April 18, 2024 – Are You Becoming More Like Jesus?
Ephesians 4:13
Sermon: 2484 How to Be a Growing Christian, Part 1
Pray Over This
“Till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.”
Ephesians 4:13
Ponder This
You can be spiritually healthy and not mature. A five-year old child can be healthier than a fifty-year old man, but he is not mature. If you’re a newborn babe and you’re rejoicing in the Lord Jesus Christ, you’re healthy. But that does not mean you do not need to go on and mature. You can be gifted and not mature. These things without maturity create a lot of problems.
What is maturity? Maturity is Christlikeness. Maturity is being like Jesus. That word “perfect” in our verse today means, “mature.” Paul was saying, “The goal of my ministry is to present every person as a mature Christian.” That’s the goal of my ministry. I thank God for church buildings. I thank God for Sunday School attendance. I thank God for church budgets. But all of that is splendid nothing without you growing in the grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. What is the goal of ministry, and what is the measurement of ministry? It’s very simple: Are people becoming more like the Lord Jesus Christ?
- According to this definition, how are you maturing in your relationship with Christ?
- What is challenging about maturing in faith?
Practice This
Talk to a prayer partner and ask that person to pray for you to grow in spiritual maturity.
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