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“Hebrews 6:9-12”
Categories: Hebrews“But, beloved, we are convinced of better things concerning you, and things that accompany salvation, though we are speaking in this way. For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having ministered and in still ministering to the saints. And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end, so that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.”
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The Hebrews writer had given some stern warnings about the perils of “falling away from the living God” (3:12; 6:6), but obviously his Hebrew brethren had not reached the point of being unreachable by a godly appeal for faithfulness. They needed to nurse on the milk of the word (5:13) and reestablish the foundational first principles (verse 12) so that they could relearn the elementary teaching about Christ and “press on to maturity” (verse 1).
Once again we see the preeminence of love as the “greatest” (1 Corinthians 13:13) aspect of the “things that accompany salvation” (verse 9). The fact that they expressed true, dynamic love for their brethren by “having ministered and in still ministering to the saints” carried a lot of weight with their just and merciful God (verse 10). “Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins” (1 Peter 4:8).
Love was their saving grace, but they still had a lot of work left to do, and so do we. They needed to “show the same diligence” in other aspects of their service to God as they did in their love and service toward His saints. We must be very careful to not possess and express a “one-dimensional” faith. God’s grace is “manifold” (multifaceted, multidimensional), and our stewardship of His blessings should prove to be the same (1 Peter 4:10). Let’s not be “sluggish” and lazy in our faith, but be zealous in the good times, and show “patience” through the hard times, so that we may “inherit the promises” of God (verse 12).
Please read Hebrews 6:13-20 for tomorrow.
Have a great day!
- Louie Taylor
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