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WELCOME TO GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING
The title of today’s episode is: “SOLID FOUNDATION /SOLID FOOD”
When a baby is born it is unable to eat solid food. It doesn’t have any teeth to chew it up. The baby will eat it’s mothers milk which has all the nutrients it needs. This milk also contains anti-bodies against disease. As a child grows they develop their teeth. Then they can start eating solid food. But you don’t give a toddler that has just started to develop teeth a steak or raw carrot. They start off with things like macaroni and cheese and cooked apples.
As they grow up a little more then they are ready for chicken or steak. They are mature enough to be able to chew the meat and digest it properly.
Paul found the church at Corinth in a mess. They were arguing over minor points of doctrine, and each stood with the minister that led them to Christ. Paul said I fed you with milk and not with meat because you were not able to bear it.
A large portion of the church is in this state today. They have been on the milk bottle too long. If a baby is not introduced to soft foods and is continued to be fed with milk they will never develop into a strong child.
I Cor 3:1-3 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. (2) I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. 3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
Paul told them that they needed to see that it didn’t matter if they came in under Paul or Apollos or someone else, it was still the same Jesus. We cannot be carnal and spiritual at the same time. He went on to tell them that Christ was the foundation on which to build our faith and doctrine.
1 Cor 3:10-11 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. 11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
We must build on a solid foundation. Once that foundation was laid, we need to build our spiritual house upon the foundation of the gospel of Christ. Everyday the enemy is releasing new doctrines into the world to confuse people. These amazing revelations often come from people taking the word out of context.
I saw where someone said we should not say Jesus when we pray because of Acts 4:18. This is the danger of taking one verse and basing a doctrine on it. The word of God says, precept upon precept, line upon line.
Acts 4:18 And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
If you read the whole chapter for context, Peter and John healed a man in the name of Jesus. The religious people who thought they knew it all was concerned about losing their status in the peoples eyes if Jesus continued to be preached. They are the ones that commanded that Peter and John not say or teach about the name of Jesus.
This doesn’t mean that we cannot teach and say the name of Jesus. Because the whole rest of the bible says we should use the name of Jesus.
I said all of that to say this, it is easy for people to get confused if they do not have a solid foundation. To someone who did not know the word of God says all through the New Testament that we should use the name of Jesus. They would be lacking the foundation necessary to say that the above assumption, built on one verse is incorrect. Colossians says whatever we do in word or deed to do it in the name of Jesus.
Heb 5:11-14 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing. 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. 13 For every one that useth milk is unskillful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. 14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Paul was telling them that they should be matured in the doctrine of Christ Jesus. They should be helping the new converts to build a solid knowledge of the truth. Instead, they were holding on to the milk bottle and didn’t have sound doctrine themselves. In other words, the deep things of God that help us to grow the spiritual fruit, comes from the meat of the word. A lot of fruit will not grow from staying on the milk bottle.
I think many of the body are clinging to the milk bottle. They are satisfied with just basic knowledge. They don’t want a deep walk with God because it will cost them something. They will have to give up their canal ways and dig into the word of God. It will cost them doing some of the things they would like to do, in order to spend alone time with God in the secret place.
I pray the Body of Christ can grasp the concept of digging deeper into the word. We have been on the milk bottle too long, its time we grow up. We will never have the necessary tools for the harvest if we don’t grow up.
Take time to read the word and ask God to give you insights to the meat of the word.

Until next time,
BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS
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