31/07/2017
Sunday 31 July
Ps V Dinga
CHURCH GROWTH
Sub title: The spiritual growth of a Christian
1. Know your identity in Christ.
2. Know the word of God
3. Know the Holy Spirit
*five reasons why knowing the WORD of God is important :
1. Source of spiritual growth 1 Peter 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
2. Source of faith Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
* faith is a lifestyle...
3. Makes prayers effective. John 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
4. Gives us an inheritance Acts 20:32 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
* you have not worked for it...
1 Corinthians 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
2 Peter 1:2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, 1:3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all thx ings that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
5. Eliminates ignorance Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.