How do believers grow spiritually according to 1 Peter 2:2?
According to 1 Peter 2:2, believers grow spiritually by desiring and hungering for the milk of the Word, just as newborn infants need feeding and nurturing to grow. Peter says to desire the milk of the Word so that by it you may grow, having tasted that the Lord is gracious.
Les explains that Peter uses the analogy of a physical infant: just as a newborn must be fed and nurtured to grow, so spiritually believers are to be newborn babes who desire and hunger for the milk of the Word, that they may grow thereby. This desire follows having tasted that the Lord is gracious. Peter also describes believers as coming to Christ, the living stone disallowed by men but chosen of God and precious, and as living stones being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood. Though Peter writes to the believing Jews of the dispersion, Les says it applies to us as well.
As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: