(4:14,15) At the earliest phase of child training we are "infants" without strength but with great energy. In that state, we are easily "tossed back and forth" by the circumstances of life. New fads in teaching techniques and new thoughts attract us to leaders who are self-serving and "deceitful". "Instead" presents contrasts; "speaking the truth in love" is the means of our living and growing. The opposite of that is being carried through life by changing winds of teaching and situational ethics. The end product of "speaking the truth" is that we will "grow up into Him" in every aspect of our life. Look at the simplicity of this --we live in the sphere of truth and He manages our growth in every area of our life.

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Old Testament