You may be a babe if you aren’t able to make wise decisions.
Babes in Christ always needs someone else to approve the decisions they are making because they don’t feel capable of doing so themselves. Babes in Christ usually latch on to someone they believe is a mature saint. However because they are not able to make wise decisions about who is mature and who isn’t, they usually attach themselves to someone who is also immature but has just been in church a long time. That is why is important that those of us who have not matured become mature so that we can be those spiritual mothers and fathers that the church so desperately needs. What happened to the day when you could look to the deacon’s for Godly men that lived by example and precept? What happened to the day when you could look to the elderly ladies and find wise women of God who didn’t mind telling you to pull your dress tail down and who would throw a coat around you if you were showing too much skin. It’s time to grow up!
You might be a spiritual babe if you are unable to communicate feelings and fuss and complain about any and every thing.
Left to themselves, young children will slap, pull hair, bite, kick, scream, punch and argue. They haven’t really learned that they are not enemies with each other, so they live as though they were.
As Christians our enemies are the world, our flesh, and Satan. Other Christians (real born again baptized believers) are not our enemies. Paul points out envy, strife, and division as characteristics of babies. Yet, our churches are filled with Christians who see nothing better to do than fuss and fight with other church members about things that have nothing to do with building the kingdom. Before we start pitching fits with other saints we should ask ourselves, “Is this something that Jesus would be upset about?” Does this have any impact on my spiritual growth? If it isn’t grow up and let it go. Think about it. We’re supposed to be the body of Christ. We have one purpose on this earth and that is to carry out the assignment outlined in Matthew 28:19-20. We’re supposed to be going therefore, teaching all nations, then baptizing them and teaching them to follow the commands of God. Who would want to learn from us when we act like we don’t know anything? Our churches look like play pens with a bunch of kids pitching tantrums over petty religious things while the world is on its way to hell! It’s time to pull the pacifiers out of our mouths, put the baba’s down and get out on the real battlefield.
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