You must understand the four phases of spiritual life, then you need to know what God requires of you to grow spiritually and please your Lord. We are not left to our own opinions for this, but God’s Word provides clear steps of action for every Christian to take. This is covered in the Seven Steps of Obedience To Spiritual Maturity found in 2 Peter 1.
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If you look at 1 Thess. 5:23 you see that God divides a man into three distinct parts: body, soul, and spirit. Through careful study of scripture we can find that the soul is the mind, will and emotions. Even though it is hard to visualize this, our spirit is the center of our being and has other distinct functions. Hebrews 4:12 clearly declares that there is a division between the soul and spirit. But you might be saying, “Why does this matter?” Well, first, we are commanded to love…
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“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven” (Matthew 5:16) “But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you” “Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good” (Romans 12:21). It is through good works that we put to shame those “that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ” (I Peter 3:16).
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1/ Do not delude yourself to think listening to sermons is obeying God 2/ Doing what the sermons teach from God’s word is God’s will 3/ Laboring to fulfill the mission is God’s will 4/ The Lord will judge you by your disobedience or obedience to His commands 5/ Honestly, what are you doing to obey the mission the Lord ordered you to do? 6/ Have you taken a job for the King? James 1:22-27 AMP But be doers of the Word [obey the message], and not merely listeners to…
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If you read the Old Testament enough you start to see the horrible pattern of generation after generation of God’s people forget Him. Oh, they have a form of religious tradition and shallow faith but they blur the lines of obedience and copy and become like their ungodly neighbors. It is the same today in the church, Christians have forgotten much over the 2000 years since the church was formed. What is the church in danger of forgetting today? The Apostle Paul asks, “Well then, if we emphasize faith,…
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