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Purpose:
· God is Faithful to Keep His Covenant Promises
· Believers Must Hold on to the Confession of those Promises
· Believers must Remain Connected to the Community of Promise (The Church)
Hebrews 5:11-6:3 - We have a great deal to say about this, and it is difficult to explain, since you have become too lazy to understand. 12 Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the basic principles of God’s revelation again. You need milk, not solid food. 13 Now everyone who lives on milk is inexperienced with the message about righteousness, because he is an infant. 14 But solid food is for the mature—for those whose senses have been trained to distinguish between good and evil. Therefore, let us leave the elementary teaching about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, faith in God, 2 teaching about ritual washings, laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.3 And we will do this if God permits.
· Orthodoxy – “Right Belief”
· Orthopraxy – “Right Practice”
· A refusal to receive the truth of who Jesus really is.
· A refusal to allow the truth of who Jesus really is to shape you in how you live.
Hebrews 6:11-12 - Now we desire each of you to demonstrate the same diligence for the full assurance of your hope until the end, 12 so that you won’t become lazy but will be imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and perseverance.
“If you don’t use it, you will lose it.”
· A commitment to not lose hope in the promises of God.
· A commitment to keep moving forward by using what you have and sharing what you know.
Warren Wiersbe – “It is impossible to stand still in the Christian life: we either go forward and claim God’s blessing, or we go backward and wander about aimlessly… Most Christians are betweeners… They are between Egypt and Canaan –out of the place of danger, but not yet into the place of rest and rich inheritance. They are between Good Friday and Easter Sunday—saved by the blood but not yet enjoying newness of resurrection life.”
Key Growth Areas For Every Believer: (Coach T’s Big 5)
1. Prayer Life – Abiding and Petitioning
Keys to Success: Set a time, place, and rhythm
2. Devotional Life – Reading, Meditating, Studying (Read to Know, Read to Sow, Read to Grow)
Keys to Success: Set a time, place, and reading plan
3. Evangelistic Life – Sharing your testimony (story of faith) or depositing gospel seeds of truth into people’s lives
Keys to Success: Set a goal. Pray for opportunities and listen to the Spirit. Let it flow naturally.
4. Discipleship Life – Who is one person that you are committing to help them journey in what it means to follow Jesus.
Keys to Success: Consistency and Transparency. Presence and Challenge
5. Generous Life – Practicing generosity through hospitality and blessing others
Keys to Success: Give regularly. Every once in a while, give radically.