Journey of Spiritual Maturity: Growth and Community
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"Absolutely. And so, you know, the unique thing about this is oftentimes people will think that conversion, think that coming to Christ, think that recognizing that they need a Savior and that Jesus came for that is kind of the magic pill. But, you know, I take that, I receive Christ, and then everything is great. And unfortunately, that's just not the way that it works." [00:02:05] (26 seconds)
"And even with, you know, you talk about development and growth, and you're not the same as you were when you were five, but I think about raising children, and when they're newborns, you know, they really only do a couple of things, right? eat, sleep, and then they do one other thing. Pillow diaper, yes. That's right. And so, but as they then grow, they go from that milk into solid food, and then to, you know, I can remember, everybody kind of talks about the kids want to go to McDonald's and get a Happy Meal, right?" [00:02:30] (30 seconds)
"you know, first getting started, but you know, the Bible talks specifically about beginning your walk on the pure milk of the word. That's what Peter said in first Peter chapter two. And then you see other passages of scripture that talk about going from milk to solid food. So there's a, there's a significant part of our life that says that I can't stay where I'm at. It's not just a magic pill to come to Christ." [00:03:06] (25 seconds)
"I don't necessarily have a green thumb. But, you know, if you're planting a garden or you're planting fruit trees, you don't just get fruit right after you plant them because the roots need to be established. They need to be able to take on nutrients. But then even if they're able to do that, the tree has to in and of itself develop enough." [00:04:13] (27 seconds)
"in ministry, serving in ministry, he walked beside me and I could call him and say, hey man, I got this going on. And he would say, well, you know, here's what the word of God says. And let me encourage you. I've been through this too. And that's an amazing thing to be able to say that you've got somebody. That's what the church does." [00:07:40] (18 seconds)
"That's what we're together for. Exactly. That's the whole purpose of the community. Yeah, absolutely. So over the next probably seven weeks, Scott, you and I are just going to take a few minutes and unpack what does. What is the evidence that we're becoming more spiritually mature look like? How do we know? Yes." [00:07:53] (20 seconds)
"That's always one of our questions, right? Is how do I know I'm becoming more spiritually mature? Because age doesn't define it, does it? Absolutely. So I hope you'll come back and join us. As we just begin to talk about the evidences of what it looks like." [00:08:18] (57 seconds)
"to be spiritually mature, and that will give you some things that you can look into your own life and say, do I see these things in my life? Maybe you'll see some things that you might want to increase the fruitfulness of the evidence of your spiritual maturity in your life. So I hope you'll come back and see us next week as we begin to unpack these." [00:09:14] (18 seconds)
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"And even with, you know, you talk about development and growth, and you're not the same as you were when you were five, but I think about raising children, and when they're newborns, you know, they really only do a couple of things, right? eat, sleep, and then they do one other thing. Pillow diaper, yes. That's right. And so, but as they then grow, they go from that milk into solid food, and then to, you know, I can remember, everybody kind of talks about the kids want to go to McDonald's and get a Happy Meal, right?" [00:02:30] (30 seconds)
"you know, first getting started, but you know, the Bible talks specifically about beginning your walk on the pure milk of the word. That's what Peter said in first Peter chapter two. And then you see other passages of scripture that talk about going from milk to solid food. So there's a, there's a significant part of our life that says that I can't stay where I'm at. It's not just a magic pill to come to Christ." [00:03:06] (25 seconds)
"I don't necessarily have a green thumb. But, you know, if you're planting a garden or you're planting fruit trees, you don't just get fruit right after you plant them because the roots need to be established. They need to be able to take on nutrients. But then even if they're able to do that, the tree has to in and of itself develop enough." [00:04:13] (27 seconds)
"in ministry, serving in ministry, he walked beside me and I could call him and say, hey man, I got this going on. And he would say, well, you know, here's what the word of God says. And let me encourage you. I've been through this too. And that's an amazing thing to be able to say that you've got somebody. That's what the church does." [00:07:40] (18 seconds)
"That's what we're together for. Exactly. That's the whole purpose of the community. Yeah, absolutely. So over the next probably seven weeks, Scott, you and I are just going to take a few minutes and unpack what does. What is the evidence that we're becoming more spiritually mature look like? How do we know? Yes." [00:07:53] (20 seconds)
"That's always one of our questions, right? Is how do I know I'm becoming more spiritually mature? Because age doesn't define it, does it? Absolutely. So I hope you'll come back and join us. As we just begin to talk about the evidences of what it looks like." [00:08:18] (57 seconds)
"to be spiritually mature, and that will give you some things that you can look into your own life and say, do I see these things in my life? Maybe you'll see some things that you might want to increase the fruitfulness of the evidence of your spiritual maturity in your life. So I hope you'll come back and see us next week as we begin to unpack these." [00:09:14] (18 seconds)
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