Hebrews 5:14

14. Strong meat belongeth… full age The strong meat comes after Hebrews 7:1, and consists in starting from Melchizedek, and evolving the whole priesthood of Christ as based in the Old Testament, and superstructured in the New.

Good and evil In religious doctrine.

Here we may note that,

1. These elements, though depreciated in rank as compared with further and higher truths, are of the very first importance. They are to commencement of spiritual life what milk is to early bodily life.

2 . Our apostle identifies advancement in Christian knowledge as one with advancement in Christian life. Low attainments in Christian knowledge, arising from want of interest in Christian truth, is one with a feeble, infantile Christian life. Deep interest in Christian verities, arising from their vivifying and controlling power, is identified with Christian vitality, integrity, and activity. 3. The apostle does not recognise, in the present passage, this perfection of Christian life as being attained at a spring. He does seem to presuppose that, ordinarily, powerful Christian character is progressively attained by study, experience, and growth.