Mark’s Memos

“But, beloved, we are confident of better things concerning you, yes, things that accompany salvation, though we speak in this manner.” (Heb. 6:9) The author of Hebrews and his co-workers were confident that these believers would receive this message and respond by...

“For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance,...

The author of Hebrews tells us to learn the basic principles of Christ, and then move on while retaining those principles (Hebrews 6:1a). The author now goes on to list six elementary or basic principles of Christ in the remaining part of verse one and in verse two....

Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation … of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, (Heb. 6:1a) We’re to learn the basic principles of Christ, and then move on...

"But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.” (Hebrews 5:14) Those able to receive spiritual meat (solid food) are those who have become mature spiritually, who by...

The spiritually mature are ready for spiritual meat, while the spiritually immature can only effectively process spiritual milk. What is the distinction between needing milk rather than solid food? Those who can only process spiritual milk are those who are unskilled...

"For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. “ (Hebrews 5:13) The spiritually mature are ready for spiritual meat, while the spiritually immature can only effectively process spiritual milk. What is the...

"For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food.” (Heb. 5:12) Given the length of time these people had been saved, and given the...

“of whom we have much to say, and hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.” (Hebrews 5:11) The author of Hebrews tells his audience that what he wanted to teach them was hard to explain because they had become dull of hearing. When we become dull of...

"Who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear, though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He...