Moving on to Maturity (Heb 5:11 - 6:3)

Moving on to Maturity: Hebrews 5:11-6:3 We must be willing to lovingly confront one another with immaturity and challenge each other to change. – Change isn’t simply inevitable; it is absolutely necessary because growth requires change. Teaching Tone Shift – turning from explanation to correction (5:11-6:12) Stuck on the ABC’s – not getting past “basic principles” and “elementary doctrine” (5:12, 6:1b-2) Moving on to Maturity – trained in discernment (5:13-14, 6:1a&3) May God richly bless you as you seek to grow in him through hard change and disciplined endurance, and love each other enough to “spur one another on toward love and good deeds.” (Heb. 10:24, NIV) Take It Home: (for further discussion and reflection) – re-read the passage • What grabs your attention in this text? • What do you learn about the character of God or practice of the Christian life? • Is there still something in it that you struggle to grasp or are having difficulty with? • What might be the most difficult thing to apply from what it teaches? What practical steps can you take to make the application a reality?