Spiritual Growth Series

Only by faith can we have a relationship with God and only by unbelief (lack of faith) can we lose it. From start to finish the Christian life is all about faith. Faith is the means God chose for us to display our trust in Him. Whatever lasting good a person does in life will be a…

The believer is not a mixer of the old and new self. We are not a “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” part sinner and part saint. Though the Christian still lives in their body, they are no more their flesh than they are their stomach. Christians are not both sinners and saints, they are altogether…

As much as Jesus reflects the Father we reflect Jesus. For many this truth may seem unbelievable and maybe even blasphemous, however, it is exactly what the Bible teaches concerning mankind being made in the “image of God.” Scripture teaches us that just as Jesus is the visible image of the invisible God, we as born again…

Often times when Christians think about changing their thinking and acting differently they think of being in a continual struggle against the flesh. However, Jesus taught that the growing Christian would naturally bear “good fruit,” i.e, “be renewed in their mind and transformed in their behavior by the Spirit,” (John 15:4-5, “Abiding in the Vine”). Instead of focusing…

Jesus said in John 3:3, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.” He went on to clarify that the born again life was a “spiritual life;” “Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit,” John 3:6. As a result, Paul…

When we are born again it is for the purpose to live the God kind of life. A new life full of the grace of God that brings the kingdom of heaven unto earth. In this new life we must train and discipline our body for the sake of God’s glory because this is our…

Spiritual growth should be as natural to the Christian as apples are to a healthy apple tree. God made us to grow both naturally and spiritually. The healthy child doesn’t need to force themselves to grow and the Christian shouldn’t either. Spiritual growth should come from the deep love a disciple has for Jesus and…

Some think spiritual growth is a long tedious journey or endless religious rules and obligations that ultimately lead to salvation and spiritual change. As if when you became a Christian God threw a lump of clay on the inside of you and started His work to make you a “better person” on the inside. Actually,…