Growing in Spiritual Maturity
Pastor Bailey Jackson
Peer pressure can cause us to do things that we would never
“Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior.” —-Colossians 1:21
“But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation…” —-Colossians 1:22
Pt. 1 Christ
“If you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.” —-Colossians 1:23
Pt. 2
“Spiritual maturity is measured in terms of preserving faith, not perfecting behavior.” —-Andy Stanley
1. Read God’s Word.
2. Pray.
3. Get connected.
“Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church. I have become its servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fullness— the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the Lord’s people. To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.” —-Colossians 1:24-27
“My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.” —-Colossians 2:2-3
