My word contrasts milk and meat as sources of nourishment. Milk is for babies and children, and meat is for those who are grown. What is the spiritual meaning of this distinction? Milk is food eaten by others for you. New Christians get their instruction from others so that they may learn the established doctrines of the faith. This is entirely proper and necessary and fits the natural parallel of milk for children. But the essence of the Christian faith is a relationship with me and I want you to move on to the point that you can relate to and hear from me yourself in addition to what you hear from me through others. 

I told a parable about new wine and old wine, and new and old wineskins. You understand that the wineskin is a church, and that a new wineskin that is flexible is required for the new wine I am preparing. The church must be able to adapt to accommodate what I am doing. You also know that the church is not a building but is comprised of people. So this truth can be scaled to any level, and applies to individuals as well as organizations. It is not just a new organizational structure that is required for my next move. The attitudes and mindsets of individual believers must be changed for them to respond to and be involved in my next move. 

Have you been born again? Have you been born again again? After you serve me for many years you may go through a further stage of development in which it seems that everything that has gone before was wasted. Don’t be discouraged, my word is full of examples of people who spent lengthy periods of preparation. This time was not wasted; for they went on to accomplish the tasks I set before them. My purposes do not fit the pattern of time, speed, and distance. Although your progress may be invisible it is necessary to get you ready for your destiny. Expect and welcome the opportunity to be born again again. 

Have you ever been confused? I didn’t lead you here, because I am not the author of confusion. Have you ever been aware of the limitations of your current state of knowledge, and known that it was incomplete? You may have thought that this was confusion, but these are not the same thing. Confusion is moral ambiguity, cognitive dissonance, and mental conflict. This is not from me, but it is healthy to be aware that your current understanding is limited. This provides the incentive for you to continue to follow me, that you may move forward to fill in the gaps and continue to receive the greater revelation of myself that I always make available to you.