Hebrews 6:1-2 English Standard Version

1 Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, 2 and of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

We teach the elemental doctrines because there are new believers that enter into this new covenant. When they come up out of the baptismal waters into this new life, they have yet to learn how to see with spiritual eyes or hear with spiritual ears. This is not something that can be taught, it can only be experienced.

The Holy Spirit shows each of us how and when we get to experience that which has been promised by God. When they say “I don’t get it” it is a sign that they are looking to us for the answer to what the Holy Spirit is doing in them and for them.

We can look at our earthly life and remember how it felt to be young and wanted to be older so that we could enjoy things withheld from us because of our age. It isn’t about age, it is about coming to know who Christ is in us. That can only be seen and heard by the power of the Holy Spirit.

So much has been said about being imitators of those who came before us and how they came to a level of maturity to leave behind the elemental doctrines. That is coming to a knowledge of Christ in themselves, as Lord and commander of this life in Christ. We cannot understand what to do until we hear His voice in us because we have taken His Word to heart.

That is not a way of thinking, it is a way of loving.

John 14:15-17 English Standard Version

Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, 17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.

This is the first promise to believe by faith. Know Him.