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NASB | Hebrews 5:14 But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 5:14 But solid food is for the [spiritually] mature, whose senses are trained by practice to distinguish between what is morally good and what is evil. |
Subject: What happens to the milk? |
Bible Note: 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 |