Hebrews 5:11 – 6:20 | It’s time to grow up

It sort of goes without saying, but we have a higher expectation of behaviour for adults than we do for kids, right? I hope you know that if you're an adult.

We expect more of you than we do of your kids.

When a toddler has a meltdown because you serve them breakfast in the wrong coloured bowl, that's just normal.

That's every day of parenting a toddler.

But if your adult friend has the same kind of temper tantrum because the restaurant stuffed up their order, that's embarrassing.

You've been there, you've watched it, haven't you? A teenager spending an afternoon on mum and dad's couch playing video games, yeah, that's fine.

A 40-year-old man still sitting on mum and dad's couch playing video games all day, that's a problem.

A two-year-old splashing around at the beach with no clothes on, oh, that's a bit cute.

Eight-year-old, 25-year-old, call the police.

Now, there's no hard and fast rules here, but we all have this instinctive knowledge, don't we? What's acceptable for kids is no longer acceptable when you're grown up because kids are meant to grow up.

When they don't, it's embarrassing.

It's awkward.

Sometimes it's downright wrong.

This morning in Hebrews, we're going to see it's the same for Christians.

When you're new to the Christian faith, it's completely normal for you to be spiritually immature.

You're still learning.

You're still growing.

And if that's you this morning, welcome.

We're really glad that you're here.

But if you've been a Christian for a long time and you're still spiritually childish...

If you're slow to learn as a disciple of Jesus, if you're needing to be taught the same basic lessons over and over and over again, that's a problem.

This morning we're going to see it's actually a really significant problem.

And so this morning in Hebrews we're going to be challenged to grow up.

But alongside the warning...

And it is a very significant warning.