"I know the whole Bible!" the fifth grader beamed. He pointed at his friend, "And he knows almost the whole thing too."
I was impressed with his confidence. "I've been a Christian for a lot of years, and even I don't know the whole Bible. There's always more to learn." I smiled back at my Sunday school student.
Reading the Bible cover to cover isn't a one-and-done kind of thing.
One of the premises of Coffee and Christ is that we're dedicated to deepening our spiritual maturity. But what is spiritual maturity anyway?
Check out 1 Corinthians 13:11. "When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things."
I've been to many, many women's Bible studies, retreats, and workshops over the years. Through them, I've noticed a few common themes: the fruits of the Spirit (or specifically joy,) Psalms, the Proverbs 31 woman, women of the Bible. And pretty much every ladies' tea I've ever been to was themed 'Lord, Fill My Cup.'
Don't get me wrong, those themes are important, and there's value to the basics!
2 Tim 3:16-17 says, "All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man or woman of God may be fully capable, equipped for every good work."
Basics like Acts 2:38 (repent and be baptized for the forgiveness of sins,) are essential, but we're not supposed to stop there in our learning and growing.
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The Bible has quite a bit to say about spiritual meat vs spiritual milk (1 Peter 2:2, 1 Corinthians 3:2-3.)
Hebrews 5:12-6:2 says, "For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the actual words of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food. For everyone who partakes only of milk is unacquainted with the word of righteousness, for he is an infant. But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to distinguish between good and evil.
"Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, of instruction about washings and laying on of hands, and about the resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment. "
This isn't a site for light and fluffy women's devotionals.
At Coffee and Christ, we're committed to building community, growing our faith, and deepening our spiritual maturity. I hope you'll join us.
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