Transcript Spiritual Maturity

Spiritual Maturity
Spiritual Maturity
 Why do we need to grow as Christians?
 Hebrews 2:1, 1 Corinthians 9:24-27, 1 Timothy 4:11-16,
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2 Peter 1:5-11
“But also for this very reason,
giving all diligence, add to
your faith virtue, to virtue
knowledge, to knowledge
self-control, to self-control
perseverance, to
perseverance godliness, to
godliness brotherly
kindness, and to brotherly
kindness love.”
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 Virtue
 Defined as…
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moral excellence; goodness; righteousness, conformity of one's life
and conduct to moral and ethical principles; uprightness;
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 Virtue
 Romans 6:4-13, Ephesians 4:22-32, Galatians 5:19-23
Spiritual Maturity
 Virtue
 Knowledge
 1 Corinthians 3:1-3, Hebrews 5:11-14, Proverbs 1:7, 8:10, 11:9,
12:1, Romans 1:28-32
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 Virtue
 Knowledge
 Self Control
 Galatians 5:24-26, 1 Thessalonians 5:21-22
Spiritual Maturity
 Virtue
 Knowledge
 Self Control
 Perseverance
 James 5:10-11, 2 Timothy 4:5-8
Spiritual Maturity
 Virtue
 Knowledge
 Self Control
 Perseverance
 Godliness
 1 Peter 1:15-16, Matthew 5:13-16
Spiritual Maturity
 Virtue
 Knowledge
 Self Control
 Perseverance
 Godliness
 Brotherly Kindness
 1 John 4:20-21, James 5:9,13-16
Spiritual Maturity
 Virtue
 Knowledge
 Self Control
 Perseverance
 Godliness
 Brotherly Kindness
 Love
 Matthew 19:19, 5:43-48, John 14:15
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Conclusion
 If
we do not seek to gain Spiritual Maturity as
Christians then we will risk drifting as the
Hebrew brethren, becoming undiscerning as Paul
warned the Romans, and ultimately becoming
lukewarm as the church in Sardis in Revelation
3:16 whom Jesus said he would “vomit out of his
mouth”.