Spiritual Babies

Hebrews 5

11 There is much more we would like to say about this, but it is difficult to explain, especially since you are spiritually dull and don’t seem to listen. 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.

Sigh. I am so sad when I read this passage of Scripture. I am sad, because it is so descriptive of those who claim to follow Christ in America today. Way too many simply want to be spoon fed or worse yet, bottle-fed the Scriptures without really having to study deeper on their own, much less to apply the teachings of Scripture to their lives. I am encouraged by signs I see from some sectors of the church, but overall, we Christians in America are simply big babies. It is way past time to grow up Spiritually!