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Alright, guys, let's close out the week. This week has been about cultivating a deeper hunger for the Word of God. Men naturally hunger for earthly things, but I want to help you develop a stronger appetite for knowing God. And so we've been doing that this week by examining biblical stories that reveal why Scripture is foundational to a man's life. So we're wrapping up the week in the book of Hebrews. So I'll read from chapter five, starting in verse 11. About this, we have much to say, and it is 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 basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food. For everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil. So, guys, let's actually break this down. So beginning at the beginning of verse twelve, for though by this time you ought to be teachers, okay, so guys, this is a direct indictment from Paul, who's the likely author of Hebrews, but Paul is surveying his surroundings 2,000 years ago, right? And what does he see? He sees a bunch of men that should be way farther along in their sanctification processes, right? They should be at a place where they can effectively pour into others, and yet they're just stagnant, just sitting there existing, taking up space. And then if we continue on in verse 12, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food. So what is Paul saying here? He's essentially saying, You should be teaching and mentoring people right now, by now, but you're still a stupid little baby. Right? You're like an overgrown baby with facial hair looking around for a teeth to suckle from, right? Now, verse 13. For everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness since he is a child. So you're a giant baby. You can't take care of yourself, so naturally you can't take care of anyone else. You're just looking around, waiting for someone to teach you, right? It's right about now that many of you should recognize that this isn't just a problem that Paul had back in the day. This is a problem right now, today, for us. So if you survey the landscape of most churches, unfortunately, even evangelical Bible churches, you see a bunch of big man babies just looking around to be served. Yeah, well, we left that church because it it wasn't really serving our needs. You know, yeah, I just don't really have the time to study the Bible because of my work schedule, you know. You know, yeah, I'll get back to our Bible group soon, but you know, it's it's travel, volleyball and soccer seasons for the kiddos, so you know what can you do? But Paul's not just pointing this out to bring it to our attention, right? No. He's pointing it out so that we can change our perspective so we can start maturing and developing so that we can put the teeth down and ready our own bodies for adult sustenance. Now, verse 14 again, but solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil. So, two bits of advice for you based off of this short section of Hebrews. The first one here, and this is just like what we talked about yesterday, eat the scroll. Eat the scroll. Feed on the word of God. I mean, look at it like it's a bone and ribeye, cooked medium rare. Can I get a hallelujah? I mean, look at it as something that is not just an add-on to your busy life when you find the time, right? Hunger for it as something that has to be consumed in order to sustain you. And the second bit of advice is don't attend a church where the pastor just tickles your ears. Okay? I'm sure many of you have heard me talk about this before on my Undaunted Life show, but if you attend a church where the pastor is big on personality but small on biblical truth, you gotta get out of there. I mean, I mean like right now. Like if your pastor keeps feeding you the milk of life lessons and best practices with a little bit of Bible sprinkled on the top, I mean, it's just time to find a big boy church. I mean, you simply cannot expect to grow and for your family to grow under the leadership of someone that spends 35 minutes describing some, you know, personal anecdote and then just slaps a Bible verse or two at the end of it so that no one challenges or tax-exempt status. So if you want to be a man of discernment that is trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil, you have to do everything you can personally to prepare yourself, and you have to be in environments where the word of God is presented and taught. All right, guys, thank you for your attention this week. Stay sharp.

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