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  Whether it’s a new job, a new team, or a new school, it is hard to be the new guy. The rookie has a lot to learn and must take a lot of guff. Eventually, they will figure things out, and the newness will wear off.

  Even spiritually, we start off green. A person doesn’t come out of the water knowing everything. But that doesn’t mean we are supposed to stay that way. As Paul remarks in 1st Corinthians 3, Paul remarks “And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to infants in Christ. I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it.” But he continues by rebuking them for still being in that state.

  He also gives us insight to see if we are still in a novice state, “for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men?”

  We are still greenhorns when we are fleshy, that is, worldly-minded. Also, when we are more concerned about what others are doing and them being better than us.  A baby is immature; it only drinks milk, cries whenever it wants, and makes a mess of itself. A spiritually immature person is the same; he doesn’t move beyond the basics, fusses anytime things don’t go his way, and is always causing messy situations with others.

  Most babies will grow up. But unfortunately, not all Christians do.

  Let make sure that we are those who are striving to mature in the faith.  

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