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Back to the ABCs
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| So what are the first principles of the oracles of God in Hebrews 512, I believe it is? | |
| Milk rather than solid food. | |
| Well, in 512, the writer of Hebrews, we really don't know who wrote the book of Hebrews, but the writer of Hebrews said, by now, you guys ought to be teachers. | |
| That's an amazing statement. | |
| The word ought in Greek is the word day. | |
| It describes an obligation or a moral obligation. | |
| It means you guys are morally obligated by this time to be a teacher. | |
| And the word teacher is the Greek word didaskalos, which is the New Testament word for rabbis. | |
| It's the equivalent of saying, after all you have heard in your life, all the preaching, all the meetings you have attended, by now you guys should be masterful revelators. | |
| In fact, you guys ought to be rabbis by this time. | |
| And he said instead, you have need that somebody teach you the first principles of the oracles of God. | |
| In Greek, it really means to take you back to the ABCs. | |
| You need to go back and learn your ABCs. | |
| Well, you know, it's really good when you have great desire to be something. | |
| But you know what? | |
| If a child wants to be a brain surgeon, do you hand them a scalpel just because they have a desire to be a brain surgeon? | |
| Or do you require them first to get some education? | |
| Well, I don't want anybody operating on me that doesn't know the ABCs of surgery. | |
| And it's good to have desire. | |
| That's great. | |
| But one reason a lot of people are making mistakes in ministry is because they're exalted to these very high places and they skipped the ABCs. | |
| They have talent, they have gifts, but they lack basic information. | |
| They should not have skipped the first, second, and third grade. | |
| Those are essential. | |
| And when the Bible says you have need that someone teach you the first principles of the oracles of God, it means going back to the foundations. | |
| And the foundational doctrines are listed in Hebrews chapter 6, and they are, first of all, repentance from dead works. | |
| Secondly, faith toward God. | |
| That's very important. | |
| Most people don't understand that at all. | |
| Number three, the doctrine of baptisms, which is plural. | |
| Then you have the doctrine of the laying on of hands. | |
| Then you have the doctrine of resurrection from the dead. | |
| And finally, the doctrine of eternal judgment. | |
| Those six things are so elementary, but most Christians today could not pass the test on these elementary things. | |
| And they have need that somebody teach them these basic things. | |
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Encourage The Order
00:00:27
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| Even if you think you know it all, you need this book. | |
| It's a good review just to go back and make sure that you've got it right on these real basic principles. | |
| And I want to encourage you to order this book and order the entire package from the program today. | |
| This will put you on a rock-solid foundation. | |
| And maybe you know somebody else that needs this. | |
| What a gift to give to somebody else. | |