The writer’s rebuke to the spiritually immature
The writer’s rebuke to the spiritually immature
The writer brings the readers to the heights (Ch 1) and then plunges them into the depths (Ch 2:1ff), to the heights again (Ch 2:14 - Ch 3:6) and plunges them down again (Ch 3:7ff). Last week we read about the great High Priest and he brings us down again (Ch 5:11ff). Why cannot he leave us on the mountain top? ||||||1. The writer is speaking the very mind of God. |||||| 2. The writer must be faithful to God regardless of what men may think. (2 Tim 4:2, Tit 1:9, Tit 2:15.) |||||| 3. The writer has a great concern for his flock as an under-shepherd. Spiritual growth is not for a 'spiritual elite' but for every child of God
The writer brings the readers to the heights (Ch 1) and then plunges them into the depths (Ch 2:1ff), to the heights again (Ch 2:14 – Ch 3:6) and plunges them down again (Ch 3:7ff). Last week we read about the great High Priest and he brings us down again (Ch 5:11ff). Why cannot he leave us on the mountain top? ||||||1. The writer is speaking the very mind of God. |||||| 2. The writer must be faithful to God regardless of what men may think. (2 Tim 4:2, Tit 1:9, Tit 2:15.) |||||| 3. The writer has a great concern for his flock as an under-shepherd. Spiritual growth is not for a ‘spiritual elite’ but for every child of God