Lindsey Blair and Bobby Gilles recap and discuss Pastor Jonah Sage's sermon from Hebrews 5:11-14
Lindsey Blair and Bobby Gilles recap and discuss Pastor Jonah Sage's sermon from Hebrews 5:11-14
Bobby: Welcome to the Midweek Checkup. My name is Bobby Gilles and I’m here with Lindsey Blair. This past Sunday, Pastor Jonah Sage preached from Hebrews five, verses eleven through fourteen in our series, Soul Anchor.
Lindsey: Pastor Jonah taught that Christians grow as we move from information about God to intimacy with God. If you missed the sermon or need a quick recap, you’ve come to the right place!
Bobby: Jonah began by saying that for each of us, there will come a time when the promises of God seem to not line up with what we are actually living. At some point, Christianity will feel like it is not meeting our expectations. Hebrews 11 speaks to this. We learn there is spiritual milk and spiritual meat. We learn that we start with milk, and eventually grow up to meat. Christianity is a developmental faith. There are particular stages of development.
Lindsey: Hebrews 5:13 says, “Someone who lives on milk is still an infant and doesn’t know how to do what is right.” You will never grow past your need for milk, but you MUST grow past living on MILK ALONE. This verse is teaching us that you can know what is right but not live what is right. Christianity is a developmental journey from infancy to maturity.
Bobby: Spiritual milk is theology, doctrine, information. That’s where the journey starts. We all need a steady diet of TRUTH. But for many, Bible knowledge equals maturity. All of our problems are reduced to lack of bible knowledge. What’s the verse for anxiety? The verse for anger? The verse for patience?
Lindsey: But what happens when you know the verses but still anxious, angry, and impatient? More verses! More books! Try harder! Milk is easy. You can measure it and read it. But MEAT involves more gray, and more nuance because the signs of maturity are seen and experienced but difficult to measure.
Bobby: Milk is knowledge about God; meat is experiencing a relationship with God. All we learn and know is in service of the way we live and love.
This is the consistent theme of the Bible, Old and new. We are not about getting stuff done for Jesus, or getting busy for Jesus…we are about knowing Jesus and experiencing the great power that raised him from the dead.
Our serving/reading/studying is all so that we might love him and each other
Baby Christians feed on information, mature Christians feast on intimacy with God and with each other.
Lindsey: If you’re feeling stuck, or like it’s not working, or if you’re lacking in hope, open yourself up to the possibility that God is inviting you into a grander feast. Perhaps he’s telling you it’s time to add some solid food to your diet. Don’t abandon the milk, but realize there is more for you here at his table, too.
Bobby: This coming Sunday, we’ll continue our series called Soul Anchor as we dive into Hebrews six. And in Sunday Bible Fellowship, we’ll discuss how God uses what we might consider foolish to confound the wise, in first Corinthians. Join us and bring a friend.