Be Still And Know

Hebrews 5.11 NLT 'There is much more we would like to say about this, but it is difficult to explain, especially since you are spiritually dull and don’t seem to listen.' Ouch! The writer of Hebrews doesn’t pull his punches. He is frustrated with the spiritual dullness of his readers and he let’s them know it. He had hoped that they would have developed much more in their faith so that they could, by this stage, have become teachers but clearly that isn’t the case. They are still needing to drink milk because they haven’t progressed on to solid food. It’s all very painful and disappointing. One of the big mistakes that people make is to think that when you have become a Christian that’s it. You have received the amazing gift of forgiveness and God’s promise of eternal salvation, and you can now sit back and enjoy them. There is nowhere in the New Testament that would support that view! New birth in Christ leads to a new life in which we need to be constantly growing and maturing. Sadly, all too often Chri