Spiritual Growth Eph.4:11-16. Continuation
More Obstacles to Spiritual Growth-Character Flaws which hinder Growth:
1.Deep Sense of Unworthiness. People who have this kind of problem are troubled by an inner nagging telling them, ' I am no good, I will never be anything, I am too bad, no one loves me', and so on .
Such people, when saved, experience joy and love for a while but soon this is turned into doubt about God's love and care for them. This kind of person has failed to focus on and experience God's deep love for the individual. This person's roots have not reached deep into the loving nature of God. There is a need for people with this kind of problem to focus on the positive value of God's love and build into the life a model of His character.
The problem of a 'Deep sense of Unworthiness' usually originates in a person's childhood where love and care were missing, thus creating a feeling of not being wanted. What is the remedy for this kind of problem?
In Eph.5:25-26 we read, 'Christ loved the Church', i.e. You and Me, while we were deep in Sin. Anyone can love a person who is washed and clean but only God loved us while in the filth of Sin.
2. Spiritual Deafness. This concerns people who cannot hear spiritually. Though their physical hearing is good they cannot hear what the Holy Spirit tells them.
The Lord Jesus said repeatedly, 'He who has an ear let him hear....' . What is the cause of such deafness? Basically, the heart is full of the things of the world and it cannot respond to the voice of the Holy Spirit. It is with the heart that one hears spiritually. A person may sit in a Church listening to the preaching of the Word but he cannot respond because his heart is overloaded and dull. Is 6:8-10 shows how God thinks of this kind of a person.
A person with dull hearing and an overloaded heart lives dangerously. What is the remedy?
Repent, forsake the cares of this life and set your life free from this burden. Develop Spiritual Hearing. 'Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God' Rom 10:17. Let the Word enter your heart to develop hearing and Faith. To be continued
More Obstacles to Spiritual Growth-Character Flaws which hinder Growth:
1.Deep Sense of Unworthiness. People who have this kind of problem are troubled by an inner nagging telling them, ' I am no good, I will never be anything, I am too bad, no one loves me', and so on .
Such people, when saved, experience joy and love for a while but soon this is turned into doubt about God's love and care for them. This kind of person has failed to focus on and experience God's deep love for the individual. This person's roots have not reached deep into the loving nature of God. There is a need for people with this kind of problem to focus on the positive value of God's love and build into the life a model of His character.
The problem of a 'Deep sense of Unworthiness' usually originates in a person's childhood where love and care were missing, thus creating a feeling of not being wanted. What is the remedy for this kind of problem?
In Eph.5:25-26 we read, 'Christ loved the Church', i.e. You and Me, while we were deep in Sin. Anyone can love a person who is washed and clean but only God loved us while in the filth of Sin.
2. Spiritual Deafness. This concerns people who cannot hear spiritually. Though their physical hearing is good they cannot hear what the Holy Spirit tells them.
The Lord Jesus said repeatedly, 'He who has an ear let him hear....' . What is the cause of such deafness? Basically, the heart is full of the things of the world and it cannot respond to the voice of the Holy Spirit. It is with the heart that one hears spiritually. A person may sit in a Church listening to the preaching of the Word but he cannot respond because his heart is overloaded and dull. Is 6:8-10 shows how God thinks of this kind of a person.
A person with dull hearing and an overloaded heart lives dangerously. What is the remedy?
Repent, forsake the cares of this life and set your life free from this burden. Develop Spiritual Hearing. 'Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God' Rom 10:17. Let the Word enter your heart to develop hearing and Faith. To be continued
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