Sunday February 07th, 2021
Memorize: Hebrews 5:12 New Living Translations (NLT)
« You have been believers so long now that you ought to be teaching others. Instead, you need someone to teach you again the basic things about God’s word. You are like babies who need milk and cannot eat solid food. »
Read: Hebrews 5:12-14 New Living Translations (NLT)
12 You have been believers so long now that you ought to be teaching others. Instead,
you need someone to teach you again the basic things about God’s word.
You are like babies who need milk and cannot eat solid food.
13 For someone who lives on milk is still an infant and doesn’t know how to do what is right.
14 Solid food is for those who are mature,
who through training have the skill to recognize the difference between right and wrong.
Message:
The Christians life is in stages.
A baby Christian first feeds on milk- the soft word of God.
This is when he/she just has just become born again and is being introduced to the ways of God.
After this new believer has been taking milk for a while, it is expected that he/she begins to crush bones. That is when a believer can take in deeper things of the word of God without being confused.
At this stage of crushing bones, he/she can also begin to feed some new converts with milk.
There is time to be a regular member of your church and there is a time to join the workforce.
There is also a time at which you must also start raising disciples for God.
In your Christian walk, you should never remain on the same level, you must keep growing.
Since you got born again, how many souls have you won for Christ?
If you have been born again for some years now and you have only been getting fed, not feeding others and helping them grow spiritually, then you need a revival.
Jesus’ mandate for all Christians is clearly stated in Matthew 28:19 NKJV:
« Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit »
God’s desire is that every disciple grows to the level of raising other disciples for Him.
Paul told Timothy in 2 Timothy 2:2NLT:
« You have heard me teach things that have been confirmed by many reliable witnesses. Now teach these truths to other trustworthy people who will be able to pass them on to others. »
If you have been a Christian for long and you have not started raising disciples for God, what are you waiting for?
Jesus has given us the mandate and He expects us to be faithful to it.
Don’t disappoint Him.
Reflection: Are you growing in the things of the Kingdom? How many souls have you won for Christ since you became born again?
Author: Pst E. A. Adeboye.
Text edited by Naomie
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