Peace with all men.
Holiness with all men.
These are TWO mandatory things for all Christians because without them NO MAN will see the LORD.
Heb 12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord
We have to strive to be CHRIST'S, always!
We have to strive to live a SPIRITUAL life, always!
We have the physical life down pat, but the spiritual life is tricky.
We barely feed our spiritual being let tend to it in any other way.
How do you feed your spiritual life?
1Pe 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
1Pe 2:3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
Milk of the word.
1Co 10:1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
1Co 10:2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
1Co 10:3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
1Co 10:4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
Drinking from the Spiritual Rock- the Rock was Christ.
Heb 5:12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
Heb 5:13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
Heb 5:14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Need of milk (spiritual milk).
Need of strong meat (spiritual meat).
Milk is for babes- milk is for the unskilled in the word of righteousness.
Meat for those of full age- by reason of use, have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Do we see- do we understand?
We grow with spiritual milk and once we are grown enough we switch from spiritual milk to spiritual meat.
Once we are grown spiritually we are able to discern both good and evil.
Could it be true that we simply want spiritual milk all the way through? Milk is easy to digest. Milk is easy to tolerate. We want to be fed the milk. We want the milk giver to be more accountable then we are. You don't hold a baby accountable for getting its own milk. You don't expect an infant to feed the milk to itself, but be fed.
The consequence of never growing spiritually is remaining a babe and remaining unskillful, it is being unable to follow peace and holiness with all men and if we can't do that remember the outcome?
Heb 12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord
This is truth.
As long as we refuse to grow spiritually we are denying ourselves eternal life. Eternal life is a spiritual life fully realized.
We must grow in CHRIST.
We must truly study God's word and spend time with God every single day! If we can, even more than once a day. We have no trouble feeding our physical selves, no trouble at all. Of course we don't have someone constantly by our side doing all they can to keep us from eating physically either. We do have someone constantly trying to keep us from feeding spiritually. We have an enemy who has used every trick in existence to keep people from feeding spiritually. Denying access to food, giving an over abundance of food but stealing the desire to feed, he'll do EVERYTHING and ANYTHING to keep us spiritually sipping at the milk and never finding the meat. Satan does NOT want us to be able to discern between good and evil, and in that discerning keep from evil!
Please Lord, help us to grow spiritually. Help us to feed spiritually. Help us to realize that we truly need to be immersed in your word, in YOU.
We would follow peace and holiness with all men- this is YOUR will that we live spiritually in YOU, by YOU, for YOU.
All by YOUR LOVE!
Holiness with all men.
These are TWO mandatory things for all Christians because without them NO MAN will see the LORD.
Heb 12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord
We have to strive to be CHRIST'S, always!
We have to strive to live a SPIRITUAL life, always!
We have the physical life down pat, but the spiritual life is tricky.
We barely feed our spiritual being let tend to it in any other way.
How do you feed your spiritual life?
1Pe 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
1Pe 2:3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
Milk of the word.
1Co 10:1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
1Co 10:2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
1Co 10:3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
1Co 10:4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
Drinking from the Spiritual Rock- the Rock was Christ.
Heb 5:12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
Heb 5:13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
Heb 5:14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Need of milk (spiritual milk).
Need of strong meat (spiritual meat).
Milk is for babes- milk is for the unskilled in the word of righteousness.
Meat for those of full age- by reason of use, have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Do we see- do we understand?
We grow with spiritual milk and once we are grown enough we switch from spiritual milk to spiritual meat.
Once we are grown spiritually we are able to discern both good and evil.
Could it be true that we simply want spiritual milk all the way through? Milk is easy to digest. Milk is easy to tolerate. We want to be fed the milk. We want the milk giver to be more accountable then we are. You don't hold a baby accountable for getting its own milk. You don't expect an infant to feed the milk to itself, but be fed.
The consequence of never growing spiritually is remaining a babe and remaining unskillful, it is being unable to follow peace and holiness with all men and if we can't do that remember the outcome?
Heb 12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord
This is truth.
As long as we refuse to grow spiritually we are denying ourselves eternal life. Eternal life is a spiritual life fully realized.
We must grow in CHRIST.
We must truly study God's word and spend time with God every single day! If we can, even more than once a day. We have no trouble feeding our physical selves, no trouble at all. Of course we don't have someone constantly by our side doing all they can to keep us from eating physically either. We do have someone constantly trying to keep us from feeding spiritually. We have an enemy who has used every trick in existence to keep people from feeding spiritually. Denying access to food, giving an over abundance of food but stealing the desire to feed, he'll do EVERYTHING and ANYTHING to keep us spiritually sipping at the milk and never finding the meat. Satan does NOT want us to be able to discern between good and evil, and in that discerning keep from evil!
Please Lord, help us to grow spiritually. Help us to feed spiritually. Help us to realize that we truly need to be immersed in your word, in YOU.
We would follow peace and holiness with all men- this is YOUR will that we live spiritually in YOU, by YOU, for YOU.
All by YOUR LOVE!
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