STOP ACTING LIKE A BABY! (6)
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:1-9
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Title: Stop Acting Like a Baby! (6)
Series: 1 Corinthians-God's Message to a Messed Up Church
Author: Robert Dawson
Text: 1 Corinthians 3:1-9
Parenting is hard. I remember sitting down with Jordan when she was in kindergarten to share how "in the realm of metaphysical inquiry, you can find yourself entangled in a kaleidoscope of theological conundrums, as you circumnavigate the eschatological horizon of soteriological redemption, where one is confronted with the paradoxical tension between divine sovereignty and human agency," but she just didn't get it.
I had such high hopes that my second child would be smarter than the first. Instead, both of them were defective and deficient. Neither one was special nor advanced."
We all know that did not happen for a couple of reasons...
- I have no idea what I just said.
- And if by some miracle I did know what I just said, and it was more than just a generous helping of some complex theological and philosophical word-salad, at that stage of life, my children were not going to understand it. At that age we were struggling to teach them how to tie their shoes.
Concepts like that are not exactly age appropriate. When they train our educators, they train them to present "content and use teaching methods that are tailored to the cognitive, emotional, and physical development stage of their students. It ensures that the material presented aligns with the abilities, interests, and needs of students at their particular stage of growth and maturity."
If you are a child and are learning, growing, developing, and operating at a child's level, that it understandable. It is acceptable and normal. However, if you are not a child and are learning, growing, developing, and operating at a child's level, that is not normal and indicates that something may be wrong.
The same applies to our spiritual growth and development.
- If we are genuinely saved and are not growing in our faith, then something is wrong.
...
Series: 1 Corinthians-God's Message to a Messed Up Church
Author: Robert Dawson
Text: 1 Corinthians 3:1-9
Parenting is hard. I remember sitting down with Jordan when she was in kindergarten to share how "in the realm of metaphysical inquiry, you can find yourself entangled in a kaleidoscope of theological conundrums, as you circumnavigate the eschatological horizon of soteriological redemption, where one is confronted with the paradoxical tension between divine sovereignty and human agency," but she just didn't get it.
I had such high hopes that my second child would be smarter than the first. Instead, both of them were defective and deficient. Neither one was special nor advanced."
We all know that did not happen for a couple of reasons...
- I have no idea what I just said.
- And if by some miracle I did know what I just said, and it was more than just a generous helping of some complex theological and philosophical word-salad, at that stage of life, my children were not going to understand it. At that age we were struggling to teach them how to tie their shoes.
Concepts like that are not exactly age appropriate. When they train our educators, they train them to present "content and use teaching methods that are tailored to the cognitive, emotional, and physical development stage of their students. It ensures that the material presented aligns with the abilities, interests, and needs of students at their particular stage of growth and maturity."
If you are a child and are learning, growing, developing, and operating at a child's level, that it understandable. It is acceptable and normal. However, if you are not a child and are learning, growing, developing, and operating at a child's level, that is not normal and indicates that something may be wrong.
The same applies to our spiritual growth and development.
- If we are genuinely saved and are not growing in our faith, then something is wrong.
...
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