"GET ON THE RIGHT TRACK"

MF Blume
JANUARY 17, 1999 am


Hebr 5:12-6:2  For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which [be] the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. For every one that useth milk [is] unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.  But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age {of full age: or, perfect}, [even] those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.  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.


The issue that is being spoken about in this part of the Bible is coming to the end of the journey. We are supposed to journey in this life. There are many on the wrong track and do not even know there is supposed to be a growing after they are saved. The book of Hebrews was probably written by Paul, so we will use him as the author. And he said they had to learn the principles again. Principles are the foundation of the Christian life. You all want to know God more. We spoke about the Past, how that Jesus WAS crucified, and WAS buried and WAS resurrected, but that is not His PRESENT TESTIMONY. We have this power, but it takes understanding some things before we can enjoy it. God can use some of you right now, but you are not fully aware of the principles enough to see what where you are seated. Actions do cause our spirituality to progress. The next principle shows us where we must direct ourselves to: Not "a rewarder of them who do certain activities or certain deeds." The cherubim kept "the way of the tree of life" in Gen 3:24. Since Adam was cast out from the sanctuary of the tree of life, the way has been protected for men to return through one day to get there again. Notice we read about false prophets who offer evil fruit after we read that few can find the way that leads unto life. The way of life is alive! After Jesus speaks of Himself being the way, we read in the next chapter:
John 15:1  I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

John 15:4  Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye [are] the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

If Jesus is the LIVING WAY, then to get to God's goal for us we must use this way. Notice what is also said about a branch that is put onto a vine. We were branches grafted onto a good olive tree. The root of the good tree is holy. It is a living way. You are the light of the world. How can we be light if Jesus is light? How can a root that takes nutrients from the soil around it for energy and food, grow up in a dry ground with no water and nutrients? He is like a rock in a desert that gives water when there is no water anywhere nearby.
John 5:26  For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;

1Cor 10:4  And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

He does not need this world and it s resources.

As impossible as it looked for 3 million people to leave Egypt and cross a dry wilderness for forty years to reach the promised land, they made it because they had a rock in  a weary place and shelter and they fed from it..

Isai 32:1-2  Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
Jesus is that man.

God became a man.

Get on the right track towards the Goal of God for your life.


Once again, turn from thinking dead works and deeds will cause you to progress.


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