Observation and Principles

When a new believer or a non-believer want to start reading the Bible, I’ve always heard, “Start with the book of John.”

I am neither a new believer nor a non-believer. I have been a follower of Christ for at least 21 of my 25 years. I honestly cannot remember a time when I was not a Christian.

It is wonderful to have faith that stretches back into my childhood, but I find myself being complacent in my zeal for the gospel.

We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain because you are slow to learn. 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.

Hebrews 5:11-14

I don’t feel as mature as I should be. On the one hand, I think I am acquainted with the teaching about righteousness, but the same way a sick person may prefer juice and milk-toast, I have a spiritual illness, called apathy, that draws me back to living on the milk of the word when I should be ready for solid food

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