Bible Reading: Hebrews 6:1-10
Key Verse: Verse 10 – “For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.”
Key Words: labour of love
Hebrews, chapter six, has been used by some to teach that we can lose our salvation which is not the case at all. Paul is encouraging the Hebrew believers to move on past and leave behind the “principles of the doctrine of Christ.” The word principle means the beginnings and to move on to perfection (spiritual maturity). The Hebrew believers were clinging to some of the old Judaic practices which were hindering their spiritual growth (verse 1). Paul goes on to tell them we don’t labor because we have to; we labor for God because we want to. It’s a labor of love and this kind of labor has a great impact for Christ in the lives of others (verse 10).
Judge Frank Ryburn of Dallas tells about the death of a prominent and benevolent citizen of his city. Judge Ryburn said that after his funeral service he stood outside the home beside an aged black servant. It took three trucks to carry the flowers all of his friends had sent. As they watched the wreaths being loaded for transfer to the cemetery the judge remarked, “My, he sure has a lot of flowers, doesn’t he?”
The old servant thought for a minute, then answered, “Yassuh, but you know, he been planting the seeds for them flowers for a long time.”
Dr. Mike Rouse
What to do:
✞ Plant the seeds of the gospel in the lives of others, and then it will grow.
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