no longer be children
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Paul reminds us that the danger of remaining a spiritual child results in being spiritually unstable. This lesson reminds us that there are false teachers out there and that we must be wary of false teaching.TRANSCRIPT
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GROWING
UP “unto a fullgrown man, unto the measure of the
stature of the fulness of Christ” (Ephesians 4.13)
NoLonger beChildren
Ephesians 4.14,CB NT p. 340
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“so that we mayno longer children,tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes”
—Ephesians 4.14, CB NT p. 340
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Children
“foolish”
“inexperienced”
“childish”
TDNT, p. 631
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“But I brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.”
—1 Corinthians 3.1, CB NT p.
The Saints in Corinth
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“When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways.”
—1 Corinthians 13.11, CB NT p.
The Saints in Corinth
man
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“Brothers, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.”
—1 Corinthians 14.20, CB NT p.
The Saints in Corinth
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—Hebrews 5.11 - 6.2,CB NT p.
The Hebrew Saints
Child
Dull of hearing
Unskilled in the word
Elementary doctrine
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—Hebrews 5.11 - 6.2,CB NT p.
The Hebrew Saints
Child
Dull of hearing
Unskilled in the word
Elementary doctrine
Mature
“powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil”
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The danger of remaining a
SPIRITUALchild
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Cunning
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craftiness
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Deceitful schemes
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“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are raveouswolves.”
—Matthew 7.15;CB NT p.
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“I am astonished thatyou are so quickly deserting Him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel —”
—Galatians 1.6, CB NT p. 327
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“Forsaking the right way, they have gone astray.”
—2 Peter 2.15, CB NT p. 416
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“they entice bysensual passions of the flesh those who are barely escaping from those who live in error. They promise freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption.”
—2 Peter 2.18-19, CB NT p. 416
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“But I have thisagainst you, thatyou tolerate thatWoman Jezebel, whocalls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.”
—Revelation 2.20, CB NT p. 434
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Will today be the day you decide to
go to heaven?
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Lesson slideshows (with notes)and audio can be found at:
www.churchofchristmiranda.com
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God’s Growth
#07
No Longer Be ChildrenEphesians 4.14
Compiled and Presented by:
Dave Stewart1 May, 2011
Las Cruces, NMwww.churchofchristmiranda.com
Synopsis: Paul reminds us that the danger of remaining a spiritual child results in being spiritually unstable. This lesson reminds us that there are false teachers out there and that we must be wary of false teaching.
“Let all that you do be done with love.”
“Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.”