A group of shell-shocked refugees stood in the midst of an unending plain under the hot scorching Babylonian sun. Their homes were piles of ash hundreds of miles to the West. Their temple, the center of their worship, was a pile of rubble. Then one of the refugees began to sing a mournful tune: Psalm …
Tag: Spiritual Maturity
Wednesday, April 22
Psalm: 12 Meditation 1 John: Just enough is left out of this passage to make it difficult to understand. The terms “fathers”, “young men”, and “children” may refer to the readers of the letter or the terms may be an indication of spiritual maturity. John also gave us the gospel of John which opens with …
Sunday, April 19
Psalm: 146 Meditation 1 Peter: Spiritual maturity is the responsibility of each Christian for himself. “Crave spiritual milk so that you may grow up in your salvation…” (v. 2) Spiritual milk is but the beginning, for eventually we must move on to solid food (see Hebrews 514). Peter later writes that we are a chosen …
