Keep Growing

DEVOTION HEBREWS KEEP GROWING Heb 6:1-3 6:1 Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death, and of faith in God, 2 instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. 3 And God permitting, we will do so. NIV So we see here that we should not continually remain in the foundational teachings and we should go forward searching the Word of God for the truths in which we can grow into a mature believer. We should not spend our time going over and over again about the process of being saved, of the fact we are sinners and need to repent and have faith in Jesus for the forgiveness of our sins. We need not have to continue spending time figuring out about baptisms, that is a fact, we need to do it, let’s move on. There are greater things within the truth of God which we need to see for us to be a vital part of the body of Christ. Although maybe there are some among the body of Christ who still do not understand the principle of laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead and of eternal judgment. Maybe some teaching should still exist for the newer believers who just came to Christ. We all are on an individual journey although we all are traveling together to the same place. It may be some of us are farther along the path then others and should encourage those to continue on. Yet we all are encouraged by God himself to keep moving on. No matter how long we have been on the journey, no matter how much we have learned we need to learn more, understand more, see more truths and continue to grow in our relationship with Him. If we come to a point where we begin to think we know it all, and that we have arrived at some level where we think we are good enough, that we have stopped all sinning and we are holy and righteous, than maybe we are still stuck in the elementary teachings about Christ and have not gained any maturity at all. The fact remains we need to grow in Christ, grow in the truth of God, grow in our walk with Him, and keep growing. We cannot afford to remain in the basic truths of salvation in Christ. Although that is important, and vital to our lives, we must grow, we must keep growing.