prophet said:
TidesofTruth said:
Really good post. I would submit the sincere meat of the word is not doctrine, It is application.
The Meat IS the Word.
Milk is meat that your Momma digests for you, cuz you aint got no teef.
Once yo teef come in, you can eat it yo seff.
Milk is meat taught to baby Christians, by teachers.
At some point, they should have no more need of being taught...They teef has come in.
Anishinabe
Yea I know some people might of taught this but it does not seem to jive with what Paul said. I find you to be quite the literalist it seems from reading you here.
I Corinthians 3:1-3 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
So Paul fed the Corinthians Milk and not Meat but by stating such He did not state that He would not feed them meat. It was only because they were not able to yet bear it that they were not taught yet the meat. But certainly it seems to indicate that when they were ready he would teach them the meat. He is not referencing at all that the meat is reserved for them to go get on their own. While I probably agree with you if you are stating most growth is found apart from the teacher I still believe the Teacher can impart meat to be applied to one's life. Or do you not preach meat? I think you might.
FUTHERMORE
Hebrews 5:12-14 6-3 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. For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. 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.
Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. And this will we do, if God permit.
Seems to back the position that Doctrine is milk and the going on to perfection which I believe the Holy Spirit working in us, perfection is found in the doing of the word is meat.
Anyway that is why I stated such and believe that Doctrine is easy. Faithful application is hard and that is where we find the meat of the word. I could get into how meat is protein based and to build the strong muscles of faith we need meat to exercise but that might get to allegorical.
