Joel M Bradshaw

11We have much to say about this, but it is hard to make it clear to you because you no longer try to understand. 12In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food! 13Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. 14But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.–Hebrews 5 (emphasis)

1. THEIR MINDS CHECKED OUT. THEY GAVE UP.
2. HAVE A DESIRE TO KNOW WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS AND TO APPLY IT TO EVERY AREA OF YOUR LIFE.
3. WHAT DOES GOD CONSIDER RIGHTEOUS? DO YOU PURSUE THAT?
4. THEY STOPPED GROWING.
5. IF YOU GIVE UP EXERCISING AND DIETING, YOU WILL NOT SEE LASTING RESULTS. THEY CEASED THE DAILY DISCIPLINE OF BIBLICAL LIVING AND SO STAYED IMMATURE WHEN THEY SHOULD HAVE MATURED.–JMB