GROWING IN CHRIST HEBREWS 5:116:20

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GROWING IN CHRISTHEBREWS 511-620

• CENTRAL TRUTH
• GROWTH, SERVICE, AND FAITH CHARACTERIZE THE
  CHRISTIAN LIFE
• FOCUS
• TO APPRECIATE THE NEED FOR CONTINUAL SPIRITUAL
  GROWTH AND SEEK TO BECOME A MATURE CHRISTIAN
• GOLDEN TEXT
• THEREFORE LET US LEAVE THE ELEMENTARY TEACHING
  ABOUT CHRIST AND GO ON TO MATURITY

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2. STRIVE FOR MATURITY

• EXPECT GROWTH BUT NOT FULL MATURITY FROM NEW
  CHRISTIANS
• GROWTH NEEDS CARE CULTIVATING AND WATERING- (THE
  HOLY SPIRIT)
• WE NEED PATIENCE WITH NEW BABES
• AS OUR CHILDREN, THEY CRAWL, WALK , RUN AND WORK

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3.WHERE DO WE BEGIN

• IT IS GODS DESIRE THAT WE ALL STRIVE TO GROW IN
  THE GRACE AND KNOWLEDGE OF GOD
• 2 PETER 318
• JESUS IS THE EXAMPLE
• LUKE 180 AND THE CHILD (JESUS) GREW, AND WAXED
  STRONG IN THE SPIRIT.

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4. WE GROW BY EATING THE RIGHT FOOD

• WHAT DO I FEED ON DURING THE DAY
• IN HIS LAW WILL HE MEDITATE DAY AND NIGHT

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5.WE MUST GROW UP

• WE MUST FOLLOW THE DOCTRINE AS TAUGHT IN THE
  SCRIPTURES.
• THE WRITER STATES THAT THIS IS WHAT WE SHOULD DO
• BASIC BIBLE DOCTRINES IS THE FOUNDATION WE BUILD
  UPON
• JESUS TALKS ABOUT THE WISE BUILDER AND THE
  FOOLISH BUILDER

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6. HEBREWS 64-6

• LOOK WHO THE WRITER WAS TALKING TO. CONVERTED
  JEWS
• LETS LOOK AT WHAT THESE VERSES CONSIDER
• THEY WANTED TO MIX THE OLD TESTAMENT WORSHIP WITH
  FULL AND FREE SALVATION.
• IN DOING SO, THEY WERE INSULTING WHAT CHRIST HAD
  DONE THROUGH HIS DEATH.

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7.HOW CAN WE APPLY VERSES 4-6 TO BELIEVERS TODAY?

• WHEN THEY WOULD TURN THEIR BACK ON CHRIST, THEY
  WERE LIKE ITS RECORDED IN VERSE 8
• IF THE FARMER DOES NOT TAKE CARE OF THE FIELD, IT
  WILL GROW WEEDS AND BRIERS AND EVENTUALLY BE
  BURNED

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8. LABOR OF LOVE HEBREWS 69,10

• THE WRITER HAD HOPE FOR THOSE HE WAS WRITING TO
• HE AS MUCH AS SAYS, THOUGH I GIVE YOU WARNING, I
  HAVE CONFIDENCE IN YOU
• GOD WILL NOT FORGET YOUR LABOR OF LOVE AND WHAT
  YOU HAVE DONE IN THE NAME OF CHRIST

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9. GOD IS A GOOD BOOK KEEPER- REVELATION 2012

• WHEN WE SHOW KINDNESS TO OTHERS, HE KNOWS
• WHEN WE WITNESS FOR HIM HE REMEMBERS
• EVEN A CUP OF WATER WILL BE REMEMBERED
• HOW WE TREAT SOMEONE WHO HAS LESS THAN WE DO,
• HE REMEBERS

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10. HOW TO MAKE SURE

• THOUGH WE ARE SAVED BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH, WE
  MUST KEEP ACTIVELY SERVING HIM
• WE MUST NEVER LET UP
• KEEP ON CLIMBING
• WE ARE URGED TO CONTINUE TO GROW IN GRACE A
  KNOWLEDGE

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11. HEBREWS 611,12

• THE WRITERS DESIRE
• 1. BE NOT SLOTHFUL ( CARELESS)
• HEBREWS 21 TAKE HEED LEST THE THING WE HAVE
  LEARNED SLIP FROM US.
• 2. FOLLOW GOOD EXAMPLES
• 3. HAVE PATIENCE

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12. HOPE IN CHRIST

• MY HOPE IS BUILT ON NOTHING LESS, THAN JESUS
  BLOOD AND RIGHTEOUSNESS.
• OUR ONLY SURE HOPE IS IN JESUS
• LOOK AT ABRAHAM
• HE LOOKED FOR A CITY WHICH HAS FOUNDATIONS,
  WHOSE BUILDER AND MAKER IS GOD HEB 1110

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13. HEBREWS 619

• OUR ANCHOR
• IT IS SURE AND STEADFAST
• THE ANCHOR IS WITHIN OR BEHIND THE VEIL.
• THE VERY PRESENCE OF GOD
• WE ARE SAFE AND SECURE IN HIM.

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14.LIFE RESPONSE

• WHEN WE ARE BORN AGAIN, WE BEGIN TO GROW
• WE BEGIN TO LEARN THE ABCs OF FAITH
• WE LEARN TO WALK IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF OUR LORD
• WE LEARN TO READ THE WORD AND THE WORLD WITH NEW
  EYES TO FOLLOW JESUS, WE NEED TO KEEP LEARNING,
  KEEP SERVING AND KEEP TRUSTING

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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

• A WISE OLD OWL SAT ON AN OAK
• THE MORE HE SAW, THE LESS HE SPOKE
• THE LESS HE SPOKE, THE MORE HE HEARD-
• WHY ARENT WE LIKE THAT WISE OLD BIRD?

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What part of Quiet didnt you understand