I'll take milk?

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amadeus

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I had a boss that would say "hey it's easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission...." and then he would do something his boss or the company did not approve.
Yes, and be careful with that.

"They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's." Matt 22:21

For what is it that Caesar has that did not come from God? Is not Caesar also only a steward rather than a real owner for until we, with Jesus, inherit, what is ours? What is Caesar's?

"But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee." I Chron 29:14
 
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In my opinion these principles were the foundation of Judaism. The milk.
The way many Jews tried to posses righteousness only to fail.
I do agree although that is probably not the whole of it. Going from there consider how many people do not understand the basics of the those six principles. I won't be so foolish as to insist that I do, but God does if we only really learn to lean always on Him... His sheep hear His voice!
 

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So in a nutshell..

Milk is.. see what good is? do good. Be good.
Meat is.. see what bad is? Do good, be good.
Okay anatomically we must have a form of protein...usually from meat...Jesus preferred fish...
A mother's breast milk is very rich in proteins...
What’s breast milk made of?
Here are some of the other constituents of human milk present at every feed, many of which can’t be replicated:

  • Millions of live cells. These include immune-boosting white blood cells, as well as stem cells, which may help organs develop and heal.2
  • More than 1,000 proteins3 that help your baby grow and develop, activate her immune system, and develop and protect neurons in her brain.
  • All that breast milk protein is made up of amino acids. There are more than 20 of these compounds in your milk. Some of them, called nucleotides, increase at night and scientists think they may induce sleep.
Now switch to spiritually, the building compounds if spiritual growth are...
Salvation, baptism, hearing the Word, building your faith, obeying the Word....
Then it's time to grow...
Speaking the word, living the word, doing the word.
Time to grow...
Building on what you know, seeking a deeper understanding of Truth, beginning to self examine your heart...being infilled with the Holy Spirit and operating in spiritual gifts...
Time to grow
Empty of self, humble in spirit, love is primary goal, it becomes all about Him and nothing about you, being used of God to manifest His power through...
Acceptance of others, servant to others, revelation knowledge and understanding of scripture, discipleship
 

amadeus

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Something beautiful here (only an opinion) is Luke 12:23 The life is more that meat, and the body more than raiment. And seek not you what you shall eat and, or what you shall drink, neither be you of a doubtful mind. But rather seek the kingdom of God. For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

with Paul saying if I destroy my brother with my meat, then I walk not in charity.
Yes, and those verses are also speaking of growth, which means from the 'milk' of a baby to the 'meat' of maturity! While we have time, we must continue to grow. To do otherwise is to stagnate and die to God Himself! Where and when and what is the 'second death'?
 
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Paul was not able to feed them with meat, because they were still carnal.

I look around the churches today and I'm thinking.. FAMINE.

:(
 
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Paul was not able to feed them with meat, because they were still carnal.

I look around the churches today and I'm thinking.. FAMINE.

:(
Amen! They speak words and even sometimes read the scriptures but without the Spirit of God, so that even those quoted words of the scripture are dead! Famine indeed!

"[God] Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life." II Cor 3:6

And then of course the example of Satan quoting scripture versus Jesus quoting scripture. The words of Psalm 91 quoted by Satan were dead! The words of Deut. 6:16 quoted by Jesus were alive and defeated Satan!

"And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God." Matt 4:6-7
 

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Okay anatomically we must have a form of protein...usually from meat...Jesus preferred fish...
A mother's breast milk is very rich in proteins...
What’s breast milk made of?
Here are some of the other constituents of human milk present at every feed, many of which can’t be replicated:

  • Millions of live cells. These include immune-boosting white blood cells, as well as stem cells, which may help organs develop and heal.2
  • More than 1,000 proteins3 that help your baby grow and develop, activate her immune system, and develop and protect neurons in her brain.
  • All that breast milk protein is made up of amino acids. There are more than 20 of these compounds in your milk. Some of them, called nucleotides, increase at night and scientists think they may induce sleep.
Now switch to spiritually, the building compounds if spiritual growth are...
Salvation, baptism, hearing the Word, building your faith, obeying the Word....
Then it's time to grow...
Speaking the word, living the word, doing the word.
Time to grow...
Building on what you know, seeking a deeper understanding of Truth, beginning to self examine your heart...being infilled with the Holy Spirit and operating in spiritual gifts...
Time to grow
Empty of self, humble in spirit, love is primary goal, it becomes all about Him and nothing about you, being used of God to manifest His power through...
Acceptance of others, servant to others, revelation knowledge and understanding of scripture, discipleship

This is going to seem a silly question... but could this be why one might have breastfeeding infants dreams? To possibly symbolize that there are many that are still on milk and never seemingly satisfied?
 

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Thanks for tagging me brother,

Actually I was reading the thread before I logged on when I spotted your tag. :D

Interesting discussion.

Is not the 'meat reigning with Christ'?

At our baptism, we were annointed priest, prophet and king,
For all the baptised share in the 3 fold ministry of Christ!

What does it mean to reign with Christ?

You are already satisfied; you have already grown rich; you have become kings without us! Indeed, I wish that you had become kings, so that we also might become kings with you.

Peace be with you!

Christ is risen!
Alleluia!
 
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Thanks for tagging me brother,

Actually I was reading the thread before I logged on when I spotted your tag. :D

Interesting discussion.

Is not the 'meat reigning with Christ'?

At our baptism, we were annointed priest, prophet and king,
For all the baptised share in the 3 fold ministry of Christ!

What does it mean to reign with Christ?

You are already satisfied; you have already grown rich; you have become kings without us! Indeed, I wish that you had become kings, so that we also might become kings with you.

Peace be with you!

Christ is risen!
Alleluia!
Do you not tire at times at striving to live for God and coming onto a forum like this where you know when someone recognizes your formal Catholicism you are going to put down for that alone? Don't they know what it means to be a brother in Christ?

Thanks for always having kind words on here for me and others and for caring about what people are doing for God. The selfishness of people, me included, is taking me down this evening. I need some prayer now. Ask God to help me get to where I need to be! Ask God to help everyone on this forum to move in that direction as well. Our God is able!
 

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Do you not tire at times at striving to live for God and coming onto a forum like this where you know when someone recognizes your formal Catholicism you are going to put down for that alone? Don't they know what it means to be a brother in Christ?

Thanks for always having kind words on here for me and others and for caring about what people are doing for God. The selfishness of people, me included, is taking me down this evening. I need some prayer now. Ask God to help me get to where I need to be! Ask God to help everyone on this forum to move in that direction as well. Our God is able!


Praying for you now brother!

Be not afraid!

The battle is already won!

Pax et Bonum!

P.s. Pentocost this Sunday may lift your spirit! :)
 
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Praying for you now brother!

Be not afraid!

The battle is already won!

Pax et Bonum!

P.s. Pentocost this Sunday may lift your spirit! :)
Thank you for this brother. Just a momentary lapse on my part. I know better, but I am also still just a somewhat fallible human. I plan to spend a little special time with the Lord this evening. He will help me.

May God richly bless you and yours!
 

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This is going to seem a silly question... but could this be why one might have breastfeeding infants dreams? To possibly symbolize that there are many that are still on milk and never seemingly satisfied?
I think you are on to something there!
 
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What follow below was written less than a week ago by our friend @bbyrd009 a few days ago using the title which I have also applied to this thread:

So, it would seem like we are to seek the “meat,” right? The meat of the Word is supposed to be a good thing, isn’t it? And vv like I’d rather never eat meat again, and were tired of this manna, give us some meat to eat! just kinda get glided over, the first ostensibly an ode to vegetarianism, perhaps, and the second the complaints of most anyone limited repeatedly to a single choice of food, but i suggest that there is a direct connection here to fruit of the tree of knowledge, and meat and milk might need to be better defined.

As there is no phrase “meat of the Word” in the Bible, how are you defining it? List some synonyms even, “truth, facts, absolute truth, immutable truth” and then understand how that might fit with the vv above. We all know that New Believer who is Absolutely Sure of Everything, right; and manna is not called what is it? for nothing, i bet
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Anyway, i guess this should be made plain by a simple Bsearch of “milk” and “meat” which ill prolly do tomorrow if someone doesn’t beat me to it, but i bet milk will just like glow more or whatever when read together

enjoy your quail
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Aw, that was so refreshing John, lol, I miss him and trying to figure out his posts...sure wish he were able to come back here, was a big part of us...
Nite nite now!
 

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Aw, that was so refreshing John, lol, I miss him and trying to figure out his posts...sure wish he were able to come back here, was a big part of us...
Nite nite now!
Even so, but it is out of our hands!
 
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Milk is something a baby must take before they physically can eat any "meat" or substance. How many Christians are satisfied with "milk" and never move onto the real "meat", or have a taste of it? Great thread and discussions, much to think of when going back to God's word.