Achieving a Giant Faith
Teachers
Lesson Summary
The class began with a warm welcome and a prayer before introducing the study booklet prepared by Curtis Hartshorn. The teacher emphasized the value of actively filling in the booklet’s blanks, using the New American Standard 1995 Bible, and bringing personal Bibles—whether print or digital—to deepen engagement with the Scripture. After describing Hartshorn’s background and the study’s format, the lesson shifted to the central question: what does Jesus want us to become? The discussion led to the conclusion that God desires believers to grow in spiritual maturity. Using Hebrews 5:12‑14 and 1 Corinthians 3:1, the teacher illustrated how early Christians were still infants in faith, needing basic teaching, while mature believers are called to handle solid spiritual food and become teachers themselves. The class highlighted the need for continued growth, intentional study, and application of God’s word, encouraging participants to use the booklet as a tool for personal reflection and future review. The session concluded with practical suggestions for ongoing development and a reminder to stay connected with the church community, both in‑person and online.
Key Scriptures
For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; you need milk, not solid food. For everyone who eats milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a child. But solid food is for those who are mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to distinguish good and evil.
And 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 able to receive it, and even now you are still not able.