Growing in Grace Through Spiritual Maturity

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Growing in Grace ThroughSpiritual Maturity

• As we study this lesson truly believe that with
  Gods help you can be ALL that God wants you to
  be.

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Psalm 13914

• I will praise You, for I am
  fearfully and wonderfully made
  Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows
  very well.
• We are made by God. We should dare to live as He
  would have us live!

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Psalm 11973

• Your hands have made me and fashioned me Give
  me understanding, that I may learn
  Your commandments. 74 Those who fear You will be
  glad when they see me, Because I have hoped in
  Your word.

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The Example of Jesus

• Grew in Stature, Wisdom and Grace
• Luke 252

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Luke 252

• And Jesus increased in wisdom
  and stature, and in favor with God
  and men.

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The Example of Jesus

• Grew in Stature, Wisdom and Grace
• Luke 252
• Learned Obedience
• Hebrews 58 Philippians 28-11

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Hebrews 58

• Though He was a Son, yet He
  learned obedience by the things
  which He suffered.

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Philippians 28-11

• And being found in appearance as
  a man, He humbled Himself and
  became obedient to the point of death, even the
  death of the cross. 9 Therefore God also has
  highly exalted Him and given Him the name which
  is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus
  every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of
  those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11
  and that every tongue should confess that Jesus
  Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

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The Example of Jesus

• Grew in Stature, Wisdom and Grace
• Luke 252
• Learned Obedience
• Hebrews 58 Philippians 28-11
• Came to Do Gods Will
• John 434 Hebrews 109-10

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John 434

• Jesus said to them, "My food is
  to do the will of Him who sent Me,
  and to finish His work.

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Hebrews 109-10

• Then He said, "Behold, I have
  come to do Your will, O God." He
  takes away the first that He may establish the
  second. 10 By that will we have been sanctified
  through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ
  once for all.

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The Example of Jesus

• Grew in Stature, Wisdom and Grace
• Luke 252
• Learned Obedience
• Hebrews 58 Philippians 28-11
• Came to Do Gods Will
• John 434 Hebrews 109-10
• Sinless life A Perfect Example
• 1 Peter 221-24

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1 Peter 221-24

• For to this you were called, because
  Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an
  example, that you should follow His steps 22
  "Who committed no sin, Nor was deceit found in
  His mouth" 23 who, when He was reviled, did not
  revile in return when He suffered, He did not
  threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges
  righteously 24 who Himself bore our sins in His
  own body on the tree, that we, having died to
  sins, might live for righteousness--by whose
  stripes you were healed.

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Growing as a Christian

• Add to the Christian Character
• 2 Peter 11-11 Read (Motivation growth)

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Growing as a Christian

• Add to the Christian Character
• 2 Peter 11-11 Read (Motivation growth)
• Live so as to Shine
• Matthew 514-16

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Matthew 514-16

• You are the light of the world.
  A city that is set on a hill cannot
  be hidden. 15 Nor do they light a lamp and
  put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it
  gives light to all who are in the house. 16 Let
  your light so shine before men, that they may see
  your good works and glorify your Father in
  heaven.

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Growing as a Christian

• Add to the Christian Character
• 2 Peter 11-11 Read (Motivation growth)
• Live so as to Shine
• Matthew 514-16
• Live to be an Example to Others
• 1 Timothy 412-13

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1 Timothy 412-13

• Let no one despise your youth, but
  be an example to the believers in
  word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith,
  in purity. 13 Till I come, give attention to
  reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
• Word, conduct, love, spirit, faith and purity are
  all areas where we are to be characteristically
  righteous in our walk.

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Exemplify Christ in

• Speech
• Ecclesiastes 56 Colossians 46

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Ecclesiastes 56

• Do not let your mouth cause your
  flesh to sin, nor say before
  the messenger of God that it was an error. Why
  should God be angry at your excuse and destroy
  the work of your hands?

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Colossians 46

• Let your speech always be
  with grace, seasoned with salt,
  that you may know how you ought to answer
  each one.

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Exemplify Christ in

• Speech
• Ecclesiastes 56 Colossians 46
• Life
• Ephesians 41-3 Colossians 110

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Ephesians 41-3

• I, therefore, the prisoner of the
  Lord, beseech you to walk worthy
  of the calling with which you were called, 2 with
  all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering,
  bearing with one another in love, 3 endeavoring
  to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of
  peace.

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Colossians 110

• That you may walk worthy of
  the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being
  fruitful in every good work and increasing in the
  knowledge of God.

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Exemplify Christ in

• Speech
• Ecclesiastes 56 Colossians 46
• Life
• Ephesians 41-3 Colossians 110
• Love
• 1 John 420 Ephesians 42

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1 John 420

• If someone says, I love God,
  and hates his brother, he is a liar
  for he who does not love his brother whom he
  has seen, how can he love God whom he has not
  seen?

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Ephesians 41-3

• I, therefore, the prisoner of the
  Lord, beseech you to walk worthy
  of the calling with which you were called, 2 with
  all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering,
  bearing with one another in love, 3 endeavoring
  to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of
  peace.

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Exemplify Christ in

• Speech
• Ecclesiastes 56 Colossians 46
• Life
• Ephesians 41-3 Colossians 110
• Love
• 1 John 420 Ephesians 41-3
• Faith
• Hebrews 116, 35-40

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Hebrews 116

• But without faith it is
  impossible to please Him, for he
  who comes to God must believe that He is, and
  that He is a rewarder of those who diligently
  seek Him.

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Hebrews 1135-40

• Women received their dead raised
  to life again. And others were
  tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they
  might obtain a better resurrection. 36 Still
  others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes,
  and of chains and imprisonment. 37 They were
  stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, were
  slain with the sword

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Hebrews 1135-40

• They wandered about in sheepskins
  and goatskins, being destitute,
  afflicted, tormented-- 38 of whom the world was
  not worthy. They wandered in deserts and
  mountains, in dens and caves of the earth. 39 And
  all these, having obtained a good testimony
  through faith, did not receive the promise, 40
  God having provided something better for us, that
  they should not be made perfect apart from us.

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Exemplify Christ in

• Speech
• Ecclesiastes 56 Colossians 46
• Life
• Ephesians 41-3 Colossians 110
• Love
• 1 John 420 Ephesians 42
• Faith
• Hebrews 116, 35-40
• Purity
• Titus 26-8 2 Corinthians 61-10

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Titus 26-8

• Likewise exhort the young men to
  be sober-minded, 7 in all things showing
  yourself to be a pattern of good works in
  doctrine showing integrity, reverence,
  incorruptibility, 8 sound speech that cannot be
  condemned, that one who is an opponent may be
  ashamed, having nothing evil to say of you.

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2 Corinthians 64-10, esp. vs. 6

• (4), But in all things we commend ourselves as
  ministers of God (6) by purity, by knowledge,
  by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy
  Spirit, by sincere love.

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ConclusionLive a life of Sobriety Purity

• Pay attention to yourself!! Be good! Do
  good! Share! Be Generous! Make your foundation
  a good one for the future! Take hold of that
  which IS life indeed! Do all of this in LOVE!