My God and My Country

My Daily Meditation

Today’s Reading

The Epistle to the Hebrews

Chapter 6:1-14

Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ

Pray with me this morning brethren. Heavenly Father I ask of You to open the minds and hearts of those who are, for the first time, reading this Scripture, Your words, as given to us. Give to those whose eyes have been blinded by this world, vision. Hearing, to those whose ears have been stopped by false teachings.  Soften their hearts, in order that they may come to repentance and confess You as the true Living God. 

1 For every high Priest is taken from among men, and is ordained for men, in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.

2 Which is able sufficiently to have compassion on them that are ignorant, and that are out of the way, because that he also is compassed with infirmity,

3 And for the same sake he is bound to offer for sins, as well for his own part, as for the peoples.

4 And no man taketh this honor unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.

5 So likewise Christ took not to himself this honor to be made the high Priest, but he that said unto him, Thou art my son, this day begat I thee, gave it him.

6 As he also in another place speaketh, Thou art a Priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek,

7 Who in the days of his flesh did offer up prayers and supplications, with strong crying and tears unto him, that was able to save him from death, and was also heard in that which he feared.

8 And though he were the Son, yet learned he obedience, by the things which he suffered.

9 And being consecrated, was made the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him: (a)

10 And is called of God an high Priest after the order of Melchizedek.

11 Of whom we have many things to say, which are hard to be uttered, because ye are dull of hearing.

12 For when as concerning the time ye ought to be teachers, yet have ye need again that we teach you what are the first principles of the word of God: and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.

13 For everyone that useth milk, is inexpert in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.

14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of age, which through long custom have their wits exercised, to discern both good and evil. (b)

(a) Editor’s notation - Re: vs 9 see Hebrews 12:2

(b) Editor’s thought - So often today we hear people saying to not judge them, but it is my own opinion that they confuse the words “judge” and “discern”. The former tends to include for one to make a pronouncement and by extension a punishment upon a person, while the latter means to be able to tell the difference between two things. In this case good and evil, right and wrong, moral and immoral. To often, people blur the lines, and do not separate the sinner from the sin. To inform someone that what that one is doing is wrong, is not the same as pronouncing a declaration of judgment with resulting penalties.