Stages of Christian Growth
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1
Corinthians 3:18-19 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you
seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be
wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is
written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
Enemy
of God
James
4:4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of
the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of
the world is the enemy of God.
Slave
to Sin
Romans
6:20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from
righteousness. {from...: Gr. to righteousness}
Declared
condemned
John
3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned:
but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not
believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Salvation
found in no one else
Acts
4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other
name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Many
believe…
James
2:19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils
also believe, and tremble.
…not
with the Saving Faith
Hebrews
11:6 But without faith it is impossible
to please him: for he that
cometh to God must believe that he is, and that
he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
…but
in the wisdom of men
1
Corinthians 2:5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but
in the power of God. {stand: Gr. be}
…and not in God’s Word
John
5:47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall
ye believe my words?
…even if God Himself would come down.
John
6:36 But I said unto you, That ye also have seen
me, and believe not.
When
the Father enables...
John
6:37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to
me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
John
6:65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you,
that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my
Father.
...the
message is sent, and faith comes by hearing
Romans
10:17 So then faith cometh by
hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
...to
be enlightened by God
Ephesians
1:18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know
what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his
inheritance in the saints,
...
and lead to repentance
2
Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count
slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should
perish, but that all should come to repentance.
...
in-dwelt by God
1
John 4:15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God
dwelleth in him, and he in God.
...to
have eternal life
1
John 5:12 He that hath the Son hath life; and
he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
...and
overcome the world;
1
John 4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because
greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
...he
becomes a new creation
2
Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be
in Christ, he is a new
creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
{he is: or, let him be}
...justified
and at peace with God
Romans
5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our
Lord Jesus Christ:
...
washed and sanctified (set apart)
1
Corinthians 6:11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are
sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the
Spirit of our God.
...through
the Word;
Ephesians
5:25-26 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church,
and gave himself for it; That
he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
....and
given an inward testimony
1
John 5:6 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it
is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
...of
the Spirit
Galatians
4:6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son
into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Once reconciled
with God
Romans 5:10 For if, when we were enemies, we were
reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we
shall be saved by his life.
…the Saving Faith leads the saved to do
good works
James 2:24 Ye see then how that
by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
…he is declared dead to sin
Ephesians 2:5 Even when we were
dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are
saved;) {by...: or, by whose grace}
…where the body is “dead”
Romans 8:10 And if Christ be
in you, the body is dead
because of sin; but the Spirit is life
because of righteousness.
…he therefore abstains from sin
Romans 6:1 What shall we say
then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
…because he was freed to serve God
Romans 7:6 But now we are
delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we
should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. {that being...: or, being dead to
that}
…the Spirit testifies
Romans 8:16
The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the
children of God:
…united
with his family
Hebrews 10:25 Not forsaking the
assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but
exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day
approaching.
…to declare upon the world
Matthew 28:19-20 Go
ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: {teach...: or, make
disciples, or, Christians of all nations}
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and,
lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.
Sanctification is a
process
1
Thessalonians 5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I
pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless
unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
...in
the hand of God
Hebrews
9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal
Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from
dead works to serve the living God? {spot: or, fault}
...it
is available by grace
1
John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our
sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
...through
the Spirit
of God
1
Peter 1:22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through
the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see
that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
…from glory to glory
2
Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the
glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even
as by the Spirit of the Lord. {by the...: or, of the Lord the Spirit}
...but
if you fall you stand up like the Prodigal Son
(Luke
15:11-32)
...do
not abuse the grace
Hebrews
6:4-7 For it is impossible for
those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and
were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of
God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to
renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the
Son of God afresh, and put him to
an open shame.
...for
its effect
Matthew
12:45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven
other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there:
and the last state of that man
is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked
generation.
...and
its consequence
Hebrews
10:29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought
worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the
blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and
hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
In
heaven
Philippians
3:20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the
Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: {conversation...: or, we live or conduct
ourselves as citizens of heaven, or, for obtaining heaven}
Philippians
1:21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
…either by death
1
Thessalonians 4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even
so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
…or by rapture
1
Thessalonians 4:15-18
For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which
are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not
prevent them which are asleep. {prevent: or, come before, or,
anticipate, or, precede} For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven
with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of
God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and
remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet
the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore
comfort one another with these words. {comfort: or, exhort}
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