[MARCH 21] Pure Milk

Read: Acts 15:1-11, 19-21

"As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby."

--1 Peter 2:2

Recently it was discovered that some milk producers in China had been diluting cow's milk and adding the industrial chemical Melamine. This chemical was added because it artificially enhanced protein readings. Sevaral infants died and other became seriously ill. Such adulteration is not new. Other countries have been adding Melamine to animal feed for at least 40 years for the same purpose, resulting in the death of animals.

Another kind of adulteration is when people add to God's Word, "the pure milk of the Word" as Peter described it (1 Peter 2:2). The word pure means "adulterated" or "uncontaminated." The early church had to deal with those who considered circumcision necessary for salvation (Acts 15:1). That idea was rejected because it was not in accordance with the Word of God, which says that salvation is by grace alone. Peter encouraged his brethren in the Lord: "Why do you test God by putting a yoke on the neck of the desciples?... We believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved (Acts 15:10-11).

Examine carefully any teaching that asks you to do anything more than what is in God's Word. Otherwise it can be deadly to your spiritual well-being. --C.P. Hia

The Lord has given man His Word,

His will He has made known;

Let man not try to change that Word

With words that are his own. --D.De Haan

REFLECT ON THIS:
God's Word needs no additions or subtractions.