Big babies

Dawn and I were just reflecting on how human nature is consistent, from the playground to the paint plant to the  church pew. Then I read from 1 Cor 3 this morning, where Paul says he can only address the Corinthians as infants. Big babies, he says (1-3): "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, for you are still of the flesh."

Now, back in the day there was no faster way to pick a fight than to call someone a baby. Even now, we tend to read this and snicker a little - those Corinthians, what a buncha noobs. Still too new to the faith to know God doesn't like fighting.

Well, let's set aside the fact that we still do plenty of fighting. Fact is, even though some of us have been in the church for a while, we can't claim to be spiritual adults. Teenagers maybe, which would explain the snickering.

I say that for two reasons: First, we tend to stop learning after someone stops making us, meaning pretty much when we're done taking catechism. No more study for us. And second, we try not to see the work. We don't want to notice the fact that our faith means there are some things we should be doing.

Stop learning and avoid work. Yeah, that sounds really mature. Maybe we're not in a good position to look down our noses at anyone.