Got Milk?

GOT MILK? (1 PETER 2)

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A German, whose wife was ill, called the hospital the first evening she was there and inquired how she was getting along. He was told that she was improving.

Next day he called again, and was told she was still improving. This went on for some time, each day the report being that his wife was improving.

Finally one day he called and said: “How is my wife?” A person answered, “She’s dead.”

He went out and met a friend, and the friend said: “Well, how is your wife?”

The man replied, “She’s dead”

“Ooh! How terrible! What did she die of?” The German uttered in disbelief: “Improvements!” (More Toasts, Gertrude Stein)

You can easily be stuck, stagnant or straying in sorry times. 1 Peter was written to believers who were suffering rejection, opposition and

discrimination, mostly in exile to faraway places and foreign lands. The apostle Peter encouraged Christians in chapter one by affirming to the assurance of salvation, which is not the end of our journey but the beginning of our journey. Now in chapter 2 he exhorted them to be steadfast and strong in Christ in distress or danger. To show you that Pastor is not a one-trick Pony talking of imperatives, I will leave you with four “hina + sunjunctive” purpose clauses (vv 2, 12, 21, 24) – one in each section.

What attitude and assurance do we have in living with uncertainty, unrest or unemployment? How is faith lived out in the face of persecution and peril? Why is salvation a present tense and not a past tense experience?

Be Fitted for God’s Service (For Self)

1 Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. 2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good. 4 As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him— 5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For in Scripture it says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame.” 7 Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,” 8 and, “A stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall.” They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.

Milk has fallen into hard times, with many opting for oat milk, almond milk, rice milk, hemp milk and especially soy milk. In terms of protein, however, soy milk is the only one that really compares. An expert admitted, “Frustratingly, beyond the broad brush nutritional information, we still don’t know enough about how much we benefit from some of the nutrients in non-dairy beverages,. That includes vitamins and minerals like calcium, vitamin B12 and vitamin D when they are added through fortification.”

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200207-which-milk-alternative-should-we-be-drinking

Here are some internet quotes on the benefits of milk:

Milk is one of the best and cheapest calcium sources. (Healthline.com)

Milk (and hemp hearts) is the best source of Magnesium for our bodies (lifestylio.com)

Milk is the best source of Vitamin D that is much required for healthy bone & skin.

A mother's milk is the best source of protein for the baby. For some time after birth the mother's milk is the only source of water and electrolytes for the developing young (Leonard Rosenblum)

Milk is the only source of nutrients and micronutrients, e.g. vitamins, (Terry Dawson)

“We now recognize more and more that factors in breast milk influence the gut microbiota, which in turn sets up the immune system to have fewer chronic illnesses later in life,. “Allan Walker from Massachusetts General Hospital

Milk is the best source of Vitamin D for all females from the age of 4 and above.

Believers ave no choice and no way to go but grow in the Lord. Verse 1 and 2 is the negative output and the positive input. The vices are malice (vv 1, 16) and guile (vv 1, 22) are repeated more in this chapter than any chapter in the Bible, and the next three – hypocrisy, envy and slander – are plural. These are your viruses. The contrast with these vices and viruses, however, are not virtues or values, but the vaccine and the ventilator, which is the word of God that produces the virtues and values.