I don't know why it's such a struggle sometimes. Even when I'm sitting right here at the computer. It's not like I don't really want God's word. Or to learn more about him. So what's my hold up?? Is it that "worried about what other's" thing? Or is it pure laziness? Is it because I don't want to deal with writing up a whole lot... I don't know.
I read this section a few days ago, upstairs, sans computer... And had it in my mind for a little while. Thinking about it. And I enjoyed that, but not too much time passed (ie. a few minutes), and I had forgotten I had even read that day. That's where this here blog comes in. I think that writing down my thoughts helps me keep ahold of them. All too often in so many areas when I'm getting any sort of information, I can't keep my thoughts on track. My wonderful Hubby can sit in the tub and seriously just THINK for 45 minutes... THINK. About THINGS. In an orderly purposeful fashion. And he can get to conclusions that way. And I just don't understand that. My mind totally works... er... not that way. I feel like when I try to think about things, I lose them. It's like trying to catch smoke in my hands. If my mind happens to wonder across it, no problem, but when I purposefully try to grab it and ponder or anything along those lines, it whisks away on the wind. And I really hate it. And that's where writing and journals and now blogging help me. I can keep it there. It's on the page and I can read it again, and then write my next thoughts while they're there and not lose them. And if I get distracted a second later, I can just move my eyes back up the page and see it and redirect my thoughts.
Anywho. Now that that little trail is done. Let's move right along :P
Heb 6:1 begins:
"Therefore let us move beyond the elementary teachings about Christ and be taken forward to maturity..."That silly Therefore word again :P It really will haunt me all book, won't it?? haha.
Therefore... for that reason. So, because we want to be mature and leave behind the "milk" and take on the "solid food", we need to move beyond the elementary teachings of Christ. If we don't move past the same basics, we'll never get into the deep stuff. Are we supposed to just dive right in to the deep end?? How do we do that? I guess pray that the Spirit leads us as we go through it.
and vs 1 continues (+ vs 2):
"...not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death[note says: useless rituals], and of faith in God, instruction about cleansing rites [note: baptisms], the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment."
These here are the basics. We don't need to continually lay this foundation.
-Repentance from useless rituals. I like how the ESV has this "from dead works" We should know to repent from useless rituals, and stop them. It should no longer be an issue.
-Faith in God. Kinda goes in hand with the last one. Repenting of works, and living by faith in God. We should know it.
-Instruction about cleansing rites. Baptism. Perhaps this was more of an issue with the Jewish people because they had all their washing practices. And to learn the difference between those and the Christian baptism? (idea from notes on online Bible)
-The laying on of hands. Probably during prayer. That's how we grew up in church. You laid hands on the people you were praying for. It makes me wonder what they were teaching/learning about it...
-The resurrection of the dead. That it happens? I wonder what specificially. That it will happen for us when Christ comes again?
-Eternal judgment. Yep, That's gonna happen.
So those are the basics... The "milk" so to speak. We're supposed to know these things and have that as our foundation. We're supposed to build from here. To go deeper (kinda contradictory thoughts, but both relevant :P). We're supposed to grasp and understand more than just these things.
So... Here's to hoping I can move past these here basics.
vs 3:
"And God permitting, we will do so."
perfect! :P
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