This blog is mainly a blog that puts forth ideas. It is not about my life all the time. However, sometimes you will find postings about what I have been doing. It is mainly to motivate Christ centered thought.

Sunday, August 14, 2005

morning devotional

Hebrews 6:1-3 is the Text that will be studied in this posting. Please read it and the surrounding context now.

Therefore is the first word. This therefore indicates we check the rear view mirrow and remind ourselves what was previously said. Hebrews 5:13-14 talks about the need of the audiance for milk (easy basic doctrine) as apposed to the meat that they should be eating now but are not able to. The meat of course being the deeper things of God's righteouness. He is saying guys grow!!! Back to six one. He imforms us that he is going to be leaving the elemental teachings about the Christ. Interesting construction of the Christ. I would like to look at it more later. Since they left something they are now moving to maturity. This maturity is described first in a negative characteristic of not repenting from dead works and faith in towards God. The are stated negatively since they are already to have been obtained and should be a basic skill and discipline or devotion to God that is expressed. Plus I think that the repentance from dead works is being moved away because one is to have stoped the dead works by now. The next part of the list described continualling as to what is to be left in the past is teachings of Baptism or you could say teaching of washings as the NASB translates. They do so because of the context of baptism with laying on of hands and the many rituals about washings in the time of the writting of scriptures. Both convey the use of water. So we get the point. included in this list next as fundamental things is the resurection of the dead. This is great I mean I really love this but for now I will not talk about the resurection of the dead. Finally is Faith towards God. Notice that faith is directed towards God. I think Charlie Clough says it best when he talks about faith rest drills. I say this because the idea of faith apart from the focus of who or what it is in is non existent faith. Faith is always grounded in someone or something. The Third verse is interesting in that they will leave these and press on if the will of God permitts. Just why would the will of God not permit a thing like moving on to maturity is what I wonder. Not sure.

Tim

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