Is it possible for a believer to outgrow growth?
Is it possible for a believer to be stagnant in their work with God?
Is it possible for a believer to arrive to a point where he or she thinks they know everything about God?
In our places of work, education, we are constantly learning.
We are constantly seeking to improve ourselves either for personal growth or to impress our bosses.
If we as believers are doing this in the secular world,
What makes us think that we can outgrow growth as pertaining the things of God
What makes us think that we have arrive at the final bus stop concerning the things of God
The day we received Christ as our personal Lord and saviour was the beginning of our growth in the knowledge of God.
A new believer has that fire burning in their heart;
to grow in the knowledge of who they are in Christ.
to pray without ceasing
to always seek God’s face
What happened to that fire?
We think we are now mature Christians, who no longer need to feed on the milk of God’s word
We think we can now seat back and watch
We think we are now too mature that we don’t have to grow anymore.
Paul points this out in 1 Cor 3:1-2: And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able
To a mature believer Paul will speak as unto spiritual. Meaning the food of a mature believer has now changed from milk to MEAT.
It doesn’t mean the content of the message has changed; it just means the approach has changed
A mature believer in Christ must constantly feeds him or herself with meat.
He or she must saturate their mind with God’s truth.
Hence, no matter how mature you are, even as a strong believer, you must be found continually feeding yourself on the truth of God’s word.
We can only recognise God’s truth by consistently feeding ourselves with the truth of God’s Word.
We cannot be too mature for scriptures.
Even Apostle Paul was striving to know more, to have intimacy with Christ which is the basics of scripture
Phil 3:9-10: 9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
We cannot find ourselves being stagnant with the work of God.
As believers we strive to know God.
We should not know God by rumours
We should never seek Him by things outside scriptures.
Feed on God Words from God’s Words and not through rumours.
So,
No, a believer cannot outgrow growth
Yes, it is possible for a believer to be stagnant in their work with God, if they don’t constantly strive to grow in the truth about God’s work
No, for we learn every day and we must keep learning everyday
An appeal to my brother and sister,
Grow daily, constant in the word of God.
Guard your loins
Know God by the scriptures from the scriptures and not by rumours
We cannot and will never outgrow growth as pertaining the things of God
God's SpokenWords Until then, stay BLESSED and feel free to contact me via e-mail: assumpta_eta@outlook.com or via Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/funkylips.eta/
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