Today's Devotion: 13 Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. 14 But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil. (The Holy Bible : New International Version. electronic ed. Grand Rapids : Zondervan, 1996, c1984, S. Heb 5:12-6:1)

The writer of Hebrews is urging those to whom he writes to leave the elementary fundamentals of their education and progress on to further teaching in the faith.

Today's Comments: Christianity does not stop at baptism. That is where it begins. There is a maturing process which all Christians need to go through, and when we fail to grasp the elementary precepts of the faith, we cannot progress. In other words, it takes work to be a Christian. Sunday services are not enough. We must make ourselves willing and able to do more. Only then will we progress and move on to the solid food that the writer of Hebrews speaks about.