Show LEAVING NUT A subscriber writt r g from cache junction makes this thia inquiry of the NEWS what are we to under understand standby by the following therefore leaving lesvin vc the principles of the doctrine of christ let lei us ua go on unto perfection not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward god hebrews ah chapter ing verae in to m mike ake the ahe matter m fitter perfectly clear we quote tue whole son B tence which our correspondent has baa oot not done as his question evidently Jb binges inges to a great event ebent upon the I 1 word leaving and also alio the last lait three verses tr of tle the preceding chapter the writer of Be Beb brewe rewo after re erring to the a portion rf cf which was held by those abom b in truoia g T as shown by the manner ol of his addari ra to them hem sayf for when for the time ye ought to he be teachers ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of god aud and ate are become such as an have need of milkana milk mil kand and not of strong meat for every one that auseth milk is ia in the word ot of lor for he is a babe but strong niest meat belonge belo ngeth tb to them that thai are of full age even those who by reanon of use une have their senses exer cibek to discern bo boh h good and evil therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine doc irine of chrit lot let us go on unto perfection fec tion not laying again the founds ion of repentance from dead works and of faith toward god of the doctrine ot of baptisms nud and ot of laying on of hands bands and of the resurrection ot of the dead and ot of eternal judgment A careful reading of this text ought to make euske plain the meaning of sentence concerning which Ila inquiry lip if made and over which sume eime obscurity has baa been throb abr wo by an arbitrary divis ion into if the chapter heading which la Is not a part of ibe original epistle bad been after the third verse veree in the sixth chapter or bao bad not been in at all there tie te no du difficulty in the quota tiou alon maysuch mau such difficulty an aa there ir 1 arises atiedu wholly from failure allure to associate the ideas ot of the clotting closing sentences sentenced of u chapter ch alter five and me words ol of or six and la Is removed b the student ot of the scriptures remedying the ue do toa ju in in lee 1 there is in doubtful doubt lui it will be observed that the apostle Is re riman dlug those whom he be Is ad dressing dres drese Bing log because their it i uch stich that they need to be taught again the first principles principle iju stead 0 being able to touch teach blew as should be th ease with those who minister wi nister to the Sain tei as they were doing in worde they had bad neen oi 01 milk as baba and bot of the strong most meat required by those who administer lood food to babes he told them how they should advance that mitat it was by reason of use of th first but principles in the instruction by example ale and precept which they gave and fid not DOL by being barely passive erb era to such as aa taught them those principles then he them to gu 90 tin on unto te do so by leaving those principles as ad a founds and ejot by to lay jay agaid that fouD foundation daton winch be afterwards says Is an impossibility to those aboe once enlightened and who have ballet away the foundation once laid mus mug remain if abando abandoned vedor or torn up there is if no replacing it ita lesson lesion that is uniformly confirmed to in the 0 appe tater there are ob some me persons persona abo that the word woid leaving must m bo be in as abandoning 11 or re such bow bolever bo wever everi Is ja oo not justified by aily any part of the text and in order to any possibility ot at willu wilfully jy wrong construction some translators MOM have given the be word taip gaea and the word nut dot if bertelt beo to cois conform form to tae ides idea of the tbt text but aut as astlin the matter stands standa ther jeno real tor lot I 1 hat at var aap in form to express the as same me idea the word leaving in the verse quoted sio sauld old hanew have ito ordinary dell definition dillon as jeiven aven by lexicographer suffering to remain not dot 10 this to is the aly interpretation that the writer himself givel in his lustrup ilon don for the hebrews hebrew to leave the be principles as a foundation on which to promoted to perfection that je 16 Glea leaving ving ufler ing to remain DO te p 1 etc ahlo was what paul faul did in his addi eer esp he oid them hem of the principles the necessity of their actual ause aae ll 11 and passing or on in his big remarks marka re he be left those olesksa foundation exhorting thern them t build thereon to perfection there has haa been also aleo the suggestion that people le who have obeyed we the fire and fully believe in the six cardinal elements mentioned by faith aith repentance baptism laying on OD of hands handa for the he reception I 1 the hol hoi ghost the ar arid d the j juie ajor ment may then depart from the sum aade and so co ahead of them to perec par feoli tin n abe freab ab ot of this hia idea la is ow a great BB would be that of a completed COMPle tsu house without a foundation fouti dation to support it these principles cannot be dr d carted frono ignored or omitted they abe are eternal as their author they r ach to n ita in themselves every goppel principle to is eternal li it jabe be sphere where it operates faith ex leta and sets acts eternally the full fill goe doctrine trine or of repentance IN ii tin an eternal forsaking of sin the efferts of ky by the water and the spirit are eter eternal nl forgiveness and e erual ernal garance cu ga dance ia li truth the resurrection has an ev everlea ever erles las ne effect us aid does aleo the eternal judgment the first principles ol of atie 0 pel opel named by paul cannot be b abandoned or cast saide aside except in iP anich permits no renewal when it necomes complete As to another part of the quotation atlin atin by our correspondent and which be may wish some expression upon principles of the abe doctrine of 17 we ve will suggest that principle means mean a fundamental truth or tenet a coro conn law or no fra in w which it joh others are derived or in chica others are founded an elementary prop 10 thin is in the position Dosi tion the he principles named occupy other growing out of them as elementary to the khe work or of therefore let lei those who have laid the foundation in their lives by obedience to ahe first principles of the oracles of god leave that toun lati a in its place not vainly attempting to lay jay it again or negil ile ebuy stopping at the foundation up ao paul criticizes the hebrews for daini bolok tut but going on to that perfection in the exercise of these principles and otar to the full age oi 01 widen characterizes the be real followers of christ jesus |