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spiritual maturity

  1. Christsfreeservant

    Complete in Christ

  2. Christsfreeservant

    The Trials of Life

    “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” (James 1:2-4 ESV) “Blessed is the man who remains...
  3. Christsfreeservant

    How Great a Struggle I Have

    “For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery...
  4. Christsfreeservant

    Agape Love Never Ends

    “Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I...
  5. Christsfreeservant

    When Each Part is Working as it Should

    “And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the...
  6. Christsfreeservant

    The Functioning Body of Christ

    Romans 12:4-8 ESV “For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in...
  7. Christsfreeservant

    Craftiness in Deceitful Schemes

    Ephesians 4:11-16 ESV “And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood...
  8. Christsfreeservant

    We Need to Grow Up in Christ

    1 Peter 2:1-3 ESV “So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.” We read in 1 Peter 1 that, as obedient children...
  9. Christsfreeservant

    Unity of The Spirit

    Ephesians 4:1-3 NIV “As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.” Prisoners for...
  10. HenSoma-OneBody

    Press On Toward The Ultimate Prize!

    “Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is...
  11. Christsfreeservant

    For Your Progress and Joy

    Philippians 1:12-14 ESV I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel, so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ. And most of the brothers, having become confident...
  12. insurchoftruth

    Spiritual Growth 1 Corinthians 3:1-3, Hebrews 5:12, 13, 14

    Christian Topics & Bible Study-Spiritual Growth 1 Corinthians 3:1-3, Hebrews 5:12, 13, 14 Not all Christians are on the same spiritual maturity level. Some of us need a very simple basic explanation about the things of God, about the basics of our faith. But, others, by using their spiritual...
  13. Christsfreeservant

    Building Up

    Wednesday, September 20, 2017, 10:59 p.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “When in The Stillness.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read 2 Corinthians 13 (Select vv. NASB). Test Ourselves (vv. 5-6) Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not...
  14. Radrook

    What is Spiritual Maturity?

    Some persons evaluate others as being spiritually mature or immature based on their level of church attendance and participation in preaching the gospel. Based on that criteria they are given leadership privileges in churches above others who are deemed spiritually immature because they do not...
  15. Christsfreeservant

    Offer Spiritual Sacrifices

    Tuesday, August 16, 2016, 4:48 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Give Ear to Jesus.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read 1 Peter 2 (Select vv. ESV). Pure Spiritual Milk (vv. 1-3) So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn...