MILK, IT DOES A BODY GOOD

I PETER 2:1-3

 

*EVERY LIVING THING MUST GROW,

 

     GROWTH HAPPENS IN STAGES, I JN.2:12-14

 

        STAGE 1, “CHILDREN”

 

        STAGE 2, “YOUNG MEN”

 

        STAGE 3, “FATHERS”

 

     THE PROBLEM OF SPIRITUAL FATALISM:

 

*GROWTH MAY HAPPEN WHEN CERTAIN THINGS ARE REMOVED FROM OUR LIVES/APPETITES, VS.1

 

*GROWTH WILL HAPPEN WHEN CERTAIN THINGS ARE ADDED TO OUR LIVES, VS.2-3

 

     HOW TO GROW UP:

 

        (NOURISH) YOURSELF ON THE WORD,

      “LONG FOR THE PURE MILK OF THE WORD”

 

       (OBEY) THE WORD,

       “OBEDIENCE TO THE TRUTH OF THE WORD OF GOD”

 

       ACCEPT THE WORD

 

         IT IS (IMPERISHABLE)

         IT IS (ALIVE)