Hebrews 5:12-6:2
January 10th 2016, 2nd Holy Day of the month
Rev. Tadashi Nagae, pastor
January 10th 2016, 2nd Holy Day of the month
Rev. Tadashi Nagae, pastor
Today is the day to bless those who have newly reached adulthood together. Still, all of the Christians need to grow spiritually and become spiritually adults.
Let us begin with seeing the conditions of being spiritually infants. They are dull of hearing. They need someone to teach them the elementary truth of God’s word. They can’t eat solid food. And they are unstable. These things are common aspects of spiritually infants and they tend to stumble easily. But spiritually adults are not so. They deal with things by God’s word and trust in the LORD. Their steps are stable.
Then, how can we become spiritually adults?
The first is not to be satisfied with the current situation. It means to walk with the spiritual goals.
The second is to throw away the unnecessary things and have the necessary things. The matters on human relationships are listed here. By throwing away these sins, we can obtain the necessary things. The necessary things are the word of the LORD and the fellowship with the LORD himself. It is important how actively we try to obtain it.
This year, let us grow up spiritually with the definite goals and let us be changed into the ones like Jesus as much as possible.
Let us begin with seeing the conditions of being spiritually infants. They are dull of hearing. They need someone to teach them the elementary truth of God’s word. They can’t eat solid food. And they are unstable. These things are common aspects of spiritually infants and they tend to stumble easily. But spiritually adults are not so. They deal with things by God’s word and trust in the LORD. Their steps are stable.
Then, how can we become spiritually adults?
The first is not to be satisfied with the current situation. It means to walk with the spiritual goals.
The second is to throw away the unnecessary things and have the necessary things. The matters on human relationships are listed here. By throwing away these sins, we can obtain the necessary things. The necessary things are the word of the LORD and the fellowship with the LORD himself. It is important how actively we try to obtain it.
This year, let us grow up spiritually with the definite goals and let us be changed into the ones like Jesus as much as possible.
<The Verse of the Bible>
Therefore, let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity.
Hebrews 6:1 (NIV)
