Maturity

CHRISTIAN MATURITY

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DEFINITION OF CHRISTIAN MATURITY

• Christian Maturity is Stable Christlikeness- in

Character, Doctrine, Ministry Fruitfulness

and Passion for God

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• Christ in you, the hope of glory, Col. 1:27

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• Not tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine, Eph. 4:14;

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• Presenting every man perfect in Christ, Col. 1:28;

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• Be imitators of me as I am of Christ, 1 Cor. 11:1

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When we see Jesus, we shall be like him: 1 John.3:2

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IMPORTANCE OF CHRISTIAN MATURITY

FULFILLING GOD’S CALL UPON YOUR LIFE –

2nd Tim 4:7

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FRUITFULNESS IS FOR THE MATURE AND ADULT

Heb 5:14

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DOCTRINAL STABILITY MEANS SOLID FOOD

Heb 5:14

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IMPORTANCE OF CHRISTIAN MATURITYCHARACTER WORTH IMITATING – 1st Cori 11:1

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FULL INHERITANCE AS GOD’S HEIR – Gal 4:1-2

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HELPING/MINISTRY TO OTHERS – Luke 10:40

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FIT FOR LEADERSHIP AT HOME AND ABROAD Gen 18:17-19

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FULLNESS OF STATURE OF CHRIST – Eph 4: 13

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CONTENTS

1. DOCTRINAL MATURITY-MAJOR BIBLE DOCTRINES

2. MATURITY IN CHRISTLIKE CHARACTER

3. FAMILY LIFE & LEADERSHIP ISSUES

4. MATURITY IN MINISTRY FRUITFULNESS

5. FULFILLING GOD’S CALL UPON YOUR LIFE

6. MATURITY IN DOING GOD’S WILL & INTIMACY WITH GOD

7. PERFECTION IN CHRISTLIKENESS

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1. Doctrinal Maturity makes for

stability in the faith

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1. DOCTRINAL MATURITY: MAJOR BIBLE

DOCTRINES, CULTS, APOLOGETICS

• Bibliology-doctrine Of Bible

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Theology-doctrine Of God

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• Christology-doctrine Of Christ

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• Pneumatology-doctrine Of Holy Spirit

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• Anthropology-doctrine Of Man

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• Hamartiology-doctrine Of Sin

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• Soteriology-doctrine Of Salvation

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• Ecclesiology-doctrine Of Church

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• Angelology-doctrine Of Angels, Demons, Satan

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Eschatology-doctrine Of Last Things

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2. Character is what you are

when no one is looking

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• PURITY • RIGHTEOUSNESS

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1st Peer 2:22


• HOLINESS • ZEAL FOR GOD

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Romans 6:19


• HUMILITY • PATIENT ENDURANCE –2nd Tim 2:3

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Phil 2:5-7


• OBEDIENCE UNTO DEATH – Heb 5:8

• COMPASSION –Mark 5:19

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• MEEKNESS – Matt 5:5 • WISDOM – Col 2:3

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• GUILELESSNESS –1st Peter 2:21-22

• FAVOR WITH GOD –Luke 2:52

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• FAITHFULNESS AS SON – Heb 3:1-2

• FAVOR WITH MEN –Luke 2:52

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• BOLDNESS/COURAGE • TEMPTED IN EVERY WAY WITHOUT SIN

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• LOVE – Rom 5:8 • PRAYERFUL – Luke 6:12

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• LONGSUFFERING – Gal 5:22

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3. Spiritual Leadership Begins At

Home

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3. FAMILY LIFE & LEADERSHIP AT HOME AND ABROAD

• Christian Leadership: Definition and Importance

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• Leadership in Family Life, Church, Workplace,

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• Darksides, Dangers and Pitfalls in Christian Leadership;

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• Tough Tasks in Leadership-Confrontation, Conflict, Complexity, Cultural Diversity

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Fruitbearing is for the Mature

4. MINISTRY FRUITFULNESS

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• USE OF CHARISMATIC, MINISTRY, OPERATIONAL GIFTS

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• EVIDENCE OF STABLE FRUITFULNESS, Jn. 15:6

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• MINISTRY DISTINCTIVES OF JESUS’ MINISTRY:

– Preaching, Teaching, Healing, Matt. 4:23-25; 9:35

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– Disciplemaking, Lk. 6:12,13; Mk. 3:13-15

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– Spiritual Warfare, Acts 10:38; 1 Jn.3:8

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• MINISTRY DISTINCTIVES OF THE APOSTLES

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5. Will You Finish Well?

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5. FULFILLING GOD’S CALL

UPON YOUR LIFE

• Finishing Well, Jn. 17:4; 2 Tim. 4:7,8;

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UPON YOUR LIFE

• Mentoring and Being Mentored

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UPON YOUR LIFE

• Reproducing Generations, 2 Tim. 2:2

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6. INTIMACY WITH GOD

• The Perfect Will of God – Mark 3:35

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• Doing Only What Pleases God – John 8:29

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• First Love – Rev 2:4,5

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The Home of Father Son and Holy Spirit –

John 14:23

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• Intimacy with God – Eph 5:1

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7. Be perfect even as your

Heavenly Father is Perfect

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• Filled With The Holy Spirit – Eph 5:18

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Filled With The Fulness of the Stature of Christ – Eph 4:13

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• Filled With All the Fullness of God, Eph. 3:19

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• Perfect in Christ is what God expects, Matt. 5:48

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• Leaving a Legacy of Christlike Example in Life, Ministry

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• There is a perfection which can only be attained when Christ appears, 1 Jn. 3:2

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