When God says to the believer, “come,” it means one leaves the elementary teachings that brought us initially into the faith, the gospel message, and pursue higher understanding of the truth which our Lord Jesus Christ is. (John 14:6) The word of God is alive and powerful. It is our sustenance that sustains our spiritual lives. a Physical food is our daily bread to support our bodies, so must the word of God be our daily bread to support the daily function of our spiritual lives. We can never say that we have graduated from the classroom where the Spirit teaches and strengthens the spiritual life to say that we need no longer take in God’s word. The day we stop pursuing God in His word is the day we begin our retrogression back to the darkness. It is not until the day that the Lord closes our eyes to this temporal life and our walk within this temporal life is finished, that we can rejoice in our graduation. The word of God is indeed alive and powerful. But only in those that continue to allow the holy spirit to yield that sword.