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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, . Spiritual Maturity. 2 Peter 1:5-11.
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Spiritual Maturity • Why do we need to grow as Christians? • Hebrews 2:1, 1 Corinthians 9:24-27, 1 Timothy 4:11-16,
Spiritual Maturity 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.”
Spiritual Maturity • Virtue • Defined as… • moral excellence; goodness; righteousness, conformity of one's life and conduct to moral and ethical principles; uprightness;
Spiritual Maturity • 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
Spiritual Maturity • 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
Spiritual Maturity 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”.