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Originally Posted by Aquila
What do you believe that this means?
It certainly doesn't mean that we shouldn't study and bear out the spiritual deep and abiding realities of repentance, faith, water baptism, the ordination of elders, the resurrection, and eternal judgment.
What it means is, once these foundations are set... we are to go on unto perfection (sanctification).
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But it does mean what Amanah said it means, because it's tied back to chapter 5 where the readers are upbraided for still needing milk and in not being ready or able to become teachers, so the author had to mention the foundation that should have been already learned and disseminated in and among them, to scold them for being stuck in neutral at the starting line instead of far off racing for the finish line.
So, until one puts it into gear, they can't move forward. Just as Amanah said.