Sunday Morning: We continued in the series Jesus Our Great High Priest. The sermon, "Before We Move On, Pt. 1", from Hebrews 5:11-6:3, began a look at the audience that received the letter. In this passage the author looked at the spiritual dullness of his congregation and urged them to move on to maturity.
The problem was that they had become lazy spiritually. They were slow to learn or dull of hearing. They had forgotten that maturity is woven into the warp and woof of life. Their difficulty was not based in the material, but in their mental laziness. They were stuck in the spiritual ABC's and couldn't move on. They should have been mentoring others, teaching them the gospel, teaching them how to walk with the Lord, but instead they were stuck in the basics. They were stuck on the milk, because they didn't know how to apply God's Word to their life. They were inexperienced in the teaching of righteousness (Heb. 5:13).
They should have been those who need solid food, but they were stuck on the milk. Those who need solid food are those who have applied the word of God to their life consistently so that they walk in righteousness. This kind of maturity comes from constant practice--from persistent obedience.
The author wanted to move beyond the basics to some of the deeper things of Christ, but they resisted. He warns them in this passage that maturity is not an add-on option, but the mark of someone who is spiritually alive and healthy. He urges them to move on to maturity.
Sunday Night: We looked at some practical tips for the Christian life. We need to feed on God's Word daily, to pray, to fight the good fight of the faith, to believe, to worship, to fellowship, and to evangelize.
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