First, that we should seek to understand aright the Spirit’s teaching on this subject. Lewis Sperry Chafer: “The theme under consideration is concerned with the death of Christ as that death is related to the divine judgments of the sin nature in the child of God. It covers this situation, too. Power). . One of the most important factors in Christian growth is the Holy Spirit’s revelation of the self-life to the believer. You are getting Three books with your order. The more you find Him in your sorrows or wants, the more you will be attached to Him and drawn away from this place where the sorrows are, to Him in the place where He is.” “Set your affection on things above” (Col. 3:2). “We often come across Christians who are bright and clever, and strong and righteous; in fact, a little too bright, and a little too clever—there seems so much of self in their strength, and their righteousness is severe and critical. “The sixth of Romans is not an aspect of the truth, but the foundation truth upon which every believer must stand to know anything about victory” (DeV. 12:3-8, 1 Cor. “There being no cause in the creature why Grace should be shown, the creature must be brought off from trying to give cause to God for His Grace… He has been accepted in Christ, who is his standing! You cannot get peace whilst reasoning in that way. How wonderful and encouraging it is to know that our Heavenly Father has made it crystal clear in His Word exactly what His purpose is for each one of us. One person found this helpful. Are we, in any sense, renewed in these days? Our experience, upward, in the power of God, is just in proportion to our experience, downward, in ceasing from self. 6. The Lord of the harvest plants, or buries, Christians as seeds in a field, which is the world. It is the man who lacks the yearning to know Him that will easily be turned aside. God Himself will modify the pace. This will lead, under the Lord’s hand, to the fuller knowledge of the meaning of identification with Christ, as in Romans six. He had to be trained in God’s ways, having forty years in Midian, and when he was sent back to Egypt, God said for him not to trouble about Israel but to go directly to Pharaoh, the cause of their chains! Don’t try to be like Him, just look at Him. 5:1). A disciple is one who is free from the old and free for the new. Theodore H. EppDirectorBack to the Bible Broadcast. His reason for this is simple: Self cannot and will not follow Him, but taking up one’s cross results in death to self and newness of life in Christ Jesus. This we persist in doing. 5:17). This is the starting point from which all Godly living must take its rise. 58:11). Principles of Spiritual Growth eBook, remember to click the web link under and save the file or gain access to additional information which might be in conjuction with The Green Letters: Principles of Spiritual Growth book. The Reformation brought into focus once again the emphasis upon spiritual birth, without which there can be no beginning. 4 0 obj But if they are of the real elect, God has a winepress prepared for them, through which they will some day pass, which will turn the metallic hardness of their nature into gentle love, which Christ always brings forth at the last of the feast.”. Paperback. You are getting Three books with your order. I can now appreciate the depth of Paul's spiritual insight. Israel had a real struggle with trusting in God. How often the individual believer is maneuvered down front to consecrate and reconsecrate, surrender and resurrender, commit and recommit himself to Christ! We will never come into the knowledge of our spiritual possessions through a superficial understanding of the Word. 7:18), plus the fact that He has already taken the old life to the cross and crucified it (see Rom. To know God’s way of deliverance from sin as a master he must apprehend the truth contained in the sixth chapter of Romans. 6:4), eternal life. That thou givest them they gather: thou openest shine hand, they are filled with good” (Ps. Unless our faith is established on facts, it is no more than conjecture, superstition, speculation or presumption. Fruit ripens slowly; days of sunshine and days of storm each add their share. ... Start your review of the principles of spiritual growth Of the Old Book, but one of the best (1st in the series) book dealing with how … “The faith that receives from the hand of the Father is in two stages, and we are not to give up just because the struggle-and-labor phase does not produce the prize. Fear not, dear friend; just hold firm to the fact of His purpose for you in Christ, and He will faithfully take you step by step into all the necessary preparation—He will do it. Where the world comes to study the Bible. Yes, God’s children need power, but God does not give power to the old creation, nor to the uncrucified soul. There is no other. This involves outside leadership (a stranger to the individual problems) and the devastating revival routine (confession, new resolutions, etc. He knows the barren, bleeding hearts beyond to whom He must minister through us—hence He is going to bring us to the place where we don’t care what happens, He is all that matters! As the Lord himself becomes more and more to us, other things—yes, and this must include even His gifts—matter less and less. As he reckons, the Holy Spirit makes real; as he continues to reckon, the Holy Spirit continues to make real. 2:12,13. ‘Except it fall into the ground and die’ …Can ‘much fruit’ come alone at such a cost?Must the seed corn be buried in the earth,All summer joy and glory seemingly lost?He buries still His seed corns here and there,And calls to deeper fellowship with HimThose who will dare to share the bitter cup,And yet while sharing, sing the triumph hymn.‘Except it fall into the ground and die’ …?But what a harvest in the days to come;When fields stand thick with golden sheaves of cornAnd you are sharing in the Harvest Home.To you who ‘lose your life,’ and let it ‘die,’Yet in the losing ‘find’ your life anew,Christ evermore unveils His lovely face,And thus His mirrored glory rests on you. The value of both the struggle to free ourselves from the old Adam-life and the equally fruitless efforts to experience the new Adam-life, the Christ-life, is to finally realize that it is utterly futile. The believer’s understanding of the two aspects of Calvary gives the key to both spiritual growth and life-giving service. This is important to see, since in most instances when seeming declension begins to set in, it is not, as so many think, a matter of backsliding. Spiritual Growth Assessment Tool Directions: Maturity in Christ takes time and a willingness to be conformed to His will. As growing Christians, it is time for us to see the necessity of going beyond the love motive to the life motive. 12:1). Norman Douty writes: “If I am to be like Him, then God in His grace must do it, and the sooner I come to recognize it the sooner I will be delivered from another form of bondage. 6:13). Now He has a new body—the Church—a spiritual body. What was an incomprehensible jumble of sounds without, has become an ordered language within the mind. Throw down every endeavor and say, I cannot do it, the more I try the farther I get from His likeness. This learning by heart-breaking experience of the utter sinfulness and reigning power of self in the everyday Christian life is the means whereby we come to know the Lord Jesus beyond the birth phase—as our Saviour; on to the growth phase—as our Lord and Life. Only one here and there is a soul winner. “We know that our old (unrenewed) self was nailed to the cross with Him in order that [our] body, [which is the instrument] of sin, might be made ineffective and inactive for evil, that we might no longer be the slaves of sin” (Rom. Sooner or later we must face up to what F. J. Huegel declares: “When a Christian’s prayer life springs from a right position (a thorough adjustment to Christ m His death and resurrection), a vast change in procedure follows. “The Blood can wash away my sins, but it cannot wash away my ‘old man’. You will only build askew if the foundations are not properly laid! p. 61). What is lacking amongst believers to this day is the proper emphasis on growth—not just to be saved, and heaven by and by. Too often the attitude is: “It doesn’t seem probable that he will ever be saved.” “The way things are going, I wonder if the Lord really loves me.” But Mueller wrote: “Many people are willing to believe regarding those things that seem probable to them. Sin need have no more power over the believer than he grants it through unbelief. “For to me to live is Christ” (Phil. For some years now the scene has been dominated by a conversion known as “commitment,” which often, sad to say, amounts to little more than a spiritual miscarriage. “When you fight to get victory, then you have lost the battle at the very outset. “And God said, Let us make man in our image” (Gen. 1:26). Both gifts spring from the same work and are two aspects of the same salvation. It will comfort you much to be assured that the Lord is teaching you dependence upon Himself, and it is very remarkable that faith is necessary in everything. His reason for this preparation is twofold: that the Lord Jesus might be free to manifest Himself in us and then through us for the sake of others—growing and sharing. Yes, brought a long way, walking a step at a time, by faith: The rest of faith concerning our justification; the rest of faith concerning our acceptance; the rest of faith concerning our position in Christ Jesus; the rest of faith concerning our identification with Christ in death, resurrection and ascension. Failure where self is concerned in our Christian life and service is allowed and often engineered by God in order to turn us completely from ourselves to His source for our life—Christ Jesus, who never fails. To Him be the glory both now and forever. 2:20; II Tim. The PDF book is great for phones and the Ebooks are for Kindles and Nooks as well as tablets, laptops and desktops. 1 0 obj 2 Timothy 1:7-8 – “God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. Death is his decreed portion. /Length 8 0 R Yet you know that it is a language that can be learned. And we must never forget that His peace is founded solely on the work of the cross, totally apart from anything whatsoever in or from us, since “God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Rom. God didn’t train Israel at the first but a leader to lead Israel. “True activity is that which springs out of, and is ever accompanied by, rest. He creates a situation with which you cannot possibly deal. It is done; now it is ours to believe. There are laborers for sanctification—after personal holiness—after riddance of the power of the old Adam; and to such, as well as to those who are seeking after salvation, Christ promises, with this great ‘I will’ (Matt. 31,32). The purpose of this project is to present the biblical standards, principles, components, and methods of spiritual discipline for 21st century churches’ conversion from human efforts and programs oriented church growth to spiritual driven church growth like an early church. 2:20). Denying oneself certain things for a time, or even for all time, is not even close to the answer since the old nature will adjust and thrive under any conditions—anything short of death to self. 11:6) Moreover, and this is all important, true faith must be based solely on scriptural facts, for “faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” (Rom. “Not I, but Christ” (Gal. His relentless processing will discourage and baffle us if we simply want heaven when we die. Now, as long as the believer does not know this dual aspect of his salvation, the best he can do is seek to handle his sins via confession (I John 1:9)—that is, after the damage has been done! We shall take the lowest place, and say it is impossible. The Green Letters: Principles of Spiritual Growth And this God-dependence only begins when self-dependence ends. 2:20). Souls reason from what they are in themselves as to whether God can accept them. Christian spiritual growth is movement into deeper and more comprehensive love. Now take the next step. For the sun meets not the springing bud that stretches toward him with half that certainty as God, the Source of all good, communicates Himself to the soul that longs to partake of Him.”. J. C. Metcalfe faithfully writes: “It is more than comforting to realize that it is those who have plumbed the depths of failure to whom God invariably gives the call to shepherd others. During the rest of the year, however, there is solidification, without which the green timber would be useless. As we came to know that we were children of God by an inner certainty, a witness of the Spirit in our spirits; so now we come to know that the old ‘I’ is crucified with Christ, the new ‘I’ has Christ as its permanent life, spirit with Spirit have been fused into one; the branch grafted into the vine; the member joined to the body, the problem of abiding becomes as natural as breathing.”. The same principle holds true for the Christian life. And by union with Christ, we partake of that spiritual life that He took possession of for us at His resurrection, and thereby we are enabled to bring forth the fruits of it; as the Scripture showeth by the similitude of a marriage union. God deals with all believers on the ground—‘In Christ you died.’ But the Church of Christ, as a whole, ignores this fact. 11:24). We must be cultivated to be cultivators. Our reckoning it to be true only makes us begin to realize the fact in experience” (The Way of Victory, p. 16). But since God is working for eternity, why should we be concerned about the time involved? Good Christian training and culture in the right homes, churches and schools have been relied on to subdue the old nature and bring it into line. “For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure” (2:13). It is like ascending a ladder. The sermons and … Maturity has learned to take time to assess the facts. “There are other laborers besides those who are seeking for pardon—for justification. are never the cause of failure. Service and Reckoning 11 6. 84:2 Spiritual Growth Plan Week 1 Benjamin Franklin said “if you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” How true that is. Yes, there is going to be deep, thorough and long preparation if there is to be reality—if our life is to be Christ-centered, our walk controlled by the Holy Spirit and our service glorifying to God. There is the all-important area of identification truth in Romans 6,7 that cannot be skipped over. It seems largely to go in one ear and out the other. ‘If only I were stronger,’ we say, ‘I could overcome my violent outbursts of temper,’ and so we plead with the Lord to strengthen us that we may exercise more self-control. Satan will give power to the ‘old Adam,’ but not God.”. “Calvary precedes Pentecost. 15:45). C. The key to growing numerically, that is, to increase in number the members of The Congregation, is for each Christian to grow spiritually. If we are going to come truly into the hands of God for His purpose, then we shall be dealt with by Him in such a way as to continually increase our spiritual measure. Blessing will succeed blessing, and storm follow storm before the fruit is full grown or comes to maturity.”. A1though spiritual hunger and need are prime requisites for light and understanding, the Holy Spirit does not release the treasures of the Word quickly nor easily. Along that road the Man Christ Jesus has already gone before, and at every point has overcome for us. There cannot be two masters in our lives. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son” (Rom. Principles for Spiritual growth are also found in the spiritual realm. We should experience growth in our marriage, in our families, at our jobs, at our churches, in … This appropriation must be a case of clear, scriptural, specific trust. I have just finished reading 'Principles of Spiritual Growth' for the third time. 6:6; Gal. /AIS false It is only God’s Word that tells you Christ bare your sins in His own body on the tree. 3:12, 14). As a result he immediately became self-centered instead of God-centered; dead to God who is the source of all life, dead in trespasses and sins. They are the foundation of, and fundamental to it” (J. Penn-Lewis). The Seed has been implanted—now the entire question is one of growth and maturity. Evan Hopkins shares some important light on our subject: “How infinite are the forms in which self appears. We are to rejoice in our need and hunger of heart, for God says, “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled” (Matt. 1:21) and, “I can do all things through Christ” (4:13). By little and little I will drive them out before thee, until thou be increased’ (Ex. Much of the mere begging type (though of course asking is always in order, for the Lord says, ‘Ask, and ye shall receive’ [John 16:24]) gives away to a positive and unspeakably joyous appropriation. First of all, we must remind ourselves that “without faith it is impossible to please him” (Heb. (pp. In other words, it is not from sin as a load, or an offence, that he seeks to be freed—for he sees that God has completely acquitted him from the charge and penalty of sin—but it is from sin as a master. /SMask /None>> “A prophet is one who has a history, one who has been dealt with by God, one who has experienced the formative work of the Spirit. This is not to discourage us in any way but to help us to settle down with our sights on eternity, by faith “apprehend[ing] that for which also … [we are] apprehended of Christ Jesus… Press[ing] toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus” (Phil. 19:19). “Stand therefore” (Eph. “Nothing can set us apart for God, nothing can make us holy, except as the cross is working in us, because the cross alone can keep the hindrances to holiness in the place of death” (G. Watt). (2) Healthy progress is based on the apprehension, understanding and appropriation of the truths in Christ that make for real growth. This is by far the most dangerous and pathetic trap of all, as it is simply self, neurotically and religiously rampant. You cannot deepen spiritual life that is not there! In a revelation, which is really to translate the Divine into man’s individual personal life, in truth, to form men of God, the Divine as such—that is, as a personal life—must first be embodied in a personal center in humanity. To save The Green Letters: Principles of Spiritual Growth PDF, you should access the link below and download the file or have access to additional information which might be have conjunction with THE GREEN LETTERS: PRINCIPLES OF SPIRITUAL GROWTH ebook. I. A disciple whose goal is to become like Christ in every aspect of our life. Our reckoning on the finished work of our death to sin, in Christ at Calvary, is God’s one way of deliverance—there is no other way because that is the way He did it. But when they are stumbling and everything seems dry and hard, then they feel that He does not love and accept them. ‘Knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him’ (Rom. Let us cease laying down to the saints long lists of ‘conditions’ of entering into the blessed life in Christ; and instead, as the primal preparation for leading them into the experience of this life, show them what their position, possessions, and privileges in Christ already are. Come to the Word for one purpose and that is to meet the Lord. Fromke). From an infinite number of ways, He chooses the most effective for each individual’s transition. Maturity knows Him to be life itself. One of God’s most effective means in the process is failure. Our personal, heart-breaking failure in every phase of our Christian life is our Father’s preparation for His success on our behalf. There is nothing about us to commend us to God, our acceptance being in Christ, plus the fact that most of our true spiritual development comes through the dry and hard times. Principles of Spiritual Growth book. Not when we serve Him with intermittent zeal does our own soul grow and thrive; not when we are indifferent are we watered from the presence of the Lord. Now that is the first rung in the ladder of faith. When there is a bit of life, it usually blossoms overnight into full bloom and soon becomes heavy with the fruit of “dynamic,” “radiant” personality coupled with busy, rushing service. 6:13). I must realize that now my life is hid with Christ in God; that He is my life” (Ian Thomas). 84:2 Spiritual Growth Plan Week 1 Benjamin Franklin said “if you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” How true that is. Understanding and appropriating the facts of the cross proves to be one of the most difficult and trying of all phases for the growing believer. Have some even been afraid to allow others to really believe Him? And of course when we stand with Him in glory, we will be forever free from the presence of sin—entirely sanctified and glorified. And we receive the benefits of the work of the cross simply by reckoning on, or believing in, the finished work of the cross. Faulty balance often results in disintegration and possible devastation to the surrounding area. Order for Church & Missionary, p. 310). 6:14). “Whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it” (Mark 8:35). Watchman Nee: “The Blood can wash away my sins, but it cannot wash away my ‘old man.’ It needs the cross to crucify me … the sinner… Our sins are dealt with by the Blood, but we ourselves are dealt with by the Cross. 7:18). But the course of spiritual experience, of spiritual life, is to discover, to appropriate, and to live by all that the life represents and means.”. Here is a favorite that has been tried and found wanting down through the ages. We use our will to believe, to receive, but not to exert effort in trying to accomplish what only God can do. Tozer). And much of the same pathway is trod (or crawled) in an effort to appropriate and enter in. Sadly today, most believers actually reason just the opposite—from themselves to God. 1:21). So you plod on. I believe that our attitudes are essential to any growth that takes place. • Identify spiritual warfare principles in decisive battles in the Bible. We have go through and so i am confident that i am going to planning to read through yet again again in the foreseeable future. Paul was three years also, after his first testimony. 1:6). From our personal experience Matthew 5:6 should mean much to every one of us: “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.” All too often believers are exhorted and even pressured to grow before there is an acute awareness of need, before there is true spiritual hunger. With this growth comes the greater fulness of Christ and the abundant wealth unto which we are saved. /BitsPerComponent 8 It is not impressions, strong or weak, which will make the difference. “Christianity concentrates the whole fulness of revelation in the one human personality of Jesus Christ as Mediator—that is, as the mediating central principle of the new Divine organism, in its fulness of Spirit and Life, in and for the human personal life. “Work should be regarded less with reference of its immediate results, or as to how it may affect this or that person; the great question is, will it, when sifted in His presence, be acceptable to Him? In other cases a good exterior conceals an evil heart, as when we are proud of our humility, conceited about our Christian service, boastful of our orthodoxy. Hebrews 11:1 leaves no question about this: “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Faith standing on the facts of the Word of God substantiates and gives evidence of things not seen. The real spiritual leader is focused on the service he and … Unfortunately, some believers never hear how to develop in their relationship with the Lord. Along with the video or audio of the sermons, they are simply sermon presentation summary notes and are NOT FULLY EDITED. However weak or waveringly, in your heart you do believe that you can and will get it. 5:24). >> Once we see that which is ours in Christ Jesus, practical need will cause us to appropriate, to receive, the answer to that need. Then, too, in all our service there is the proper motive to be fully considered. Then it can be, if necessary, “disallowed [rejected] indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious” (I Pet. The people around you need you to grow. 4:3). Thus Moses was forty years. Of all the needy classes of people, the neediest of this earth are not those who are having a heartbreaking, agonizing struggle for victory, but those who are having no struggle at all, and no victory, and who do not know it, and who are satisfied and jogging along in a pitiable absence of almost all the possessions that belong to them in Christ.”. Whatever or wherever it is, there will be the death from which resurrection life follows. “The seed corn may be beautiful, but it is hard. “Justified by faith” (Gal. All is now centered in the Last Adam, our Lord Jesus. He knows the death-march that lies ahead of us in order that there may be resurrection life. All resurrection life springs out of death or else it would not be resurrection life—His risen life (see Rom. We need forgiveness for what we have done, but we need deliverance from what we are.”. Church growth … these are spiritual growth ' for the new disintegration is something the believer that is. 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