TEXT Ephesians 41116 TEXT Every believer should pursue growth that leads to Christ like maturity The desire to grow up and do something significant with their life seems to be the natural desire of every young child Peter Pan being the exception ID: 435453
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TITLE: What do you want to be when you grow up?
TEXT: Ephesians 4:11-16
TEXT: Every believer should pursue growth that leads to Christ like maturity.Slide3Slide4
The desire to grow up and do something significant with their life seems to be the natural desire of every young child- Peter Pan being the exception.Slide5
We should all have a natural, spiritual desire to want to grow up and the more clear we are on what that looks like the more equipped we are to get there.Slide6Slide7
What can you do to grow to become more like Christ?Slide8
I. Avoid the things that
hinder
us from growing. (11-14)Slide9
Ephesians 4:11-16
11 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of
ChristSlide10
Ephesians 4:11-16
14
Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. Slide11
I. Avoid the things that
hinder
us from growing. (11-14)
A. Immaturity: Slide12
Infants
Juvenile, unlearned, unschooled, untutored, legally a minor. Slide13
Infants
Juvenile, unlearned, unschooled, untutored, legally a minor.
In Greek, that word really means ignorant or stupid. "Then we will no longer be stupid.”Slide14
I. Avoid the things that
hinder
us from growing. (11-14)
A. Immaturity:
B. InstabilitySlide15
Two metaphors
Nautical: “You'll no longer be tossed to and fro." describes a boat he was on the
Mediterranean.Slide16
Two metaphors
Nautical: “You'll no longer be tossed to and fro." describes a boat he was on the Mediterranean
Meteorological: "Then you'll no longer be ... blown here and there by every wind of teaching." Slide17
I. Avoid the things that
hinder
us from growing. (11-14)
A. Immaturity
B. Instability
C.
GullibilitySlide18Slide19
What can you do to grow to become more like Christ?Slide20
II. Place yourself in an
environment
for growth (15-16)Slide21
Ephesians 4:15-16
15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. 16 From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.Slide22
“Speaking the truth in love ...”
He's saying, preach the gospel in a way that they hear the truth but they hear it in love.Slide23
II. Place yourself in an
environment
for growth (15-16)
A. An
environment where we speak the truth in love
.Slide24
II. Place yourself in an
environment
for growth (15-16)
A. An
environment where we speak the truth in love.
Truth without love is
brutalitySlide25
II. Place yourself in an
environment
for growth (15-16)
A. An
environment where we speak the truth in love.
Truth without love is
brutality
Love without truth is
sentimentalitySlide26
II. Place yourself in an
environment
for growth (15-16)
A. An
environment where we speak the truth in love.
Truth without love is
brutality
Love without truth is
sentimentality
Truth with love produces growth
.Slide27
II. Place yourself in an
environment
for growth (15-16)
A. An
environment where we speak the truth in love.
Truth without love is
brutality
Love without truth is
sentimentality
Truth with love produces growth.
B. An
environment where you are
serving
in the body of Christ.Slide28
Key Assumptions:
Paul is assuming that you have been born
again. Slide29
Key Assumptions:
Paul is assuming that you have been born
again
Paul
is assuming that as a Christian you want to be mature. Slide30
Key Assumptions:
Paul is assuming that you have been born
again.
Paul
is assuming that as a Christian you want to be mature.
Paul is assuming that you take responsibility for your growth
.Slide31
Key Assumptions:
Paul is assuming that you have been born
again.
Paul
is assuming that as a Christian you want to be mature.
Paul is assuming that you take responsibility for your growth.
Paul is assuming that growth takes time. It does not happen overnight
.Slide32
Key Assumptions:
Paul is assuming that you have been born
again.
Paul
is assuming that as a Christian you want to be mature.
Paul is assuming that you take responsibility for your growth.
Paul is assuming that growth takes time. It does not happen overnight.
Paul is assuming that you cannot be a “Lone Ranger”
Christian.Slide33
II. Place yourself in an
environment
for growth (15-16)
A. An
environment where we speak the truth in love.
B. An
environment where you are
serving
in the body of Christ.
Key Assumptions
We Grow TogetherSlide34
We grow
together
:
When grow up when we grow together.Slide35
We grow
together
:
When grow up when we grow together.
We grow up when we are
serving.Slide36
We grow
together
:
When grow up when we grow together.
We grow up when we are
serving.
We grow up when we are being served
.Slide37
We grow
together
:
When grow up when we grow together.
We grow up when we are serving
We grow up when we are being served.
The result is we become more like Christ.Slide38Slide39
Yakov Smirnoff
"I'll never forget walking down one of the aisles and seeing powdered milk; just add water and you get milk. Right next to it was powdered orange juice; just add water and you get orange juice. Then I saw baby powder, and I thought to myself, What a country!"Slide40Slide41
What can you do to grow to become more like Christ?Slide42
III. Develop the
disciplines
that enhance growth.
A. Learn
the
Word
of God (I Peter 2:1-3, 2 Peter 3:18)Slide43
1 Peter 2:1-3
Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation
,Slide44
2 Peter 3:18
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.Slide45
III. Develop the
disciplines
that enhance growth.
A
. Learn
the
Word
of God.
B. PrayerSlide46
Ephesians 6:18-19
And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. 19 Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel
.Slide47
III. Develop the
disciplines
that enhance growth.
A. Learn
the
Word
of God
B. Prayer
C. Meditation Slide48
Psalm 1:1-3
Blessed is the one
who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
or sit in the company of mockers,
2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,
and who meditates on his law day and night.
3 That person is like a tree planted by streams
of water
,
which
yields its fruit in
season
and whose leaf does not wither—
whatever they do prospers.Slide49
III. Develop the
disciplines
that enhance growth.
A.
Learn
the
Word
of God
B. Prayer
C. Meditation
D. Moral
Character (2 Peter 1:3-8)Slide50
2 Peter 1:3-8
3His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 4Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desiresSlide51
2 Peter 1:3-8
5For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, Slide52
2 Peter 1:3-8
8For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus ChristSlide53
Sabine Moreau
"I was distracted, so I kept going. I saw all kinds of signs, first in French, then in German, and finally in Croatian, but I continued driving because I was distracted. When I passed Zagreb, I told myself I should turn around."Slide54
How easily we get distracted in our walk with Christ and we need to practice spiritual disciplines;Slide55Slide56
APPLICATION
We need to grow up Slide57
APPLICATION
We need to grow up
Growth Happens In
CommunitySlide58
APPLICATION
We need to grow up
Growth Happens In Community
See Vision
BookletSlide59Slide60
Sylvester Stallone
"I was raised in a Christian home and I went to Christian schools and I was taught the faith and went as far as I could with it. Until one day, I got out into the so-called real world, and I was presented with temptation. I
kinda
, like, lost my way and made a lot of bad choices."Slide61
Sylvester Stallone
"The more I go to church, and the more I turn myself over to the process of believing in Jesus and listening to his Word and having him guide my hand, I feel as though the pressure is off me now."Slide62
Sylvester Stallone
"You need to have the expertise and the guidance of someone else, You cannot train yourself. I feel the same way about Christianity and about what the church is: The church is the gym of the soul."Slide63