Hebrews 6:1-3
"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,Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. And this will we do, if God permit".
As I was looking at this scripture I realized that it is important to grow as a child of God. Many times we just get stuck on the foundations of Christianity and not move forward. The Bible is a very huge book and it has a lot of teachings. Unfortunately we as pastors don't teach all of it. We get stuck on what we like and therefore our churches become stagnant.
Weather we like it or not, the people we lead, look at us and asses the way we do things. It is very possible that when we don't grow as leaders, people who are following us will also not grow. They may get stuck just like us.
Let us grow, let us study the word. Let us teach just like Nehemiah. I was reading Nehemiah 8 the other day and realized there is a great teaching there. Nehemiah was written when the Israelites left captivity. In Nehemiah 8 one of the important ministries during that time was teaching, there was even a pulpit that Ezra was teaching from. Interesting is that before it says the "the joy of the Lord is your strength", The Israelites were weeping after hearing the word of God from Ezra. They were convicted by the Word of God. They had to have their hearts changed by the word and repent before Ezra could actually say Nehemiah 8:10 "Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our LORD: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength."
"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,Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. And this will we do, if God permit".
As I was looking at this scripture I realized that it is important to grow as a child of God. Many times we just get stuck on the foundations of Christianity and not move forward. The Bible is a very huge book and it has a lot of teachings. Unfortunately we as pastors don't teach all of it. We get stuck on what we like and therefore our churches become stagnant.
Weather we like it or not, the people we lead, look at us and asses the way we do things. It is very possible that when we don't grow as leaders, people who are following us will also not grow. They may get stuck just like us.
Let us grow, let us study the word. Let us teach just like Nehemiah. I was reading Nehemiah 8 the other day and realized there is a great teaching there. Nehemiah was written when the Israelites left captivity. In Nehemiah 8 one of the important ministries during that time was teaching, there was even a pulpit that Ezra was teaching from. Interesting is that before it says the "the joy of the Lord is your strength", The Israelites were weeping after hearing the word of God from Ezra. They were convicted by the Word of God. They had to have their hearts changed by the word and repent before Ezra could actually say Nehemiah 8:10 "Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our LORD: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength."
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