“Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, as newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:”
1 Peter 2:1-2 KJV
Peter explains the hunger in us to be nourished by the purity of the Word, “So abandon every form of evil, deceit, hypocrisy, feelings of jealousy and slander. In the same way that nursing infants cry for milk, you must intensely crave the pure spiritual milk of God’s Word. For this “milk” will cause you to grow into maturity, fully nourished and strong for life —”. We must be completely free from evil and be at rest within. Purity is an oasis rest for the people of God. The opposite of that rest is the behaviour of hypocrites who have that hypercritical attitude of pulling things apart for judgmental analysis, all the time wearing a mask! All manner of guile, hypocrisies , spiteful jealousies as well as any kind of backbiting is to be shunned. We do away with the old performance based mindset! There is zero nourishment in such conversation. But the nourishment of the Word is like an antibiotic for hypocrisy and guile. This milk contains an element that can eliminate hypocrisy. This pure spiritual milk is the sustaining power of God’s Word coming from His very breast to nourish and strengthen our inner being. Our craving for the milk of the Word is not only because of necessity but of delight. This is our true nourishment in our growth into salvation. Amen!
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