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“Be No More Children”
After seeing an exciting basketball game on TV, he decides he'd like to be a professional basketball player. A few days later, after hearing of a daring rescue from a burning building, he is convinced he wants to be a fireman. Not long after that he learns about men going into outer space, and he is sure that he really would love to become an astronaut. What in the world is wrong with this guy? Why can't he decide on a career course and stick with it? Why is he always changing his mind about important things? The answer is simple: he's a child! It is inherent in children to frequently change their minds. They may be firmly convinced of something one day, and ready to do the opposite the next day. We understand that this is their nature. They will (hopefully) outgrow this tendency. And, when they do, we will say that they have “matured”.
There are some that are spiritual “babes”. In fact, everyone is in that category upon first obeying the gospel. Unfortunately, some never grow past that point (2 Cor. 3:1-3; Heb. 5:12-14). These folks are forever troubled by something new or different that they hear. It might be something about our worship, or about the work of the church, or about a matter of morality (like divorce and remarriage), or… you get the idea. These people can never be settled as to what they think about the important truths contained in God’s word.
Let us put it as simply and directly as we can – GROW UP! Ephesians 4:14 urges us “that we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine.” You need to know what you believe, and you need to know why you believe it. If you hold a view, endorse a position, or would teach or recommend an “alternate view”, you should have strong reasons for doing so. You should be ready to logically and rationally defend the position you espouse. If you can’t do that, you’re manifesting the fact that you are a spiritual child – immature – and you are likely to be “tossed to and fro” by whatever new thing comes along. GROW UP!
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“For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food. For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he is an infant. But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil.” (Heb 5:12-14).
