Sincere milk of the word

1 peter 2:1-5

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, 2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: 3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. 4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, 5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

Since in their conversion these Christians have repented of the evils, they should turn to the good. But now a surprise appears, for instead of a catalogue of virtues to replace the vices (as in Gal. 5), we discover a call to dependence on God. Since they have been reborn

5 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

Too often we allow things to show up in our lives instead of consitantly leaning on the everlasting of God

We need to desire appropriate food sometimes all we can handle is Milk

it indicates an active seeking rather than a passive receiving of proper nourishment.

What is to be desired is milk. In both 1 Cor. 3:1–2 and Heb. 5:13 milk is pictured as basic teaching for new converts, but the Christians addressed should be far beyond it

But where are you

3 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. 2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. 3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? 4 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?

13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. 14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

God has given us the ability to know good from evil but that also means staying connected and intuned with him so our spiritual eye can see what is coming saints of God has no business being blindside this rally happens when our foucs is out of place

in vese shfts from nourishment to security and honor

Christ the Living stone

Christ not as a monument or dead principle, but as the living, resurrected, and therefore life-giving one

Two things about the stone the people rejected him

who did not simply approve Jesus as a stone in the building, but valued him “a select, precious stone.”

Look who we are

How much God Cares for us

He has susplied all that we need to make it into Glory

what a mighty God we serve