What Hebrews 6:1 Says About Christian Maturity

“The book of Hebrews is a book on maturity” (Lee, Witness. Life-Study of Hebrews. Anaheim: Living Stream Ministry, 1975, Print).  This is how chapter 30 of the Life-Study of Hebrews opened up, and it really gave me something to think about.

  Lately I’ve been hearing a lot of messages on Living Stream Ministry’s website on this matter of Christian maturity (Click on Webcast Subscription on the left menu). It amazes me that there’s even a verse in the book of Hebrews on it:


 …let us be brought on to maturity…. Hebrews 6:1B

  And a few weeks ago I actually heard the radio program that corresponds with this chapter on Life-Study of the Bible with Witness Lee (See the link below to access this program--you can hear messages on Genesis-Revelation!), and it was so good, I starting taking notes. 

   The part that spoke to me was how sometimes we get stuck in a rut of repenting over and over for our sins and shortcomings when all we need to do is repent and then simply go on with the Lord. And that going on will bring us bit by bit to maturity.  Here are some thought-provoking excerpts that I liked from that message that are printed on pages 327-329 of the printed Life-Study:

"The Hebrew believers to whom this book was written were staggering in their Christian life. They were wondering in their mind whether to go on or to go back [to Judaism]. At that very point, this book was written to them to go on. The best way to go on is to forget everything….We may spend much time to consider our environment, our past, our future, and all the things related to it, yet we would not spend one hour in going on….To go on simply means to cross the river [the meaning of the word Hebrew], to go from one side to another, from one stage to another, from one standing to another. Do not talk or consider. Go on. Leave your old concepts, understanding, doctrines, and teaching, and go on. The faster you go on, the better.  If we are to go on, we must leave the word of the beginning of Christ (6:1)….We must go on from the baby stage to maturity by feeding on the solid food, which is the word of righteousness (5:13-14) ministered to us in this book" (Lee, Witness. Life-Study of Hebrews. Anaheim: Living Stream Ministry, 1975, Print).

    Witness Lee shares in this chapter that as our High Priest, Christ ministers to us the heavenly supply so that we can be brought on to maturity.  I liked his reminder on page 336 that it is impossible for us to grow by ourselves!  All of these chapters in Hebrew are linked together—Every day we need to come forward to the throne of grace and then our heavenly High Priest will minister to us timely supply of mercy and grace that we need, and that supply will bit by bit bring us on to maturity!! 

You can  also listen to live excerpts from these messages on Hebrews on The Life-Study of the Bible with Witness Lee.  You will enjoy listening to both  the excerpts  from these spoken messages and the helpful and enlightening commentary of the radio hosts.

Other Posts on the Life-Study of Hebrews You Can Check Out:

Why is the Background of the Book of Hebrews Important?
What Does God's Speaking Shows us In Hebrews 1:1-2?
What Does Hebrews 2:10 Say About Christ?
How Does the Lord Sanctify Us In Hebrews 2:11?
The High Priest in Hebrews 2:17 Makes Me Think of the Poem Footprints
Why is the Sabbath Rest Mentioned in Hebrews 4:9?
Why Unbelief in Hebrews 3:12 is the Biggest Offense to God
How Do We Come Forward in Hebrews 4:16?
What Hebrews 6:1 Says About Christian Maturity
What Does Hebrews 8 Tell Us About the Differences Between the Old & New Testaments?
What Does It Mean to Gain our Soul in Hebrews 10:39?
Have You Seen God's Silence in Hebrews 11?
How Do You Run the Christian Race in Hebrews 12?
What is the Birthright About in Hebrews 12:16?
From the Life-Study of Hebrews - What is the Central Concept of the Bible?
What's the Focus of the Book of Hebrews?