“But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.” 2 Peter 3:18
Yesterday’s subject was about the need to work as well as pray. However, I suspect you have to agree with me when I say that most church members aren’t working. They sing,”We’ll work till Jesus comes”, but they won’t turn a tap when it comes to actually serving the Lord. They attend to get rather than give.
But that’s not the only problem. There are some who are working, thank God, but they are not growing. They are saved and serving, but they are stuck on stunted when it comes to spiritual maturity. And for some it has been that way for years.
That reminds me of this story I read of a principal in a high school who had an administrative post to fill. He promoted one of his teachers with ten years of teaching experience to the job. When the announcement was made, another teacher in this school came to him terribly upset. She said, ‘Why did you put that teacher in this position? He has only had ten years of experience and I’ve had twenty-five years, yet you passed me over in favor of him.’ And the principal said, ‘I’m sorry; you’re wrong. You haven’t had twenty-five years of experience. You have had one year’s experience twenty-five times.” That’s a good point.
Far too many are like those described in Heb.5:12 “For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.” As Paul said in 1 Cor.3:1 “And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.”
As though who have been redeemed, we ought to be praying, working, and growing.If we aren’t growing in grace and the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ we are backslidden. – HDS
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
Humble,Tx
