The Epistle to the Hebrews part CXXII

Hebrews 5:13
"For every one that useth milk is unskillful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe."
They’re babes!" And even in believers, they may have been saved for years and years but they’ve never gotten beyond the baby stage spiritually or even entered into the spiritual stage, So Paul is admonishing them to get off the baby bottle!
Now verse 14.


Hebrews 5:14
"But strong meat (true spiritual adult food) belongs to them who are of full age, (that is spiritually mature, those seeking for the Truth and righteousness of God) even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil."
This means we should be knowing spiritual Truth from error. After the rudiments of redemption we’re still babes in Christ. As we begin to study the Word, and we begin to understand some of the basics. I think one of the first things we have to realize in the Age of Grace is that the moment we’re saved the Holy Spirit comes in, and indwells us. He then becomes our teacher, trainer, guide and tutor BUT we have to allow Him to teach us. The Holy Spirit is the One Who opens up our understanding of the Scriptures. I'll prove it. Go to 1 Corinthians 2 verse 10. This is where we start as a new believer with an understanding that we’re not just left out there to our own devices but we have the indwelling Holy Spirit Who is ready to reveal these things IF we will ask Him to. Now I think we have to simply pray and ask God, "Give me understanding. Teach me, reveal the Truth. Give me wisdom." And the Lord will do it.

I Corinthians 2:10
"But God hath revealed them (that is, the things that are only for believers to understand) unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit (God's Spirit) searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God."
Alright then come all the way down to verse 13,

I Corinthians 2:13
"Which things also we speak, (Paul says) not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, (You don’t go by what men say. You can NOT get it from a school of higher learning of mans wisdom such as a Bible College or some other institution.) but which the Holy Spirit teacheth, (And here’s how you study under God's direction to learn of Him.) comparing spiritual with spiritual."

This is why I use as many Scriptures as possible because we have to understand that the Word of God dovetails. Everything fits and we compare Scripture with Scripture because Scripture interprets Scripture. IF we are rightly dividing as Paul told Timothy to do. And then verse 14.

I Corinthians 2:14
"But the natural (the unregenerate, the unsaved, unbelieving and yes those who are babes) man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: (why?) for they are foolishness unto him:"
And why are they foolishness? Because he has no hunger, he has no desire to learn. Most don't have a teachable or even a believing spirit as they've not been awakened to the Truth of God. And so we have to understand that it is our spiritual life that has the need to feed on the Word of God in order to grow and mature. Thus moving into the four dimensions of God as seen in Ephesians chapter 3.


Hebrews 6:1a
"Therefore…"
You know, I can almost stop and teach thirty-minutes on just the word ‘therefore,’ because you see, he’s reminding us of what he had just covered in those previous verses in the last part of chapter 5. You remember, we were talking about Paul lamenting the fact that these people were not skilled in the Word of God. They were not able to go out and teach others. But rather they were like babes on the milk-bottle, and they still had to be fed.

What a dilemma. The average believer has not made enough effort to search the Scriptures to get skilled with them, to be comfortable in sharing it with someone else. Now we hope that this is what we’re accomplishing in our kind of teaching. That we are getting people to have enough understanding of the Scripture to be able to sit down with someone who is totally ignorant and just show them.

So this is what Paul was lamenting in those previous verses, that you’ve got to get off the milk-bottle. You’ve got to get into the strong meat, and be able to teach others also. "Therefore" since that’s what he has covered, look what the verse says: