Hebrews 5:12-14
English Standard Version (ESV)
12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, 13 for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. 14 But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.
This is something that I feel God laid on my heart a little while back. My other blog site is still going to be an ongoing devotional that hopefully you continue to learn from and is also a good tool to show the lost. This blog is going to be a more in depth study of God's word. I will most likely only update this site once per week. I will design the studies so that hopefully we all can come to a more full understanding of God's will for our lives.
I ask for prayer in this endeavor and would love to put this blog in book form in the future also. OK, let's get started.
In the first verse here, it is basically telling us that some of us who should have learned more and grown closer in our knowledge of God are not able. That is why is says we have to be taught again. Like I've said a lot of times, God doesn't call us JUST to be saved. Salvation is a starting point in our journey of faith in God. We are to yield ourselves to Him and by doing so, we will have a closer relationship with Him. How do we yield to Him? A couple of things we are commanded to do is to read His word and pray. By doing these two things we will, in fact be able to start understanding more of the Bible and more of God's will for our lives. It's kind of like when 200 years ago, most of Americans had a vast knowledge of our constitution and because of that they were very unlikely to be convinced of something that would harm America. They knew the truth of what the founding fathers meant, in other words. Same thing here, we have to have an ongoing relationship with God by reading the bible and praying. If we do that, we are far less likely to be swayed from our core beliefs.
Look at the next verse. It tells us that if we stay on the milk, then we are unskilled. The comparison is to a baby. Babies need constant direction and supervision. If we never are able to get away from the milk of God's word, then we can't be fulfilling what God wants from us. Just like we start this world as babies then grow up into adults, we are supposed to start at salvation as babies in faith then grow into adults capable of doing the works God may call us to do.
The last verse is basically telling us that for those who will learn and grow in their relationship with God, they will be more able to discern between good and evil. Now think about that for a moment. It is basically telling us what we already know to be true about alot of believers today. A new christian will still not be able to completely discern between light and darkness, so it is imperative that we make time in our busy lives to meditate and focus with a real drive to understand God's word. I have learned in my own life that I am able to understand things I never would have even 2 years ago. I have learned to be able to discern alot of things that are bad, and it's only because I have placed much emphasis on studying God's word. I can tell you this, if I had stayed on the milk of the word, I promise I wouldn't be talking to you now via a new blog. God always amazes me with His will for my life.
This week I would ask all who are interested in doing these studies with me to read Hebrews Ch 6. Just read a few verses aday and really think about what they are saying. Think and pray about how they should affect you as a christian. Pray that God will grant you wisdom to understand His word.
God Bless!!
This is something that I feel God laid on my heart a little while back. My other blog site is still going to be an ongoing devotional that hopefully you continue to learn from and is also a good tool to show the lost. This blog is going to be a more in depth study of God's word. I will most likely only update this site once per week. I will design the studies so that hopefully we all can come to a more full understanding of God's will for our lives.
I ask for prayer in this endeavor and would love to put this blog in book form in the future also. OK, let's get started.
In the first verse here, it is basically telling us that some of us who should have learned more and grown closer in our knowledge of God are not able. That is why is says we have to be taught again. Like I've said a lot of times, God doesn't call us JUST to be saved. Salvation is a starting point in our journey of faith in God. We are to yield ourselves to Him and by doing so, we will have a closer relationship with Him. How do we yield to Him? A couple of things we are commanded to do is to read His word and pray. By doing these two things we will, in fact be able to start understanding more of the Bible and more of God's will for our lives. It's kind of like when 200 years ago, most of Americans had a vast knowledge of our constitution and because of that they were very unlikely to be convinced of something that would harm America. They knew the truth of what the founding fathers meant, in other words. Same thing here, we have to have an ongoing relationship with God by reading the bible and praying. If we do that, we are far less likely to be swayed from our core beliefs.
Look at the next verse. It tells us that if we stay on the milk, then we are unskilled. The comparison is to a baby. Babies need constant direction and supervision. If we never are able to get away from the milk of God's word, then we can't be fulfilling what God wants from us. Just like we start this world as babies then grow up into adults, we are supposed to start at salvation as babies in faith then grow into adults capable of doing the works God may call us to do.
The last verse is basically telling us that for those who will learn and grow in their relationship with God, they will be more able to discern between good and evil. Now think about that for a moment. It is basically telling us what we already know to be true about alot of believers today. A new christian will still not be able to completely discern between light and darkness, so it is imperative that we make time in our busy lives to meditate and focus with a real drive to understand God's word. I have learned in my own life that I am able to understand things I never would have even 2 years ago. I have learned to be able to discern alot of things that are bad, and it's only because I have placed much emphasis on studying God's word. I can tell you this, if I had stayed on the milk of the word, I promise I wouldn't be talking to you now via a new blog. God always amazes me with His will for my life.
This week I would ask all who are interested in doing these studies with me to read Hebrews Ch 6. Just read a few verses aday and really think about what they are saying. Think and pray about how they should affect you as a christian. Pray that God will grant you wisdom to understand His word.
God Bless!!
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