Spiritual Immaturity.
What is it? The inability to grow in the Faith and remain a spiritual baby feeding on milk-Heb.6:1-3,5:12-14.
There are certain signs to show how to identify believers who live immature lives in the Faith:
1. Preoccupation with First Principles and not moving on to deeper things, these are-
Repentance, Faith toward God, Baptism, Laying on of hands, Resurrection from the dead, Judgement to come.
These can be divided into Three parts:
A Truths concerning Conversion.
B Truths concerning Church Ordinances
C. Truths concerning Future Judgement.
These basic truths should be grasped within a few years of Conversion, then move on to deeper things 'Let us go onto perfection- Heb.6:1.
More Signs of Spiritual Immaturity:
An inability to discern right and wrong ( spiritual blindness).
Another sign- Rom.12:1-2.Many believers want to grow in the Faith but their minds are not renewed,hence no change- The basic cause of Immaturity (1 Cor 3:1-3).
Does it matter if we remain so?
God's will is for us to grow in Christ-Eph. 4:11-15.
If I do not grow in the Faith what do I do? Repent, turn to the Lord, Feed on His WORD, be filled
with the Holy Spirit, Find a Church that rightly divides the Word, find like minded spiritual
company.
What is it? The inability to grow in the Faith and remain a spiritual baby feeding on milk-Heb.6:1-3,5:12-14.
There are certain signs to show how to identify believers who live immature lives in the Faith:
1. Preoccupation with First Principles and not moving on to deeper things, these are-
Repentance, Faith toward God, Baptism, Laying on of hands, Resurrection from the dead, Judgement to come.
These can be divided into Three parts:
A Truths concerning Conversion.
B Truths concerning Church Ordinances
C. Truths concerning Future Judgement.
These basic truths should be grasped within a few years of Conversion, then move on to deeper things 'Let us go onto perfection- Heb.6:1.
More Signs of Spiritual Immaturity:
An inability to discern right and wrong ( spiritual blindness).
Another sign- Rom.12:1-2.Many believers want to grow in the Faith but their minds are not renewed,hence no change- The basic cause of Immaturity (1 Cor 3:1-3).
Does it matter if we remain so?
God's will is for us to grow in Christ-Eph. 4:11-15.
If I do not grow in the Faith what do I do? Repent, turn to the Lord, Feed on His WORD, be filled
with the Holy Spirit, Find a Church that rightly divides the Word, find like minded spiritual
company.
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