Go On to Maturity in 2010
Hebrews 5: 11 - 6: 12
1. Once we understand the elementary teachings of the faith, we move on into more mature doctrine.
2. The elementary teachings include:
a. repentance from sin
b. faith in God
c. instruction about baptism
d. laying on of hands
e. belief in heaven and hell
3. Salvation is "once for all", so move on to maturity. Hebrews 10: 10 - 14
4. Jesus died once, so you can only be saved once.
5. Maturity will include helping others, sticking to your beliefs and walking by faith.
Hebrews 5: 11 - 6: 12
1. Once we understand the elementary teachings of the faith, we move on into more mature doctrine.
2. The elementary teachings include:
a. repentance from sin
b. faith in God
c. instruction about baptism
d. laying on of hands
e. belief in heaven and hell
3. Salvation is "once for all", so move on to maturity. Hebrews 10: 10 - 14
4. Jesus died once, so you can only be saved once.
5. Maturity will include helping others, sticking to your beliefs and walking by faith.
This is a wonderful passage that shows that we are saved once and only once. The churches that teach you can lose your salvation all teach that you can repent and receive it again, but this passage clearly shows you would have to put Jesus back on the cross to be saved again. If you could lose your salvation, you could never get it back again. The writer of Hebrews goes on to show that you can't lose your salvation (Hebrews 10:14), because Jesus made us "perfect" - in other words, He paid for our sins and made us clean before God - at the point of our salvation. The writer is speaking to Jewish Christians who were used to a priest having to atone for sins over and over. With Jesus, there is a one-time atonement that makes us right with God for all time.
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