One danger for Christians, at the present moment, is the desire for stimulants in teaching. This also characterized Israel. (Amos 2:11) But stimulants are not only not food, but, in the end, they create a distaste for it. They serve only to excite the imagination, intellect, or nature, and never reach the conscience or the heart. The evidence of this desire is the itching ear. (2 Tim. 4:3) Christ, and Christ alone, is the food of His people.