How do people respond differently to deeper Bible teaching?
Responses to deeper Bible teaching vary: some are bored and fall asleep, some become angry, while others enjoy it and grow. Believers without hunger for deeper things may nod off, but those interested in all God has done through Christ find these truths exciting and look forward to future glory.
Les explains that the same message can affect people differently: it may put some to sleep, make some mad, and cause others to enjoy it and grow. He applies this to deeper Bible teaching, noting that the average saved believer who lacks a hunger for deeper things may simply nod and fall asleep. But those truly interested in all God has done on their behalf when Christ died and rose again find these things exciting. They think about being positioned with Christ in the heavenlies and that one day it will come to fruition. Les says that after the elementary things—our sinful estate, salvation, justification, reproof, and correction—we move into deeper doctrine and reproof, ultimately into glory, where we are no longer tied to this world but in His presence, enjoying all the blessings of glory. He points to Romans 8:17-18 to compare Scripture with Scripture.