Transcript of 2015 National Training NT 1505 2015 National Training NT 1505.
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- 2015 National Training NT 1505 2015 National Training NT
1505
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- INTRODUCTION 28 And we know that god causes everything to work
together for the good of those who love love god and are called
according to his purpose for them. 29 For god knew his people in
advance and he chose them to become like his son, so that his son
would be the firstborn, with many brothers and sisters. ROM 8:28-29
NLT. THERE IS A DIVINE PURPOSE FOR YOUR SALVATION. HE CHOSE (SAVED)
YOU TO GROW AND BECOME LIKE HIS SON JESUS.
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- THE DIVINE PURPOSE. God deeply desires that his children will
grow from infancy to Spiritual Maturity, fully resembling Christ
who is the express image of the invisible god and the first born
among many brothers and sisters. Col 1:15, Rom 8:29, Eph 4:13. If
you are born again and you are not growing into becoming like Him
in all things, then you are living contrary to his purpose and will
remain immature and unprofitable to god.
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- EVIDENCE OF SPIRITUAL IMMATURITY SPIRITUAL IMMATURITY MANIFESTS
IN DIVERSE WAYS. INABILITY TO PERSEVERE James 1:4 FOCUS ON TEMPORAL
(MATERIAL) THINGS 2Cor.4:18 CHILDISHNESS & INSTABILITY Eph. 4:
14 DULNESS IN HEARING Heb. 5:11 CARNALITY (WORLDLINESS) 1Cor. 3:
1-4 MANIFESTATION OF THE WORKS OF THE FLESH Gal 5:19-21
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- WHY MUST I GROW SPIRITUALLY? An immature child is not better
than a slave even though he is an heir. He has to be perpetually
subjected to tutors and guardians. Gal 4:1-2. A spiritual dwarf
cannot be entrusted with deep things of the spirit.1cor. 2:6 Lack
of growth brings sorrow to any parent: Physical maturity is not
equivalent to Spiriiual maturity. Growth is a major characteristic
of living things and is not optional. Gods purpose for the earth
suffers damage when handled by immature hands. Gen 1: 26-28.
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- THE END POINT OF OUR GROWTH 1. GOD CREATED MAN IN HIS OWN IMAGE
TO FULFIL HIS PURPOSE on the earth, but the image was lost with the
fall of man and now again revealed in Jesus Christ. Gen. 1: 26-28;
6:5; Col. 1:15; Heb. 1:1-3. 3 IMPORTANT FACTS. 2. GOD DESIRES THAT
ALL HIS CHILDREN WILL GROW in conformity to his image (like father
like son): TO BECOME LIKE JESUS IN LIFE AND PURPOSE and constitute
a big divine family establishing his will on the earth. Rom. 8:29;
JOHN 20:21. 3. Being born again is not an end in itself but the
beginning of a growth process that ends in mature Christlikeness.
Eph. 4:13,15.
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- THE DIVINE PATTERN AND STANDARD OF OUR GROWTH. JESUS CHRIST IS
GODS APPROVED DESIGN AND STANDARD MEASUREMENT OF CHRISTIAN
MATURITY. NO OTHER MAN LIVING OR DEAD HAS BEEN SO DESIGNATED.
EPHESIANS 4:13 KJV 13 TILL WE ALL COME IN THE UNITY OF THE FAITH,
AND OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SON OF GOD, UNTO A PERFECT MAN, UNTO:
THE MEASURE OF THE STATURE OF THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST.
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- ARE YOU FIRMLY GROUNDED IN THIS BASIC FOUNDATION OF THE
ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF CHRIST OR YOU MERELY JUMPED UNTO ADVANCED
LEVEL? WITHOUT A CORRECT FOUNDATION, WHAT YOU ARE BUILDING WILL
SUFFER STRUCTURAL DEFECTS AND COLLAPSE IN TIME TO COME. MATT
7:24-27 1. REPENTANCE FROM DEAD WORKS 6. ETERNAL JUDGEMENT.. 4.
LAYING ON OF HANDS 3.DOCTRINE OF BAPTISMS 5.RESSURECTION OF THE
DEAD. 2. FAITH TOWARDS GOD Heb: 6:1 Therefore, leaving the
principles of the doctrine of christ, let us go on unto
perfection.
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- PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR GROWTH. SPIRITUAL GROWTH IS NOT
HAPHAZARD BUT IS A SYSTEMATIC, PROGRESSIVE AND CUMMULATIVE INCREASE
IN CHRISTLIKENESS UNTO PERFECTION. As we know Jesus better, his
divine power gives us everything we need for living a godly life.
He has called us to receive his own glory and goodness! So make
every effort to apply the benefits of these promises to your life.
Then your faith will produce a life of moral excellence. A life of
moral excellence leads to knowing God better.
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- PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR GROWTH. Knowing God leads to
self-control. Self-control leads to patient endurance, and patient
endurance leads to godliness. Godliness leads to love for other
Christians, and finally you will grow to have genuine love for
everyone. The more you grow like this, the more you will become
productive and useful in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
(2 Pet 1: 3, 5-8 NLT)
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- PATHWAY TO SPIRITUAL GROWTH THREE FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES OF GROWTH.
1. NATURE : THE INTRINSIC (BASIC) QUALITY OF LIFE
2.NURTURE:NOURISHMENT 3.FRUIT : PRODUCT OF NATURE AND NURTURE.
According to Gods ordination in Gen 1: 24-25, each living thing was
made after his kind and is to give birth according to its kind.
Every baby so born will feed according to its kind and grow unto
maturity to manifest the fruit of its kind (parents) in all things.
Matt 7: 16-20.
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- PATHWAY TO SPIRITUAL GROWTH 1.NATURE AT BIRTH 1.NATURE AT
BIRTH. YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN. JOHN 3:3-7; MATT 3:8-10;LUK 9:23;
THAT WHICH IS BORN OF THE FLESH IS FLESH AND THAT WHICH IS BORN OF
THE SPIRIT IS SPIRIT. JOHN 3:6-7. FLESH CANNOT GROW INTO SPIRIT,
NEITHER CAN IT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 1 COR 15:50. NATURAL
BIRTH IS BY THE WILL OF MAN (THE FLESH) THROUGH SEED WHICH IS
CORRUPTED RIGHT FROM CONCEPTION BUT SPIRITUAL BIRTH IS BY THE WILL
OF GOD THROUGH INCORRUPTIBLE SEED. JOHN 1:12; PSALM 51:5 IT IS ONLY
THOSE BORN OF THE SPIRIT (THROUGH INCORRUPTIBLE SEED), SEQUEL TO
THEIR BIRTH IN THE FLESH THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW IN THE
SPIRIT UNTO SPIRITUAL MATURITY. THEREFORE, GENUINE NEW BIRTH IS THE
STARTING POINT OF SPIRITUAL GROWTH AS YOU CANNOT GROW WHAT IS NOT
BORN. JOHN 1:13, 1 PET 1:23, MATT 11:28-30 Being born again, not of
corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which
liveth and abideth for ever. 1 Peter 1:23KJV
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- PATHWAY TO SPIRITUAL GROWTH 2. NURTURE 2. NURTURE YOU CANNOT
GROW THE ETERNAL (PERFECT) LIFE BY LIVING ON PERISHABLE, TEMPORAL
FOOD OF MANS WISDOM, PHILOSOPHIES, PSYCHOLOGY ETC. COL. 2:8; HEB
13:9. LACK OF CONSISTENT FEEDING ON THE WORD LEADS TO
MALNOURISHMENT SPIRITUAL KWASHIORKOR. 1TIM 4:13-16 THE WORD OF GOD
IS THE BALANCED DIET AND COMPREHENSIVE FOOD FOR GROWING THE NEW
LIFE IN CHRIST UNTO PERFECTION. 2TIM 2:15, 3:16-17 16 All scripture
is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for
reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That
the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good
works. 2 Tim 3:16-17 KJV
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- BABIES NEED MILK TO GROW BUT SOLID FOOD IS FOR THE MATURE. GOOD
APPETITE, REGULAR FEEDING AND CONSTANT MEDITATION (DIGESTION) OF
EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD (BALANCED DIET)
LEADS TO MATURITY. MATT 4:4 Like newborn babies, crave pure
spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 1
Peter 2:2-3NIV We have much to say about this, but it is hard to
explain because you are slow to learn. 12 In fact, though by this
time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the
elementary truths of God's word all over again. You need milk, not
solid food! 13 Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is
not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. 14 But solid
food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves
to distinguish good from evil. Heb 5:11-14NIV
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- PATHWAY TO SPIRITUAL GROWTH 2. NURTURE 2. NURTURE OTHER
INGREDIENTS OF GROWTH EFFECTIVE PRAYER LIFE (COMMUNION WITH GOD)
FELLOWSHIP WITH OTHER BELIEVERS 1JOHN 1:3 WITNESSING YOUR FAITH IN
CHRIST. MARK 16:20 DISCIPLESHIP (FOLLOWING AND LEARNING JESUS) MATT
4:19; 11:29; PHIL 3:17; PHIL 3:8-13. LIVING BY THE SPIRIT. GAL
5:25; LUKE 24:49; ACTS 1:5,8; 1 COR.12: 4-11. And they continued
steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in
breaking of bread, and in prayers. Acts 2:42KJV
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- PATHWAY TO SPIRITUAL GROWTH 2. NURTURE SPIRITUAL EXERCISES
FAITH MANIFESTED IN PROMPT AND COMPLETE OBEDIENCE IS THE SPIRITUAL
EXERCISE NEEDED TO GROW SPIRITUAL MUSCLES. HEB 11: 1-2. ACCORDING
TO COL 1:22-23. YOU WILL BECOME PERFECT IN THE SIGHT OF CHRIST IF:
1. YOU CONTINUE IN THE FAITH 2.YOU ARE GROUNDED IN HIM 3.YOU ARE
SETTLED IN HIM 4. YOU ARE NOT MOVED AWAY FROM THE HOPE OF THE
GOSPEL. FOLLOWING JESUS DAILY IN HIS STEPS KEEPS YOU FIT AND DRIVES
YOU AHEAD PURPOSEFULLY TILL YOU BECOME EXACLY LIKE HIM. 1 PET
2:21
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- PATHWAY TO SPIRITUAL GROWTH 2. NURTURE PRACTICAL FOLLOWING
CONDITIONS FOR FOLLOWING JESUS LUKE 9:23, LUKE 14:26-27, 33 DENY
SELF TAKE UP YOUR CROSS DAILY FOLLOW HIM CLOSELY. PRACTICAL
FOLLOWING IN HIS STEPS (WHAT JESUS DID) JOHN 14:12 IN HIS WORD JOHN
8:31; 15:10 IN THE EXAMPLE OF GODLY MEN (DISCIPLERS) 1COR 11:1,
PHIL 3:17 IN THE TEACHINGS OF GODLY MEN ACTS 2:42; 2TIM 3:14 BY THE
LEADING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ROM 8:14; JOHN 16:14.
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- PATHWAY TO SPIRITUAL GROWTH 2. NURTURE WHAT WILL I LOOK LIKE?
LOOKING AT JESUS (HIS LIFE) HIS PURPOSE/PASSION JOHN 4:34, MATT
4:19; LUKE 4:18 HIS COMMITMENT JOHN 9:4 HIS PRAYER LIFE MARK 1:35,
LUKE 6:12 HIS SERVICE LUKE 22:24-27 HIS SUFFERINGS 1PET 2:21, HEB
5:8 HIS TEMPTATIONS HEB 4:15 HIS LOVE AND COMPASSION MATT 9:36,
LUKE 7:13-14 HIS ATTITUDE PHIL 2:5-8 HUMILITY OBEDIENCE MATERIAL
THINGS LUKE 12:15; MATT 8:20. HIS MIND SET HEB 10:5-7; MATT 26:42.
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. 2 Cor 3:18 KJV
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- EVIDENCE OF SPIRITUAL GROWTH 3. FRUIT Either make the tree
good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his
fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. Matt 12:33 KJV
These are not individual fruits but observable innate qualities of
one fruit produced through intimate fellowship with the Holy
Spirit. These qualities must all be present concurrently for it to
be recognizable as a fruit produced by the Spirit. If just one of
these qualities is missing, then the fruit is not borne of the
Spirit, it must be a different specie of fruit. But the fruit of
the Spirit (Perfection) is love, joy, peace, longsuffering,
gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such
there is no law (It is Perfect).
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- BENEFITS OF SPIRITUAL GROWTH. FRUIT - ULTIMATE EVIDENCE OF
SPIRITUAL MATURITY. 3. FRUIT - ULTIMATE EVIDENCE OF SPIRITUAL
MATURITY. MATURITY IN CHRIST RESULTS IN THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS:
PEACE AND REST IN THE MIDST OF STORMS. JOHN 14:27; MATT 11:28- 29;
2COR 13:11 NLT. SPIRITUAL EQUIPMENT FOR SERVICE AND STABILTY EPH
4:11-14. SHARING IN HIS DIVINE NATURE AND GLORY 2PET 1:3-4 ;ROM
8:17 MATURE HANDLING OF THE WORD OF GOD 2 TM 2:15. GUARANTEE OF
FULL INHERITANCE EPH 1:11; 1 PET 3:3-4. POSESSION OF ETERNAL LIFE.
REV 2:7; 1 JOHN 5:11 FRUITFULNESS IS THE EVIDENCE OF SPIRITUAL
MATURITY. CHRIST CONTROLS AND LIVES HIS RIGHTEOUS, HOLY, PERFECT
AND POWERFUL LIFE IN YOU. COL 1:27. JOHN 15:2,5.
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- ARE YOU GROWING UNTO SPIRITUAL MATURITY ARE YOU GROWING UNTO
SPIRITUAL MATURITY?
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- LET US PRAY LET US PRAY!!! I HAVE DECIDED TO FOLLOW JESUS; NO
TURNING BACK, NO TURNING BACK. ASK YOUR NEIGHBOR WILL YOU DECIDE
NOW; TO FOLLOW JESUS? WILL YOU DECIDE NOW, TO FOLLOW JESUS? NO
TURNING BACK, NO TURNING BACK.