Preaching the Gospel in Faithful Fellowship
Sermons on Christian Maturity (Page 2)
Are we caught up in the affairs of life or the affairs of Christ? Are we taking steps to draw nigh to Christ? In James 4:7-10 we’re exhorted to be close to Christ and seek Him out so that we can enjoy our relationship with our Savior!
Faith is something we all have. But faith placed in the right things isn’t guaranteed. As a believer, our faith must be placed in Christ for salvation, and our faith show be growing as we see God at work. Peter gives us a clear list in 2 Peter 1:3-11 of how our faith must then…
As we consider missions and the importance of them, we must consider the need for spiritual meat to go forth that others may grow spiritually. This is what Paul challenged the Corinthians to in 1 Corinthians 3:1-8 – that they grow in spiritual matters and become mature!
Praising the Lord is something we need to do more of as Christians today. Psalm 146 provides us with ample reason for why to praise God as the basics, but as we grow and mature as Christians, we should be praising God more and more! Let us encourage one another to praise God more with…
Are you filling your daily need for nourishment from the Word of God and through prayer, or do you find yourself feeling kind of parched? In Jeremiah 17:5-10 we see that God wants us to be planted in the Word, nourished through our relationship with Him. Are you planted or parched today?
My best is never as good as what God has in mind. That became clear as Gideon was told to go down to only 300 men to fight the Midianites in Judges 7:13-23 – but when Gideon did as God told him to do, he didn’t even have to lift a sword to defeat the…
My best wants to rely on my self and those around me, yet God wants better when He can show the world who He is in impossible situations. Gideon faced a similar lesson in Judges 7:1-8 where God had to teach him to rely upon the power of God to win the victory. What crutch…
In 1 Samuel 16 & 17, we see the account of Saul sinning against God and David’s promotion from Shepherd to giant killer. As God prepared David to be king, we see that He used many events in David’s time as shepherd to prepare him for the encounter with the David, by growing his faith…