advanced instruction when they have learned and proven their knowledge of the basic instruction. For example, if you don't know Algebra, it is useless to go on to Calculus. The writer of Hebrews is encouraging his readers to live out what they have learned. It is abnormal for a five-year-old to still only be living on milk. With maturity comes the ability to absorb food that is indigestible to a baby. In Him, Doc |
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3 | What happens to the milk? | Heb 5:14 | humbledbyhisgrace | 155921 | ||
Thanks Doc for your reply! I understand the concept. What I want to know is, in the forums opinion, when is someone ready for the meat and what happens to the milk? I guess another way of asking this is, when has a Christian matured enough for the meat and what happens to the milk once one has reached that maturity level? I'm interested in hearing yours and other Christians opinions on this subject. |
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4 | What happens to the milk? | Heb 5:14 | DocTrinsograce | 155922 | ||
Hi, Humbled... Presumably the writer of Hebrews is speaking of the "milk" of the first five chapters -- perhaps the entire book. Like little children, they could only absorb the simplest, rudimentary doctrines. Just like children, maturity is evidenced in appearance and behavior. The more mature a believer the more he/she looks and acts like Christ. Strength is not demonstrated by resting. Strength is demonstrated by how it deals with weight. Consequently, we as believers evidence the internal reality in how we responds to external pressures: what the Bible calls trials. The writer of Hebrews goes on to encourage believers to not give in, resting on the accomplishments of the past. He admonishes them to persevere, since perseverence is the real proof of the work that God has wrought within us. In Him, Doc |
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