If the Bible is our spiritual food, we may conclude that the Bible is essential for Spiritual Life. Every Christian needs a certain minimum amount of food from God's Word to live his life day by day. If, in addition, he has a special work to do for the Lord, he needs special feeding from the Word of God. Often we use the excuse of being too busy to spend the time we should reading and studying the Word of God. B. God's Word is essential not only for the maintenance of spiritual life, but also for spiritual growth.
Life is one matter, but growth is another.
There is no growth without adequate food. Peter urges us to desire the sincere milk of the Word that we may grow thereby. A third deduction is that the believer needs the Word of God for spiritual health . We must have life and growth, but it is also essential that we are healthy spiritually. When we are in a below normal state of health, we often become ill.