Growth in the Son

Introduction (Pray at Beginning, Open to Hebrews 5)

Recap Series

Week 1 - The Son Speaks

Jesus is Greater than the Angels

Jesus is the Creator and Sustainer

Week 2 - The Son’s Position

Jesus is Greater than Moses

The Builder is greater than anyone in the household

This Week - Growth in the Son

“Doctrine is not enough. No other generation has had the clarity of doctrine and theology that this generation has. There are more Bible colleges and seminaries in the world today than there have ever been throughout the history of the church. We know doctrine. We can quote doctrine. The problem is that our doctrine is just an academic things. Our doctrine is just an appendage on our Christianity.” A. W. TOZER (1897-1963); God’s Power for Your Life

This book was printed in 2013 from a never published work or Tozer’s

yet he would have been speaking of a generation that is passing away…

never before have we been able to gather so much information about the Bible and faith

we can have the bible read to us by our phones that we carry with us anywhere we want to go

In a world, where we have all this access and all of this knowledge, what is it that limits us and our knowledge of God

Some will say that it is Satan

We love to blame him… He does cause a lot of trouble

11 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.

Satan only distracts you with the things that you desire in the first place

I wish we were not so busy… Nobody forces you to go as much as you do

We are fortunate enough to live in a country and even in a section of it, that it is easy to be a Christian.

we are not persecuted… I do not care what some of the things you hear or read, we are not persecuted

We have access to the word of God being preached, anytime that we want to pull it up

We have access to God’s word physically, electronically without cost

yet if you look at statistics, we are spiritually, theologically ignorant

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.

Lackadaisical Faith

Lackadaisical is a word that you do not use very often

I used it more coaching than anywhere else

This book was printed in 2013 from a never published work or Tozer’s

I would get on kids for lackadaisical passes

or lollygaggers....

yet he would have been speaking of a generation that is passing away…

Lazy - one can sound nice, the other sounds like an insult

never before have we been able to gather so much information about the Bible and faith

Western Kansas People are known in different places, as hard workers

Lazy is an insult…

we can have the bible read to us by our phones that we carry with us anywhere we want to go

In a world, where we have all this access and all of this knowledge, what is it that limits us and our knowledge of God

Some will say that it is Satan

We love to blame him… He does cause a lot of trouble

Satan only distracts you with the things that you desire in the first place

I wish we were not so busy… Nobody forces you to go as much as you do

We are fortunate enough to live in a country and even in a section of it, that it is easy to be a Christian.

If we don’t do this, the kids will miss out…

we are not persecuted… I do not care what some of the things you hear or read, we are not persecuted

We have access to the word of God being preached, anytime that we want to pull it up

We have access to God’s word physically, electronically without cost

yet if you look at statistics, we are spiritually, theologically ignorant

We have a great deal to say about this, (He had been teaching on Jesus’ position as High Priest in the order of Melchizedek) and it is difficult to explain, since you have become too lazy to understand.

Take note… The concept itself is not what the writer says is difficult

and it is not difficult to understand

Scripture can be hard to understand

Also, regard the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our dear brother Paul has written to you according to the wisdom given to him. 16 He speaks about these things in all his letters. There are some matters that are hard to understand. The untaught and unstable will twist them to their own destruction, as they also do with the rest of the Scriptures.

I am not diminishing the work of the Holy Spirit either… I acknowledge that the Holy Spirit must speak to each person as the read to give understanding

there are scriptures and concepts that are difficult to understand, this is not one of them, or should not be one of them for those that he is writing too.

Also, regard the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our dear brother Paul has written to you according to the wisdom given to him. 16 He speaks about these things in all his letters. There are some matters that are hard to understand. The untaught and unstable will twist them to their own destruction, as they also do with the rest of the Scriptures.

those who have ears let them hear… are your spiritual ears open?

Our lackadaisical faith prevents us from understanding God’s word

I am not diminishing the work of the Holy Spirit either… I acknowledge that the Holy Spirit must speak to each person as the read to give understanding

We remain so spiritually immature that we do not understand the things of God

Not all things are easy to understand, the Bible says that about itself

I am not diminishing the work of the Holy Spirit either… I acknowledge that the Holy Spirit must speak to each person as the read to give understanding

those who have ears let them hear… are your spiritual ears open?

Also, regard the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our dear brother Paul has written to you according to the wisdom given to him. 16 He speaks about these things in all his letters. There are some matters that are hard to understand. The untaught and unstable will twist them to their own destruction, as they also do with the rest of the Scriptures.

Also, regard the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our dear brother Paul has written to you according to the wisdom given to him. 16 He speaks about these things in all his letters. There are some matters that are hard to understand. The untaught and unstable will twist them to their own destruction, as they also do with the rest of the Scriptures.

But we use the difficulty of scripture as an excuse to remain immature

There are so many that have been asked to be teachers…

not just a problem in this church, it is everywhere

response a lot of the time is… I do not know enough

never to be followed up with, “will you teach me?” or “How can I learn more?”

Why? Because that is our excuse… as to why we can’t do something perceived as extra

when in reality it is what those who are a part of the church, should be doing

Scripture is clear, we are to come to church to fellowship with others and serve others… not to be served

this flies directly in the face of our consumerism christianity in this world

I am not being fed there…

This is what this church offers me here…

Our laziness is sinful…

The writer says, “You have become too lazy to understand.”

I am not even speaking about time or priorities…

as in our priority in Life should be God or studying his word

the author here does not say that, because it doesn’t need to be said.

Relationship with God, going to church, reading the word, studying with a small group are all seen as optional

Not God’s plan for your walk

God did has not designed the church to operate by 10% of the people putting in 90% of the work,

Nationwide, church giving is down, church attendance is down,

God’s plan was for you to serve and sacrifice, to encourage fellow believers, as a testimony to the lost, and most importantly, worship of him.

Lackadaisical Leadership

A church satisfied with no growth

it means the leaders in the church see it as a business only and if the profits are not going to be there they might as well cut their losses.

we see churches that simply do not try to reach and serve their community, but see how long they can keep the lights on

I have heard of churches, talked to Pastors that tell me the leadership teams say these things, while not tithing to their own church themselves

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.

You ought to be teachers… this is an interesting word

does not mean with a class…

it does most often used in the NT to describe Jesus by his disciples

so not that you need to preach or be a Sunday School teacher,

but that you should be discipling somebody

no church growth

in spiritual walk

nobody grows in their walk with the Lord, you know the Lord no more than the stories you heard about them as a kid

eventually, you wonder what kind of power that kind of faith has in your life and the faith moves down on the priority list

in number

we do not take attendance here… but that doesn’t mean that the amount of people are not important

does God care about numbers… he wrote an entire book that he titled… NUMBERS.

the more people that come, the more people that can hear the gospel of Jesus

no generational growth

having grandparents seeing grandchildren grow in christ not attend church

One of the great joys in my life right now is seeing my daughter and her husband raise their son up in the Lord

praying with him every night, reading him stories at this age even about who Jesus is

it makes me believe even more in the power of God, because

we will not say, they need to get back to church, but they need Jesus

no growth in society

answer to the problems that we have as a society will not be answered by an election

Longing for Meat

I have beat you up pretty good… but I do not want to leave you there

what is it that your heart is truly longing for?

Why do you come to church?

hear a message to make you feel better about your week? I have screwed that up for you

see people? is this just a social club?

But solid food is for the mature—for those whose senses have been trained to distinguish between good and evil.

there is nothing wrong with milk… There is not a baby alive that should be ashamed that they are drinking milk

but a teenager still living on their mother’s milk is not a healthy person

To know good from evil

to know the things of God from the things of Satan

you would think that they are very different right

Satan disguises himself as an angel of light

Basics of faith are a foundation, not forgotten

a good study… go on to the first three verses of chapter 6 the writer states that the basics of our faith are not to be learned and forgotten

built upon like mathematics in school

Spiritual maturity is not achieved alone

God has designed and commanded believers to help each other through this life

study together in small groups

disciple each other