A little over a week ago I listen to 1st Corinthians 3 about 10 to 15 or even 20 times in a row on the audio Bible on my phone. The first part says:
"But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready,
1 Corinthians 3:1-2 ESV
I've been a believer for over 6 years now, and while all kinds of awesome stuff has happened in my life with God, I still feel like I need to go over the basics again. I wasn't raised Christian so I still am not fully understanding certain basic concepts like the importance of the blood of Christ, what it means to be "under grace", and other things... My mom refers to Christians as "religious people," and in some ways the basics of Christianity still kind of seem far off to me. They still seem slightly to me kind of like how a worldly person would describe Christianity as being "religious." Obviously I'm not full-blown worldly or refer to being a Christian as "being religious" but there are certain things that just haven't sunk in yet. Like when someone really, really understands what Jesus did and the truth behind it all. And then they live the rest of their lives knowing that truth. That still hasn't happened with me fully yet.
I'm writing this because it is frustrating how I love God and I'm struggling with these simple things and I want it to sink in. I want to understand it all. when I go to church, I see how there are lots of people there that just understand what Jesus did and it has really sunken in and they really get it. That's not fully me right now. I understand a lot but it hasn't really become completely real yet. I want it to be totally real, more real than any other reality or anything I've ever known. Because it's truth, and the truth is supposed to set us free. I almost want to just talk to several different Pastors in my area and just have them explain the basics of Christianity to me all over again. Anyone have any ideas of how I can understand the basics more clear?
"But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready,
1 Corinthians 3:1-2 ESV
I've been a believer for over 6 years now, and while all kinds of awesome stuff has happened in my life with God, I still feel like I need to go over the basics again. I wasn't raised Christian so I still am not fully understanding certain basic concepts like the importance of the blood of Christ, what it means to be "under grace", and other things... My mom refers to Christians as "religious people," and in some ways the basics of Christianity still kind of seem far off to me. They still seem slightly to me kind of like how a worldly person would describe Christianity as being "religious." Obviously I'm not full-blown worldly or refer to being a Christian as "being religious" but there are certain things that just haven't sunk in yet. Like when someone really, really understands what Jesus did and the truth behind it all. And then they live the rest of their lives knowing that truth. That still hasn't happened with me fully yet.
I'm writing this because it is frustrating how I love God and I'm struggling with these simple things and I want it to sink in. I want to understand it all. when I go to church, I see how there are lots of people there that just understand what Jesus did and it has really sunken in and they really get it. That's not fully me right now. I understand a lot but it hasn't really become completely real yet. I want it to be totally real, more real than any other reality or anything I've ever known. Because it's truth, and the truth is supposed to set us free. I almost want to just talk to several different Pastors in my area and just have them explain the basics of Christianity to me all over again. Anyone have any ideas of how I can understand the basics more clear?
