Enough

Heb 13:1 Let brotherly love continue. 2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels. 3 Remember the prisoners as if chained with them--those who are mistreated--since you yourselves are in the body also. 4 Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge. 5 Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you." 6 So we may boldly say: "The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?" 7 Remember those who rule over you, who have spoken the word of God to you, whose faith follow, considering the outcome of their conduct. 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. 9 Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them. 10 We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat. 11 For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned outside the camp. 12 Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate. 13 Therefore let us go forth to Him, outside the camp, bearing His reproach. 14 For here we have no continuing city, but we seek the one to come. 15 Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name. 16 But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. 17 Obey those who rule over you, and be submissive, for they watch out for your souls, as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you. 18 Pray for us; for we are confident that we have a good conscience, in all things desiring to live honorably. 19 But I especially urge you to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.  

The author of Hebrews concludes with a strong admonition that the doctrine shared would be completely, satisfyingly, and perfectly enough because it is all there is.

There is no need to continue looking when you have arrived at the truth. The truth is all there is, and to look for more than the truth, once you know the truth, is to perhaps stumble on a lie that is less than the truth – not more.

How vulnerable our culture has become in this area. We value knowledge to such a great extent that essential truths are done away with in order to pursue philosophical insights. We have even arrived at the place of saying, “there is no absolute truth.”

How absolutely foolish that is. Of course there is absolute truth, in moral and theological and Spiritual arenas just as certainly as there is in mathematics and navigation. It is the simple truths which will endure to eternity, and the fanciful imaginings of foolish man will be cast away in the same way they always have been.

It is enough to let this doctrine we have been taught continue, because it is eternal doctrine.

-Pastor Bill