Progress Toward Perfection

The blessed apostle sets before the Hebrews a delicate balance that all believers stand on. We constantly must seek to improve our hope, and to grow in the grace and knowledge of Christ, but at the same time are exhorted in the scripture to rest completely in the merit of Christ our dear Lord and Master. In this passage the author exhorts the believers to pursue perfection in their faith but at the same time not forgetting the basic elements of the Christian experience.