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GROWTH
GROWTH
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”
Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.
A : the word CONVERTED means TO TURN ONE SELF FROM A COURSE OF CONDUCT, IT CARRIES THE SAME MEANING AS THE WORD REPENT
B: explain the concept of a child in the natural relate to the spiritual.........paul was converted he had a tudor a helper a tatorial [etc]
C : a child cannot display love,but can make a lot of noise
And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ—from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.
A : every believer should understand why they are a member of the body of christ
B : to grow from a child to a muture man are women to be christ like
C : you must bloom were your planted....[.explain roots]
but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.
that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;
as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby,
and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him,
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,
Now I say that the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from a slave, though he is master of all, but is under guardians and stewards until the time appointed by the father. Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world. But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.
For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.
“If you love Me, keep My commandments.
A : use husband and wife as example and submission
He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.”
Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father’s who sent Me.
If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.
He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him.
