By: Rev. Lynwood F. Mundy
Hebrews 5:11-6:2
11 of whom [John 16:12]; Heb. 7:1–22) we have much to say, and hard to explain, since you have become [Matt. 13:15] dull of hearing.
Spiritual Immaturity
12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the ( sayings, Scriptures) oracles of God; and you have come to need (1 Cor. 3:1–3; 1 Pet. 2:2) milk and not solid food.
13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is (Eph. 4:14) a babe.
14 But solid food belongs to those who are (mature) of full age, that is, those who because of (practice) use have their senses exercised (Is. 7:15; Phil. 1:9) to discern both good and evil.
The Peril of Not Progressing
6:1 Therefore, (Heb. 5:12) leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to ( maturity) perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from [Heb. 9:14] dead works and of faith toward God,
2 (John 3:25; Acts 19:3–5) of the doctrine of baptisms, [Acts 8:17] of laying on of hands, (Acts 17:31) of the resurrection of the dead, (Acts 24:25) and of eternal judgment.
The New King James Version. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982. Print.
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