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“But every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. 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” (Hebrews 5:13-14).
Some people today prefer to eat vegetarian, but most people in North American still enjoy eating meat. We expect babies to want milk, and that is natural. Milk is good for them, is easy to digest, and helps them grow when they are very young. However, there comes a time when it is good to introduce them to solid food, and eventually children learn to appreciate and eat meat.
However, in order to eat meat you must have good teeth, and small babies do not have teeth until they are a few months old. But then soon they can begin to eat solid food. Parents would be very upset if their children still drank only milk when they were four or five years old, as they would not grow properly on that kind of diet.
It is the same for us as Christians. We grow at first on milk—simple things from the Word of God, but the Lord likes to see us grow and appreciate the deeper things of His Word.
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