Hebrews 5:12 (KJV)
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.
I’m thinking just now of the phrase in Esther, “For such a time as this.”
The audience Paul is addressing in Hebrews is a Jewish crowd. Though they are saved, and much of this book is devoted to showing them the excellencies of Christ over the Law they had grown up under, these were people with multiple advantages.
- They had the richness of their heritage.
- They had a background in the Scriptures.
- They had a culture that was both biblical and worshipful.
- They had come to know Christ as Saviour and therefore enjoyed an even fuller understanding of all of the above.
One would think they had been prepared of God “for such a time as this.”
But, for reasons we understand as students of the New Testament, what should have been an advantage had become a stumbling stone.
- There were prejudices to overcome.
- There was a growing sect of so-called believers who preached a blend of Jesus and Jewish works.
Those who should have stepped forward as teachers, leaders, and spokesmen for Christ were found to be in need of retraining. They had some things they needed to unlearn before they could receive the milk—and then the strong meat—of the Word.
Perhaps Christianity in the United States is due for some of this same unlearning.
We have grown so accustomed to our spiritual advantages that those very advantages have become the stone over which we stumble.
- We need a true repentance.
- We need a return to the first principles.
And then, we need to grow—so we can be strengthened by strong meat.
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