Hebrews 6:12 KJV
That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
God's saints are called to be diligent and not slothful. Usually I think of sloth as having to do with our work ethics.
Getting to work on time
Giving our employer an honest day
Doing our diligence to be educated concerned our work
But this text uses sloth in context to our Christian walk. God says we are to follow other believers and that we are not to be slothful about it.
God has called us to be followers
He likens us to sheep and we do well to view ourselves as God instructs and not as we would like to think of ourselves. We are creatures who need to be led. In fact I don't believe we are ever without leadership. We either follow purposefully or inadvertently, but we are following, so the real question becomes
Who are we following?
I suggest that those who through faith and patience inherit the promises are those whose lives on earth have been completed and have now inherited those promises. We can never know that the one who appears to have faith and patience in fact will inherit those promises. Too many have fallen short after years and years of supposedly walking with the Lord for me to trust anyone who has not finished his course. I choose to follow those whose race is run.
That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
God's saints are called to be diligent and not slothful. Usually I think of sloth as having to do with our work ethics.
Getting to work on time
Giving our employer an honest day
Doing our diligence to be educated concerned our work
But this text uses sloth in context to our Christian walk. God says we are to follow other believers and that we are not to be slothful about it.
God has called us to be followers
He likens us to sheep and we do well to view ourselves as God instructs and not as we would like to think of ourselves. We are creatures who need to be led. In fact I don't believe we are ever without leadership. We either follow purposefully or inadvertently, but we are following, so the real question becomes
Who are we following?
I suggest that those who through faith and patience inherit the promises are those whose lives on earth have been completed and have now inherited those promises. We can never know that the one who appears to have faith and patience in fact will inherit those promises. Too many have fallen short after years and years of supposedly walking with the Lord for me to trust anyone who has not finished his course. I choose to follow those whose race is run.
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