President's Corner

Theology

‘Moses led the Hebrew slaves to the Red Sea where they made unleavened bread, which is bread made without any ingredients…. Moses went up on Mount Cyanide to get the ten commandos…. He died before he ever reached Canada but his commandos made it…. Solomon had three hundred wives and seven hundred porcupines….. He was an actual hysterical figure as well as being in the Bible. It sounds like he was sorta busy too.’

While it’s sometimes funny to read what little kids write about their Biblical knowledge, it’s sad when we as adults have the same concepts.  Paul, in 1 Corinthians 3 talks about ‘spiritual food’ in terms of milk – something you give infants:  ‘Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly—mere infants in Christ. ²I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it.’  The idea is that we are to progress from ‘milk’ to ‘solid food’ – we are to grow spiritually in our understanding of God’s Word.  These words are recorded in Hebrews 5:  ‘In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food!  Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness.  But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.’  I encourage you to make the commitment to read, and study your Bible and your catechism so that you are always prepared to give an answer for the hope that you have.  Psalm 119:  ‘I gain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path.  Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.  I have taken an oath and confirmed it, that I will follow your righteous laws.’  Joshua 1:  ⁸ Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.  Read the Book, read the Book, read the Book, Book, Book!  It is Light, and it is Life!