Hebrews 5 & 6:
You Must Mature (Hebrews: Superficial or Super-Faithful)
April 3, 2022 / Hebrews 5 & 6:1. Christian Maturity Should Be
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. (Hebrews 5:12, ESV)
2. Christian Maturity Begins With
Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, and of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. (Hebrews 6:1-2, ESV)
3. Christian Maturity Requires More Than
We have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. […] For everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil. (Hebrews 5:11,13-14, ESV)