Embracing Spiritual Maturity Through Discernment and Responsibility
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"God has given Gifts of leadership to the church for the equipping together of God's people for a work of service so they can come together as a unit working together so that the church can be built up until we all reach the unity, the full knowledge our own personal knowledge of the Son of God and that we become mature this perfect man attaining to the whole measure of the Statue of Christ." [00:24:19]
"God does not give pastors to force seed is the people right, and I don't think the pastors are supposed to just have a an unending supply of baby food, it's good I think some people want the pastor to chew it up, put it in a jar and hand it out in a spoon, well I mean you laugh but are you seeking on your own, are you chewing on your own, are you crying out to the Lord for understanding and wisdom are you seeking him yeah or do you come here hoping to get it all this will be your whole week's Supply." [00:25:05]
"To learn that Jesus Christ is with you every minute of every day Everywhere You Are in every single situation the counselor you have a personal attorney the very spirit and nature of God to counsel you do this, don't speak now don't say that, personal guidance from God Amen as you learn as you grow into that that's why church leaders are due they're supposed to work with you and so you so grow up in the Lord that guess what you no longer need them." [00:27:31]
"When you learn to depend upon him and walk in the Holy Spirit, come into the beginning of a maturity and with the holy spirit's help but you practice keeping in step with the spirit and following the Holy Spirit you begin to discern the things that are good and evil and when you know the very word evil literally means it's bad, wouldn't life be a whole lot better if you stop choosing what's bad, kind of instant Improvement wouldn't it be." [00:29:04]
"Jesus said take my yoke upon you and learn of me, and then he uses two words the same two words that Paul uses in this chapter when he says I exhort you to walk worthy of the Lord in all blank and blank same two words that Jesus says you'll learn when you learn from him, take my yoke upon you and learn of me for I am meek and lowly of heart this first two words in Ephesians chapter four." [00:32:06]
"Jesus was listening to every word the teachers were saying because he wanted to know the word of God yes and then he did something he wasn't just content to listen what else did he says he was doing, asking questions and what does that say I want to understand, uh too many people will sit and listen to a message or have a time at the scripture in the morning, but they're not craving understanding so they don't ask." [00:36:06]
"Spiritual growth is it's a process but it's not automatic, it's not passive, the kingdom of God advances forcefully, and forceful men lay hold of it, and Jesus actually described this and the importance of how we listen in the parable of the soil remember that the parable the of the sower, four different types, and each four types of soil represent different ways that people listen." [00:38:06]
"The first way that's represented is the the the some see felt on the path and on the the path is where people walk and their feet pack the dirt and make it hard so the seed doesn't penetrate at all it falls on top of the soil there's no penetration and what did Jesus say happens to that seed, right the birds of the air come along they see food they pick it up it's gone, the person gets nothing out of it." [00:39:16]
"The shallow this the soil is shallow but it's full of rocks, it's rocky soil because if you've ever been a gardener you know uh you you live in a pretty special place if your soil doesn't have rocks but probably the first person that begin to plant an area dealt with some rocks, but the longer you work with an area the fewer rocks are there why because you have plowed them up so this this soil represents someone who's receptive." [00:42:15]
"Things in this world the cares of this life the deceitfulness of riches and the desires of other things they clog the heart, and they prevent the word of God from having its full Dynamic effect of bringing a wonderfully mature spiritual believer and then I close with this this last, the last soil, and it's so important the last soil Jesus described as a man having a good and Noble heart." [00:44:22]
"How shall a young man cleanse his way, give me by taking he to Thy word what has happened is what makes a heart Noble and good is that heart has begun to be cleansed blessed are the pure in heart the Greek word is catherizo blessed are those whose Hearts have been cleansed, cleanse of the competing influences, cleanse of the things that choke the word of God and make it unfruitful." [00:48:03]
"When the word of God is broken down in you, you lay hold of it you it it's done it's work and you you'll find this you'll become strengthened with power through his Spirit yeah in your inner man amen it'll have its work all right yes, in preparation for next Sunday talking about the Gentiles, the church is the new Israel yeah so those in the church are not Gentiles but we're certainly not to live like the Gentiles." [00:49:33]
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"God does not give pastors to force seed is the people right, and I don't think the pastors are supposed to just have a an unending supply of baby food, it's good I think some people want the pastor to chew it up, put it in a jar and hand it out in a spoon, well I mean you laugh but are you seeking on your own, are you chewing on your own, are you crying out to the Lord for understanding and wisdom are you seeking him yeah or do you come here hoping to get it all this will be your whole week's Supply." [00:25:05]
"To learn that Jesus Christ is with you every minute of every day Everywhere You Are in every single situation the counselor you have a personal attorney the very spirit and nature of God to counsel you do this, don't speak now don't say that, personal guidance from God Amen as you learn as you grow into that that's why church leaders are due they're supposed to work with you and so you so grow up in the Lord that guess what you no longer need them." [00:27:31]
"When you learn to depend upon him and walk in the Holy Spirit, come into the beginning of a maturity and with the holy spirit's help but you practice keeping in step with the spirit and following the Holy Spirit you begin to discern the things that are good and evil and when you know the very word evil literally means it's bad, wouldn't life be a whole lot better if you stop choosing what's bad, kind of instant Improvement wouldn't it be." [00:29:04]
"Jesus said take my yoke upon you and learn of me, and then he uses two words the same two words that Paul uses in this chapter when he says I exhort you to walk worthy of the Lord in all blank and blank same two words that Jesus says you'll learn when you learn from him, take my yoke upon you and learn of me for I am meek and lowly of heart this first two words in Ephesians chapter four." [00:32:06]
"Jesus was listening to every word the teachers were saying because he wanted to know the word of God yes and then he did something he wasn't just content to listen what else did he says he was doing, asking questions and what does that say I want to understand, uh too many people will sit and listen to a message or have a time at the scripture in the morning, but they're not craving understanding so they don't ask." [00:36:06]
"Spiritual growth is it's a process but it's not automatic, it's not passive, the kingdom of God advances forcefully, and forceful men lay hold of it, and Jesus actually described this and the importance of how we listen in the parable of the soil remember that the parable the of the sower, four different types, and each four types of soil represent different ways that people listen." [00:38:06]
"The first way that's represented is the the the some see felt on the path and on the the path is where people walk and their feet pack the dirt and make it hard so the seed doesn't penetrate at all it falls on top of the soil there's no penetration and what did Jesus say happens to that seed, right the birds of the air come along they see food they pick it up it's gone, the person gets nothing out of it." [00:39:16]
"The shallow this the soil is shallow but it's full of rocks, it's rocky soil because if you've ever been a gardener you know uh you you live in a pretty special place if your soil doesn't have rocks but probably the first person that begin to plant an area dealt with some rocks, but the longer you work with an area the fewer rocks are there why because you have plowed them up so this this soil represents someone who's receptive." [00:42:15]
"Things in this world the cares of this life the deceitfulness of riches and the desires of other things they clog the heart, and they prevent the word of God from having its full Dynamic effect of bringing a wonderfully mature spiritual believer and then I close with this this last, the last soil, and it's so important the last soil Jesus described as a man having a good and Noble heart." [00:44:22]
"How shall a young man cleanse his way, give me by taking he to Thy word what has happened is what makes a heart Noble and good is that heart has begun to be cleansed blessed are the pure in heart the Greek word is catherizo blessed are those whose Hearts have been cleansed, cleanse of the competing influences, cleanse of the things that choke the word of God and make it unfruitful." [00:48:03]
"When the word of God is broken down in you, you lay hold of it you it it's done it's work and you you'll find this you'll become strengthened with power through his Spirit yeah in your inner man amen it'll have its work all right yes, in preparation for next Sunday talking about the Gentiles, the church is the new Israel yeah so those in the church are not Gentiles but we're certainly not to live like the Gentiles." [00:49:33]
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