Email from Abiding Place Daily Bread – March 13, 2025 (The Fifth Day – Genesis 1:20-23) Hebrews 6:1-2 – Therefore, leaving the fundamentals of the Word of Christ, let us go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from works of death, and faith towards God, of baptisms, of the doctrine of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. Faith Towards God God has given us His divine nature through the new birth (2 Peter 1:4; 1 Peter 1:23). The things of the Spirit and the ways of God have been established in our hearts and minds. However, we must give ourselves to the nature of God if these things are going to be developed and matured within our lives. The Lord has commanded that we come to the fullness of the maturity of the ministry of Jesus, but if we do not give ourselves to faith, virtue, humility, knowledge, self-discipline, godliness, holiness, righteousness, brotherly kindness, meekness, love, joy, peace, gentleness, goodness, mercy, and forgiveness, then how will we ever become trained in the fundamentals – and then ultimately go on to maturity in the nature of God (2 Peter 1:5-7, 3:11; Galatians 5:22-23; Romans 6:16-10, 14:17; Titus 2:12; 1 Peter 1:15-17)? We have to recognize how the old nature and the former lifestyle have been destroyed (Romans 6:1-4; 2 Corinthians 5:14-17; Colossians 2:11). We are no longer of this world, and therefore must no longer be conformed to this world (John 17:14,16; Romans 12:2; 1 John 2:15-17) . If we continue to stagger between two opinions, then we will never move forward into the realms of the maturity of Christ and the ministry of the heavenly realm available to us. If we continue to re-lay the foundation, then we will never have a building. We must decide once and for all that we are finished with sin and the world. We must be crucified to the world, and the world to us (Galatians 2:20; John 15:19; Romans 12:2). Blessings, Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
Daily Bread 3/13/2025
