Day 8 - Hebrews 5:6 - 6:2

Hebrews 5:6-6:2 

6 And in another passage God said to him,

“You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
7 While Jesus was here on earth, he offered prayers and pleadings, with a loud cry and tears, to the one who could rescue him from death. And God heard his prayers because of his deep reverence for God. 8 Even though Jesus was God’s Son, he learned obedience from the things he suffered. 9 In this way, God qualified him as a perfect High Priest, and he became the source of eternal salvation for all those who obey him. 10 And God designated him to be a High Priest in the order of Melchizedek.

11 There is much more we would like to say about this, but it is difficult to explain, especially since you are spiritually dull and don’t seem to listen. 12 You have been believers so long now that you ought to be teaching others. Instead, you need someone to teach you again the basic things about God’s word. You are like babies who need milk and cannot eat solid food. 13 For someone who lives on milk is still an infant and doesn’t know how to do what is right. 14 Solid food is for those who are mature, who through training have the skill to recognize the difference between right and wrong.


6 So let us stop going over the basic teachings about Christ again and again. Let us go on instead and become mature in our understanding. Surely we don’t need to start again with the fundamental importance of repenting from evil deeds and placing our faith in God. 2 You don’t need further instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

Tori's Comments:

"who through training have the skill to recognize the difference between right and wrong" (vs. 14)



via GIPHY

So apparently we have to train ourselves to know between right and wrong. I didn't know this.

Training? Lemme guess:
Bible Reading
Praying
Talking to people who have experience with life

What am I missing? I figure Bible Reading is a big one, since it basically lays out 'good' and 'bad' for us. Although I suppose asking the living God above for an answer always works wonders, too.

Now Imma go train myself. Christians are lovers AND fighters.

I hope that came out right.

Any other methods of training?


Terrie's Comments:

It shocks me a little that the writer of this letter refuses to go deeper because his readers are spiritually dull and don't seem to listen.  Hmmmm lets just sit there for a minute... 

When you can apply the word of God... take the raw milk of God's word and actually process it and put it into practice that is when you mature.  How many adult's in the faith are still drinking only milk because it is too hard to process what they are reading and don't put it into practice because it is just too hard.  We need to stop throwing toddler temper tantrums and just grow up so we can actually do the work God Himself called us to do.  

Then in the next section of this passage it talks about moving on from elementary teachings...
Repent - change your mind... turn away from evil and decide to be on God's team and do His will.
Trust - Take God at His word... read it ... believe it... stand on it... act on it!
Be baptized - Water baptism when you decide Jesus is Lord (Boss) in your life - 
Baptism of the Holy Spirit - The seal of our eternal salvation and the source of our power here on earth to carry out the will of God and to be guided by him.
Laying on of Hands - for healing and deliverance of others in the Name of Jesus
Resurrection of the dead - Jesus did return from the grave and so did Lazarus ... end of argument
Eternal Judgement - God is Just and at the end of our lives we will all be judged and the verdict will be eternal and unchangeable.  Jesus said "I am the way the truth and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through me"  If you put your trust in Jesus Christ and believe that He is the son of God and that He died for YOUR sins you will be saved from eternal punishment and will live in the presence of God forever.  The alternative is an eternity that is absent of God (everything good in this world comes from God so minus all that and that is what eternity without God will be like... I don't think we can even imagine how awful it will be)

These are the elementary teachings of our Christian faith... how many Christians are still wrestling with the basics?



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