Principles of the Doctrine of Christ

"Let us stop going over the same old ground again and again, always teaching those first lessons about Christ. Let us go on instead to other things and become mature in our understanding, as strong Christians ought to be. Surely we don’t need to speak further about the foolishness of trying to be saved by being good, or about the necessity of faith in God" (Hebrews 6:1 TLB)

In our text today, two out of the six principles of the doctrine of Christ were discussed. We will look at them. 

"Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God," (Heb.6.1)

We are urged to leave the principles of the doctrine of Christ and go on to Christian maturity. But to leave these principles we must first familiarize ourselves with them. The only reason we were asked to leave them, is in the hope that we are by now familiar with them so we can move on to maturity in Christ. 

The first one is repentance from dead works. What are dead works? Works, seemingly good, that we think can save us. In other words, we should repent from trying to be saved by doing good works. If you still think you can be saved because you do good work, you are asked to repent.  We are not saved because we do good works, we do good works because we are saved. 

The next one is faith toward God. We need faith toward God because, without faith, it is impossible to please God. It is faith that receives what grace gives. 

"But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him." (Heb.11.6)

Faith believes that if he seeks God, he will find Him. It is through faith that we receive from God. Haven this settled, we should move on to Christian maturity...

Good day, 
Have a great day today, 
EmmA (aka Mr. Lift) 
@Liftemma 

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