Baby – Hebrews 5:12-14

Hebrews 5:12-14

12 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! 13 Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. 14 But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.

Hebrews 5:12-14 “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.”

OUCH. The writer of Hebrews isn’t pulling punches: “You should be teachers by now… but you still need baby milk.” In the cartoon, a literal baby with a bottle and pacifier looks up and says, “I’m a BABY… what’s your excuse?” It’s funny… and it stings a little because it’s true for many of us. We’ve been in the faith long enough to be feeding others, but we’re still on the basics — still needing someone to spoon-feed us the Word instead of chewing on solid meat ourselves.

THE GOOD NEWS? God doesn’t shame us to condemn us — He convicts us to grow us. Maturity comes through constant use: reading, applying, obeying, and teaching what we learn. So… are you still on milk, or are you ready for solid food?

What’s one way you’ve moved from “baby” to “mature” in your walk lately? Or what’s holding you back? SHARE BELOW — let’s encourage each other to grow up in Christ! 🍼➡️🍖