Charles Spurgeon Commentary Hebrews 5:11-12

"Of whom we have many things to say, and hard of interpretation, seeing ye are become dull of hearing. For when by reason of the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need again that some one teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food." — Hebrews 5:11-12 (ASV)

Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing. For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God;–

I hope it is not true of any of you, dear friends, but it is true of many Christians that they learn very little to any purpose, and always need to be going over the A B C of the gospel. They never get into the classics, the deep things of God. They are afraid of the doctrine of election, of the doctrine of the eternal covenant, and of the doctrine of the sovereignty of God, for these truths are meant for men of full age, and these poor, puny babes have not cut their teeth yet. They want some softer and more childlike food.

Well, it is a mercy that they are children of God; it would be better, however, for them to grow so as to become teachers of others: Ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God;–