Good morning and welcome in. Today we are going to take a look at a passage of scripture from the book of Hebrews but before we do that I wanted to ask you a question.
Have you ever thought about how many stages that a child goes through as they grow and develop into maturity? They begin by crawling at a very young age so that they can eventually stand on two feet and walk upright. They will utter their first words, and slowly begin to learn their native language so that someday they can speak it fluently. In order to become good at anything it requires practice. God wants us to progress in our faith and become perfect children in His sight. He gives us the grace that we need so that we can eventually grow into what He wants us to become.
To become a good pianist you need to progress from elementary books into more seasoned material. In the very beginning you began as a novice, but it requires years of practice, study and application in order to eventually transform into a great pianist. This always reminds me of the Christian Life. Perfection is the action or process of improving something until it is faultless or as faultless as possible. God wants us to grow and make progress in our faith, striving towards perfection.
Heb 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.
When you “go on” it means to move to the next thing or stage. It means to progress forward. Did you ever get a progress report from a teacher at school to bring home to your parents? A report card shows if you have been learning and moving forward in a certain subject. Christians should have a desire in their heart to get straight “a” in their walk with God, proving their love and commitment to Him through faith and an obedient heart. To do so requires moving onward each day with the goal of becoming Spiritually mature through the grace that He has granted us in Christ Jesus. God wants perfection in our lives.
Matthew 5:48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
In order for us to go on unto perfection at anything, we must keep moving forward. Like a seedling, we must continue to keep growing each day. When we first go to school we learn the alphabet so that we can read and write but after we learn how to do that, we must use that knowledge that we have been given to propel forward in other subjects.
As a Christian, we know the first principles of the doctrine of Christ, that He died on the cross, rose from the grave and that we have forgiveness for our sins through Him but these things are the very beginning of our new walk with God. They are the starting line, but we must jump out of the starting blocks and begin to run the race that lies ahead of us. These are only the first steps in a lifetime walk of faith and perfection towards God. It doesn’t stop there. Each day we want to become better, to gain ground and eventually through faithful stamina, enter into eternal life. We want to show God by our actions how much we love Him by doing His will.
Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
The Apostle desired perfection from the church.
2 Corinthians 13:9 For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.
The Christian life is referred to numerous times as a walk, which indicates action. You walk to the driveway to get into your car. You walk into the store to get your groceries. A walk denotes doing an activity to achieve a final goal. We are supposed to walk forward to obtain the goal, perfecting things in our lives that need to change, and discarding the things that need to go.
2 Corinthians 13:11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect,…..
We have grace available in time of need but we must understand the reason why it is given to us, to go on unto perfection. We want to become converted and perfected to the point that we need no longer need repentance, like a diamond in the rough that is being worked on until it shines brilliantly, God gave certain men abilities in the church to perfect the new saints in their faith.
Ephesians 4:11-13 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;. For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
1 Thessalonians 3:10 Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
Just like learning how to learn how to play an instrument, it requires edification and correction to become good at it.
Colossians 1:28 Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
Prayers were offered for the perfection of the church.
Colossians 4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
Hebrews 13:21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
It’s the high calling of God.
2 Timothy 3:17 That the man of God may be perfect,….
Ever since I was a young child it was ingrained in my mind by certain adults that I could never be perfect, and it was a complete waste of time even trying. With that kind of attitude how can anyone better themselves at anything in life? We must strive for the best, for Christ’s sake, who laid down His own life so we could achieve great things. Perfection happens one day at a time, keeping focused on becoming everything God wants us to be.
In the church we want to progress forward, going on unto perfection rather than taking one step forward and….
….two steps back.
Let’s think about those things for right now and Lord willing, we can talk some more tomorrow. Till then, bye bye everyone.❤️
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