Hebrews 5:11-14
…of whom we have much to say, and hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of unrighteousness, for he is a babe. But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their own senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
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The condition of Immaturity.
Jeremiah 6:10
To whom shall I speak and give warning, That they may hear? Indeed the ear is uncircumcised, And they cannot give heed, Behold the word of the Lord is a reproach to them; They have no delight in it.
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The cause of Immaturity.
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Unproductive Days
Matthew 28: 19-20
And Jesus came and spoke to them saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
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Unheeded Doctrine
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Unhealthy Diet
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Unnatural Development
1 Peter 2:2
…as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word at you may grow thereby…
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The cure for Immaturity
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Exposure to teaching that goes beyond the basics.
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Evidencing growth in the knowledge of Christ.
2 Peter 3:18
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit.
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Engaging in the challenges of life.
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Exercising discernment about good and evil.