Deep discipleship leads us to deep truth

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Good morning everyone,
 
Our theme for this month: “Deep discipleship”
 
Our Bible verse for today: “But solid food is for the mature – for those who have been trained to distinguish between good and evil. Therefore, let us leave the elementary teaching about Christ and go on to maturity …” Hebrews 5:14 – 6:1 (CSB)
 
Our thought for today: “Deep discipleship leads us to deep truth”
 
Over the course of the last three daily devotional messages, we took the time and made the effort to do a deep-dive into the complex subject of what constitutes a legitimate marriage in the eyes of God and of the Christian community. Doing so required some thought, effort, and research. Deep discipleship is like that. Deep discipleship leads us away from superficial or simplistic answers to complex questions and causes us to think, pray, and study before we arrive at our conclusions. Deep discipleship leads us to deep truth.
 
This is the kind of thing the writer of the letter to the Hebrews was referring to in Hebrews 5:14 -6:1. The editors of the Experiencing God Study Bible offered this insight with respect to that passage, “Deep spiritual truths are reserved for the spiritually mature. Though the immature may hear the truths, they will not grasp them.”
 
That reminded me of one of my favorite quotes regarding the adventure of living the Christian life and about the rewards of deep discipleship. It was written by author Jim Peterson: “One of the greatest gifts God has given us is the infinite opportunity for spiritual growth. But however much we have matured, there is always more beyond. It is in this that we find the adventure of living. There will always be new, unexplored dimensions of His person beckoning to us. The possibilities go off the chart.”
 
In the time remaining to us this month, we will consider some practical ways to engage in deep discipleship. God reserves the deepest spiritual truths for the spiritually mature who will take the time and make the effort to seek them out.
 
God bless,
Pastor Jim
 
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