Hindrances to Spiritual Growth

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Hindrances to Spiritual Growth
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Hindrances to Spiritual Growth

• Dullness of Hearing, Lk. 810 Matt. 1315
• Dull Thick, fat, callous
• Hearing Give audience, attend to
• Closed mind, Lk. 85, 12
• Unbelief, Jno. 660-66
• Hard heart, Heb. 37-8

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Hindrances to Spiritual Growth

• Lack of endurance, Lk. 813
• Joyful, but shallow faith
• Emotional mind - Fails to count the cost of
  following Jesus, Lk. 1427-33
• Endure to the end to be saved, Matt. 2413 (Heb.
  121)

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Hindrances to Spiritual Growth

• Prevalence of lawlessness, Matt. 2412
• Grows destroys, 2 Tim. 216-17 313
• Association with world affects growth, 1 Cor.
  1533-34
• Sins deception chokes out the word of God, Lk.
  814 (Mk. 418-19)
• Wandering mind without focus
• Escape temptation! 1 Cor. 1013

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Hindrances to Spiritual Growth

• Commands/doctrines of men, Col. 218-23
• Growth comes from holding fast to Christ
• When we submit to mens doctrines we replace
• Christ (head) with man
• Imperishable truth with perishable things
• Kingdom of heaven with the world
• Potent truth with impotent error
• Nutrition with junk food (Gal. 16-9)
• Valuable with counterfeit (Col. 223)

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Hindrances to Spiritual Growth

• Spiritual fatigue, Gal. 69 2 Ths. 313
• Lose heart Faint, exhausteddespondent,
  unresponsive
• Will reap in due season
• Labor in Christ is not in vain, 1 Cor. 1558
• Continue to do good, Gal. 69-10
• Be patient wait on the Lord, Jas. 57-9

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Hindrances to Spiritual Growth

• Forgetfulness
• Past blessings, 2 Pet. 19
• Present privileges responsibilities, 2 Pet.
  13-4 Heb. 1316
• Future reward, 2 Pet. 110-11

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Hindrances to Spiritual Growth

• Neglect, 1 Pet. 22
• Stop craving truth
• Stop learning, assembling, praying, living
• Abide in Christ, bear fruit, Jno. 151-6
• Honest, renewed heart holds fast to the word of
  God, Lk. 815
• Apathy will cause many to be lost (Rom. 1211)

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Hindrances to Spiritual Growth

• Stumbling blocks laid by others, Matt.
  186-10
• Treatment of others can help or hinder someones
  growth (Gal. 61-2)
• Words deeds (Prov. 151-2, 28 1 Cor. 922
  89-13)
• Regardless of others, we must remain faithful to
  Christ (Josh. 2415)

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Spiritual Growth(Eph. 314-19)

• Strength in Christ when we live by faith
• Spiritual growth is not
• Miraculous, accidental or automatic
• Result of taking personal responsibility
  refusing to be hindered (Eph. 610)