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Steps Toward Spiritual Maturity
Please turn with me to tonight's scripture text in II PETER chapter 3, and
let's read verse 18.
LORD and Savior Jesus Christ.
To Him be the
glory both now and forever.
Amen
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I N T R O D U C T I O N
ILLUSTRATION: There is nothing more precious than a newborn baby,
unless its a newborn puppy.
(just kidding)
Babies are immature physically, mentally and emotionally.
We don't have high expectations out of a baby, do we?
have high expectations out of a baby, do we?
I mean, you don't expect a newborn baby to clean up his room and make his bed, do you?
You don't expect a newborn baby to mow the lawn or pick up sticks out of the yard, do you?
and make his bed, do you?
You don't expect a newborn baby
to mow the lawn or pick up sticks out of the yard, do you?
You don't expect a newborn baby to do math problems or answer history questions or work crossword puzzles in the daily newspaper.
answer history questions or work crossword puzzles in the daily
newspaper.
No, when a baby is immature you expect to have to feed them, and hold them, and carry them, and dress them and bathe them and change their diaper.
hold them, and carry them, and dress them and bathe them and
change their diaper.
But as a baby grows older we expect them to develop and mature, don't we?
We expect them to START WALKING and STOP CRAWLING.
don't we?
We expect them to START WALKING and STOP CRAWLING.
We expect them to START TALKING and STOP SPEAKING baby gibberish.
We expect them to START EATING SOLID FOODS and STOP DRINKING A BOTTLE.
We expect them to START DOING THINGS FOR THEMSELVES instead of having someone else do everything for them.
And if they don't grow and mature as they should, we know something is seriously wrong, don't we?
gibberish.
We expect them to START EATING SOLID FOODS and
STOP DRINKING A BOTTLE.
We expect them to START DOING THINGS
FOR THEMSELVES instead of having someone else do everything for
them.
And if they don't grow and mature as they should, we know
something is seriously wrong, don't we?
What is true of us “physically” is also true of us spiritually.
When we first accepted Jesus Christ we were “born again.”
As “babes in Christ” we were “spiritually immature.”
We didn't know much about the Bible or about the Church or about living the Christian life in general.
Everything was new to us.
accepted Jesus Christ we were “born again.”
As “babes in Christ” we
were “spiritually immature.”
We didn't know much about the Bible or
about the Church or about living the Christian life in general.
Everything
was new to us.
But as time passes, we are to grow and mature in Christ, and if we don't something is seriously wrong.
something is seriously wrong.
Our text in
knowledge of our LORD and Savior Jesus Christ.”
What are some of the symptoms of “spiritual immaturity” we should be concerned about?
concerned about?
(1) A spiritually immature Christian cannot handle “the meat” of
God's word.
until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not
able.”
(2) A spiritually immature Christian is still very WORLDLY .
envy, strife, and vidisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like
mere men?”
(3) A spiritually immature Christian is INCONSISTENT in his or her
spiritual life.
to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of
men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting.”
(4) A spiritually immature Christian HEARS the word of GOD, but doesn't PRACTICE it in his or her daily life.
doesn't PRACTICE it in his or her daily life.
deceiving yourselves.
(5) A spiritually immature Christian is unable to TEACH others
even the basics of God's word.
you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles
of GOD; and you have come to need milk and not solid food.
(6) A spiritually immature Christian is SELFISH and puts his or her
own needs ahead of other Christians.
,
conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than
himself.
Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also
for the interests of others.
Just as a baby has to take his or her first steps toward being able to walk on their own two feet, there are certain steps every Christian must take in order to become “spiritually mature.”
on their own two feet, there are certain steps every Christian must take in
order to become “spiritually mature.”
For the remainder of the message I would like for us to focus on those
STEPS TOWARD SPIRITUAL MATURITY.
Step #1: I Must DESIRE To Grow
,
hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, as newborn
babes, DESIRE THE PURE MILK OF THE WORD, that you
may grow thereby..........
1. Physically speaking, did you ever meet a child who didn't want to grow?
Have you ever heard a child say, “My goal in life is to always be a baby?”
grow?
Have you ever heard a child say, “My goal in life is to always
grow? Have you ever heard a child say, “My goal in life is to always
be a baby?”
be a baby?”
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