“You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way. But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it.”
~ Matthew 7:13-14
Gifts have to do with service, but maturity has to do with Christ’s character/fruit of the Spirit.
God will use even the immature, because there is so much work to be done that if He has to wait for us to grow up, the work will suffer.
Love is the fruit of the Spirit.
Wisdom is inseparable from the fear of God.
Love for God must be balanced with a fear of Him.
David’s love for God did not keep him from sinning with Bathsheba, but his fear of the Lord restored him.
Christian maturity is not determined by how much of God's Word one knows, but by a godly character.
God's Word is intended to transform us, nor to merely inform us.
If forced to choose, an uneducated, but holy man of God, is better than to be a highly educated son of hell.
Unbelievers will tremble at His coming.
Believers will rejoice at His coming- it is our blessed hope.
Maturing is the process of coming out of the dark into the light.
The opposite of not growing in Christian maturity is not a standstill. It is backsliding.
The ultimate goal of Christian maturity is full Christlikeness.
There’s no stagnation in the spirit… you are either growing or you are regressing.
When did you last give up a behavior that is not necessarily sinful, but simply immature?
Some things in life are meant to be temporary. It is not wise to make them permanent.
Wisdom is directed by the heart. Foolishness is not a matter of the intellect but of the heart.
Never forget the power of a strong prayer life.
Practice to tailor your approach and how you might witness to different individuals and in different situations.
Learn to overcome obstacles to frequent questions and objections that arise when sharing your faith.
