This morning I had the privilege of taking one of my grandsons, about ten years old, fishing. I enjoy taking people fishing who haven’t fished much and who enjoy it. Occasionally I will take someone fishing who is a genuine fishing addict. Those are the people I enjoy taking fishing with because they are having such a good time that I have a good time just enjoying their joy. My ten-year-old grandson is a genuine, through and through, bonafide fishing addict, and I experienced so much joy from his joy. He lives in Hawaii, so I don’t get to take him fishing very often, but I try to take advantage of each opportunity I have with him. Today we went crappie fishing, and tomorrow we are going bass fishing.

I am looking forward to the day I get to take him to Alaska to fish for salmon and halibut.

Another kind of person I enjoy being with is someone addicted to the Bible. Not just a read-it-everyday addict, but someone who realizes that the knowledge, truth, and information in the Bible is infinite, there is always more to learn, and they are obsessed with learning more and more. True Bible addicts have learned that the knowledge in the Bible is in layers, as it were, and that every layer of new truth requires that every layer above or before it must be mastered accurately. If any one truth is not understood or misunderstood, every bit of information that is at a deeper level will be warped.

True Bible addicts know that there are a lot of people teaching stuff out of the Bible that is not accurate, so they study, check, and double-check all the teaching that they hear or read because false teaching that they would take in and believe would not only affect their relationship with Jesus but that it would taint all the future study and learning in the Bible that they did.

Hebrews 5:13-14
For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he is an infant. But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil.