Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 120
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from the group Mercy Me singing … Word of God Speak … poignantly singing of we need to feed on God’s truth until we grow into a deeper faith.
==============
Highlight Passage: Hebrews 5:13-14 [ESV] …
13 for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. 14 But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.
… As immature Christians we need the milk of God’s word before taking in the meat.
=============
Highlight Passage [Context]: … Hebrews 5:11-6:2 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… God teaches in Hebrews about maturing in the Gospel by first taking in the milk of God’s word and then maturing by consuming the meat of God’s truth.
==============
Reference Passage: … Matthew 5:6 [ESV] …
6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. … “
… God’s blessing, thru Christ’s teaching, on those who hunger/thirst after the Gospel truth.
Reference Passage: … Matthew 28:19-20[ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus’ “great commission” for us all to be feeders of God’s Gospel truth to those who are hungry and need to be fed.
Reference Passage: … 1Corinthians 3:1-3 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru the Apostle Paul, shows immature believers what it takes to grow into an appetite for God’s truth and mature in Christlikeness.
Reference Passage: … 1Peter 2:2-3 [ESV] …
2 Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation ... 3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.
… Peter also teaches that it takes spiritual milk first to grow closer to God before taking in the more substantial meat of God’s word.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Sheridan Voysey, AT THIS LINK … wrote about a 17th Century missionary, named Corman, who failed in sharing The Gospel message in England until another Monk, named Aidan, showed Corman that the Gospel needed to be presented in simpler - yet truthful - terms to the people. And when this was done thousands came to saving faith in England.
And that’s a Gospel sharing strategy we all need to implement when we try to share God’s Gospel truth with others, isn’t it? “Milk before meat”, as they say in the New Testament (see the attached photo and the Scriptures shared). Apostles like Paul and Peter and the Author of Hebrews all teach in those NT passages that immature or hostel seekers after truth, like babes, need to be fed the milk (i.e., a simpler version) of God’s truth before they can mature by being fed the meaty truth that God’s word teaches (as the linked song sings).
But if someone is hungry or thirsty for righteousness and really desires the Gospel, Jesus promises (see Matt. 5:6) that the seeker will grow in Christlikeness if first presented the milk of God’s word and then later fed on the meaty truth that they will need to grow in Christlikeness.
So I pray today that we all take Christ’s “great commission” seriously (in Matthew 29:19-20); and go forth to feed others who need the milk or the meat of God’s Gospel truth.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, King Jesus, … for giving us what we need, being fed from Your word, to grow into Christlikeness.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to do all we can when You give us opportunities, Lord, to feed others who need Your truth to grow in Christlikeness. … Amen
=============
Blogger Note: Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries. If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.
No comments:
Post a Comment