Hebrews 6 - Praying God's Word

Please read Hebrews 6.

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Meditate on verses 1a.

Therefore, leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ,

let us press on to maturity…

Reread Hebrews 5:11-14. Do you and your church make an intentional effort to feed your flock with spiritual food appropriate for their particular levels of growth?

Following the resurrection, Jesus restored Peter with three questions followed by three commands (John 21:15-19). Jesus asked, “Do you love me?” Peter’s three responses were followed by Jesus’ commands: “Tend My lambs.” “Shepherd My sheep.” “Tend My sheep.” Decades later, Peter wrote to all Christian leadership for all time, “Shepherd the flock of God among you. And when the Chief Shepherd appears you will receive the unfading crown of glory” (I Peter 5:2a, 4).

The passage beginning in Hebrews 5:11 illustrates the need for teaching the truths of God at appropriate levels. The writer of Hebrews was frustrated with his readers’ lack of maturity. Believers today, no matter their age, need to mature more in the LORD. Therefore, churches need to feed their flock with appropriate food for the individual member’s growth. New believers need special care. The new lambs need to be tended from the moment they are born in the faith and cared for daily. They need the milk of the Word, the elementary things, in order to learn how to walk with Jesus, their Chief Shepherd. As they develop, they need the meat of the Word to build them up and make them strong in the LORD.

Pray Hebrews 5:11-12 and 6:2 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, help ________ and me not become dull of hearing.

Let us press on to maturity.

LORD, send someone, or me,

 to teach ________ the elementary principles of Your Word.

In Your name, Jesus~”

The WATCHMAN on the WALL 2 – Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell