A spiritual baby is often unable to differentiate between sound doctrine and false doctrine because like in the natural, babies are ignorant, babies cannot look after themselves and are at the mercy of their caregivers. Not being able to do this could prove to be fatal as the spiritual diet a person consumes determines the direction and the quality of their lives. An age-old saying says “You are what you eat”. This is why the Word instructs us not to remain infants and teaches us to grow. Growing into maturity helps us differentiate between sound doctrine and false doctrine (Eph 4: 14).