Babes in Christ

Thursday, October  6th
Babes in Christ.

“As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that

ye may grow thereby:”
1 Peter 2:2

Yesterday you learnt that spiritual growth is a process. In

that process it is important for you to learn that there are

various phases. One of the phases of spiritual growth is the

babyhood stage which is very similar to physical growth.
   
The word 'babes' in our opening scripture is from the Greek

word 'brephos' which means an infant. This refers to a

newborn baby. Just as physical babies feed on milk,

spiritual babies also feed on the milk of God's Word.

Hebrews 5:13 says, “For every one that useth milk is

unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.”

How do you know you are a baby spiritually? We see the

characteristics of spiritual babies in 1 Peter 2:1,

“Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and

hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,” The

Amplified Bible puts it this way, “SO BE done with every

trace of wickedness (depravity, malignity) and all deceit

and insincerity (pretense, hypocrisy) and grudges (envy,

jealousy) and slander and evil speaking of every kind.” If

you find any of these characteristics in you, it means you

are a spiritual baby. To come out of any of these

unacceptable bahaviour, it is important for you to feed on

the Word of God and be a doer of the Word of God.

Prayer.
 Dear Father, I ask that you strengthen me with might

according to the riches of Your glory, by Your Spirit in my

inner man. I ask that you strengthen me to do what I ought

to do and to refuse to do what I shouldn't do, in Jesus'

Name. Amen.

For further study, read:
1 Corinthians 3:1-3, Galatians 5:19-26, Titus 3:3-8.

Doing the Word.
Go over the characteristics of spiritual babies again, if

you find any one in your life, lay them aside and grow unto

perfection and good works.