THE BEGINNING OF THE WAY PT 5

GROWING IN THE WAY [1 of 4]

MILK OF THE WORD - MEAT OF THE WORD

You truly entered a new way when you received the Master Yahshua Messiah (Christ) as your personal Saviour Now you need to grow up, to walk, and to progress on the Upward Way You don’t want to remain a spiritual babe, do you? Just as a baby needs to have the right food to grow physically, we need the right food to grow spiritually In this lesson we will discuss our spiritual diet and how we should take in this heavenly food What type of food do we need? What has been provided? There are four types of spiritual food and drink in the Bible:

The Milk of the Word

The Meat of the Word

The Bread of Life

The Water of Life

These four items will provide a heavenly diet

THE MILK OF THE WORD

We read of the Milk in the first Book of Peter: “Like newborn babes, crave for the pure (unadulterated) milk of the Word, that you may grow in respect of salvation, now that you have tasted the kindness of the Lord.” (1 Peter 2:2) The “Word” is the Word of YAHWEH Elohim (God), the Bible The ‘Milk’ means the fundamental truths from the more easy-to-digest portions of Scripture, along with the nutritious, strengthening precepts of YAHWEH Elohim (God)

THE MEAT OF THE WORD

The following exhortation in the book of Hebrews is about those who are growing up in Messiah (Christ): “Anyone who lives on milk is still an infant without experience in applying the word of righteousness

But solid food is for the mature whose faculties have been exercised and trained by constant practice to discern good and evil.” (Hebrews 5:13-14)

We should not live solely on ‘Milk.’ We should desire stronger food also

‘Meat’! Many Scriptures have very deep meanings and truths which are usually not digested on a first reading, or even on a tenth reading A believer will be continuously discovering more of the wonders of the truth in the Word as he studies and meditates on it throughout his life

NEXT: DAILY FEEDING ON HIS WORD (BIBLE)