Essay: The keys to spiritual growth and Christian maturity
The mustard seed is a small seed that grows into a beautiful tree.
"Because of the littleness of your faith; for truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you." - Jesus Christ
The Keys to spiritual growth and Christian maturity
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Christianity.com on the importance of spiritual maturity:
| “ | Spiritual maturity is something that should be a priority for every Christian. It’s important in our lives for how we serve God, interact with other people, and take care of our families.
Many people claim to be Christians, but there is a difference between being a fan of Jesus and a follower of Jesus. Our spiritual maturity can define what side of the fence we are on. To be a follower of Jesus is to deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow him. “Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: ‘Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me’” (Mark 8:34).[1] |
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Articles on spiritual growth
- 10 Keys to Spiritual Growth, Towerview Baptist Church
- 7 Keys To Spiritual Growth, Unlocking Scripture website
- Keys to spiritual growth, Ligonier Ministries
Importance of spiritual maturity and the keys to spiritual maturity
Bible verses relating to spiritual growth and Christian maturity
Between 5 to 7 billion Bibles have been published.
"His divine power has given us everything needed for life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and excellence Thus he has given us, through these things, his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of lust and may become participants of the divine nature. For this very reason, you must make every effort to support your faith with excellence, and excellence with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with endurance, and endurance with godliness, and godliness with mutual affection, and mutual affection with love. For if these things are yours and are increasing among you, they keep you from being ineffective and unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For anyone who lacks these things is blind, suffering from eye disease, forgetful of the cleansing of past sins. Therefore, brothers and sisters, be all the more eager to confirm your call and election, for if you do this, you will never stumble. For in this way, entry into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly provided for you." - 1 Peter 1:3-11 (NRSV)
"Therefore, beloved, while you are waiting for these things, strive to be found by him at peace, without spot or blemish, and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation. So also our beloved brother Paul wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, speaking of this as he does in all his letters. There are some things in them hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other scriptures. You therefore, beloved, since you are forewarned, beware that you are not carried away with the error of the lawless and lose your own stability. But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen." - 2 Peter 3: 14-18 (NRSV)
"Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind, so that you may discern what is the will of God — what is good and acceptable and perfect. For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. For as in one body we have many members and not all the members have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another. We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us: prophecy, in proportion to faith; ministry, in ministering; the teacher, in teaching; the encourager, in encouragement; the giver, in sincerity; the leader, in diligence; the compassionate, in cheerfulness." - Romans 12: 4-8, NRSV
Lists of Bible verses on spiritual growth and Christian maturity
Books
- The Complete Book of Discipleship: On Being and Making Followers of Christ by Bill Hull. NavPress; Annotated edition (November 6, 2006)
- The Pursuit of Holiness by Jerry Bridges. NavPress; Enlarged edition (November 3, 2016)
- The Practice of Godliness by Jerry Bridges. NavPress (June 1, 2016)
References
- ↑ Is Spiritual Maturity Important?, Christianity.com
- ↑ The Bible is the best selling book of all time, Guinness Book of Word Record
