Hebrews 6:1

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Hebrews 6:1

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Summary

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,

Leaving

Hebrews 5:12

Principles of the doctrine

Mark 1:1

John 1:1

1 Timothy 3:16

Let

Laying

2 Timothy 2:19

Repentance

Faith

Bible References

Leaving

In fact, though by now you should be teachers, you still need someone to teach you the basic truths of God's word. You have become people who need milk instead of solid food.

Principles of the doctrine

This is the beginning of the gospel of Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God.

In the beginning, the Word existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God.

By common confession, the secret of our godly worship is great: In flesh was he revealed to sight, kept righteous by the Spirit's might, adored by angels singing. To nations was he manifest, believing souls found peace and rest, our Lord in heaven reigning!

Let

Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood for on this basis the people received the Law what further need would there be to speak of appointing another kind of priest according to the order of Melchizedek, not one according to the order of Aaron?

and straighten the paths of your life, so that your lameness may not become worse, but instead may be healed.

The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn that grows brighter until the full light of day.

So be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect."

But when what is complete comes, then what is incomplete will be done away with.

Since we have these promises, dear friends, let's cleanse ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit by becoming mature in our holy fear of God.

to equip the saints, to do the work of ministry, and to build up the body of the Messiah

It's not that I have already reached this goal or have already become perfect. But I keep pursuing it, hoping somehow to embrace it just as I have been embraced by the Messiah Jesus.

It is he whom we proclaim as we admonish and wisely teach everyone, so that we may present everyone mature in the Messiah.

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of the Messiah Jesus, sends you his greetings. He is always wrestling in his prayers for you, so that you may stand mature, completely convinced of the entire will of God.

But you must let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.

After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you by the Messiah Jesus to his eternal glory, will restore you, establish you, strengthen you, and support you.

No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us.

Laying

The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, but it did not collapse because its foundation was on the rock.

They are like a person building a house, who dug a deep hole to lay the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the floodwaters pushed against that house but couldn't shake it, because it had been founded on the rock.

As an expert builder using the grace that God gave me, I laid the foundation, and someone else is building on it. But each person must be careful how he builds on it.

By doing this they store up a treasure for themselves that is a good foundation for the future, so that they can keep their hold on the life that is real.

However, God's solid foundation still stands. It has this inscription on it: "The Lord knows those who belong to him," and "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from evil."

Repentance

"Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near.

"Therefore, Israel, I'm going to judge you according to the behavior of each and every one of you," declares the Lord GOD. "So repent and turn from all your sins so that sin won't keep on being a stumbling block for you.

I will pour out on the house of David and on the residents of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and of supplications, and they will look to me the one whom they pierced.'"

"Repent, because the kingdom from heaven is near!"

From then on, Jesus began to announce, "Repent, because the kingdom from heaven is near!"

His son replied, "I don't want to,' but later he changed his mind and went.

So they went and preached that people should repent.

Peter answered them, "Every one of you must repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus the Messiah for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the Holy Spirit as a gift.

Therefore, repent and turn to him to have your sins blotted out,

When they heard this, they calmed down, and praised God by saying, "So God has given repentance that leads to life even to gentiles."

Though God has overlooked those times of ignorance, he now commands everyone everywhere to repent,

I testified to both Jews and Greeks about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus.

Instead, I first told the people in Damascus and Jerusalem, then all the people in Judea and after that the gentiles to repent, turn to God, and perform deeds that are consistent with such repentance.

For having sorrow in a godly way results in repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regrets. But the sorrow of the world produces death.

and gentle when refuting opponents. After all, maybe God will allow them to repent and to come to a full knowledge of the truth,

Faith

Now without faith it is impossible to please God, for whoever comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who diligently search for him.

"Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, whoever hears what I say and believes in the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged, but has passed from death to life.

Then Jesus said loudly, "The one who believes in me does not believe in me only, but also in the one who sent me.

"Don't let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me.

Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope might be in God.

The person who believes in the Son of God believes this testimony personally. The person who does not believe God has made him a liar by not believing the testimony that he has given about his Son.