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What is Spiritual Growth? | Randy Bell (read)

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There is great weakness in the new and spiritually immature Christian who is dominated by selfishness and sin. (1 Corinthians 3) But God releases great power in the spiritually weak to CHANGE them into mature spiritual adults by giving all Christians “the desire and the power to do what pleases him.” (Philippians 2:13) The new believer must be supernaturally changed. In Paul’s letter to the church at Corinth he tells them they are only babies and they must grow up. “Dear brothers and sisters, when I was with you I…

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Maturity Episode 1: Four Stages of Christian Life, How to Know You Are Growing Spiritually (audio/video)

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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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Four Stages of Christian Life: How to Know You Are Growing Spiritually

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The moment of conversion to the Lord Jesus Christ, when you are really born again, the Holy Spirit invades your spirit making you a spiritual infant. This is phase one of the Christian experience. Like physical birth you are “a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old [previous moral and spiritual condition] has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come!” [2 Cor 5:17 AMP] Now we understand that there are four phases of spiritual life from 1 John, chapter 2. And John describes this first spiritual state…

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Spiritual Growth Seminar Part 3: Introduction to the Seven Steps To Maturity (audio/video)

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Randy finishes the seminar with the teaching of the Apostle Peter who gives seven clear steps to take to become mature and serve the Lord Jesus. 2 Peter 1:4-10 (AMP) 4 By means of these He has bestowed on us His precious and exceedingly great promises, so that through them you may escape [by flight] from the moral decay (rottenness and corruption) that is in the world because of covetousness (lust and greed), and become sharers (partakers) of the divine nature. 5 For this very reason, adding your diligence [to…

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Spiritual Growth Seminar Part 2: The Four Phases of Spiritual Growth (audio/video)

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Randy explains God’s will for every believer is to change and mature through four phases of spiritual life that are similar to physical maturity: infant, toddler to teen (immaturity), young adulthood, and the grandfather/grandmother stage. God has planned each phase with specific goals, actions and responsibilities that the born again believer must experience.  

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