Children And Grown-ups
by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
The
Lord Jesus said to a religious leader of His day: “Except a man be born
again he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3:3). All true Christians
have been born again by the Spirit of God (Titus 3:5). They are
therefore the children of God (Romans 8:16).
Children
are a joy in any normal household, but it is a tragedy when a child
remains a child, physically, mentally or both. It is a tragedy too, that
so many Christians, truly born again, remain spiritual babes - they do
not grow. They know that Christ died for their sins but have made no
progress in grace or in the knowledge of the Word. To such Paul wrote:
“And
I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual [men], but as
unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and
not with meat; for hitherto ye were not able to bear [digest] it,
neither yet now are ye able” (I Corinthians 3:1,2).
Thus
those who, spiritually undeveloped, were able to digest only the milk,
or the simple things, of the Scriptures, were called “carnal” and
“babes,” in contrast to those “spiritual” believers who had grown in
grace and were able to assimilate the deeper, richer truths of the Word
of God.
This
is not a compliment to those who constantly boast that they are
satisfied with “the simple things,” and fail to study God’s Word, as II
Timothy 2:15 commands. To such Paul writes, by divine inspiration:
“For
when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach
you again… and are become such as have need of milk… For every one that
useth milk is unskilful in the Word of righteousness, for he is a babe.
But strong meat [solid food] belongeth to them that are of full age…”
(Hebrews 5:12-14).
A
new-born babe in Christ is a joy to behold, but every born-again
Christian should grow through the study of the Word. I Peter 2:2 says:
“As newborn babes desire the sincere [pure] milk of the Word, that ye may grow thereby.”
How
God Saves Men
Believing
Christ DIED, that’s HISTORY.
Believing
Christ DIED for YOU SINS and Rose again that’s SALVATION.
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