Going up higher and higher

3 years ago

“Let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ” and move on. What does that mean? And how is it relevant to me? Of course, this phrase comes from Hebrews 6.

Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith in God, instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.… (Heb 6:1-2)

Now, did you notice what some of those “elementary teachings” were!? We might call some of those, the ‘biggies’; laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead, etc. But the book of Hebrews calls them elementary. Hmmm. I think we’re going to have to get serious about coming into our full inheritance and stop dabbling around the edges of our relationship and walk with God. We’ve ‘tiptoed through the tulips’ long enough.

Obviously, the elementary teachings are mandatory and foundational... they are a prerequisite for the greater things. We’ll never devalue the elementary things or not need them. And even more elementary is the matter of character. For sure, we must ‘lock-in’ the basics of character (self-control, personal disciplines, etc.) because these are the natural ‘vehicle’ that carries the “treasure” (II Cor 4:7). This is paramount!

But somewhere we must leave these ‘elementary things’ and press on into the rich inheritance that God has made available to us.

So, how’s your ‘bandwidth’? Do you have enough free space in your mind and life to be able to “go on to maturity”? Can you believe for more? Or have you maxed out your growth capacity?

We’re being invited to come on up higher and higher until our default thinking and experience is more governed by the realities of Heaven than the ‘laws’ of earth! Let’s go for it!

Happy ascending!

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