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1. Personal spiritual growth is not optional.
2 Peter 3.
A. It is something that must take place in the life of every Christian.
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It does not matter how mature or immature as a Christian one is; growth must take place.
2. If one does not grow, that one will fall from steadfastness and be led away with the error of the wicked.
2. Personal spiritual growth must take place before proper numeric growth will.
A. Christians are to be examples to the world of how to live.
1. Jesus is to be the one who Christians follow, because He shone forth the way.
2. As Christians, we must reflect the light of Jesus to light the path to heaven.
3. Personal spiritual growth takes place in our lives when we decrease so that He can increase.
A. The more we decrease and the more Christ increases in our lives, the more we grow spiritually.
B. The more of Christ the world sees in us, the more of an opportunity we have to help them.
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In order for the church to grow, we must die, and the world must see Christ in our place.
2. If the church is going to prosper, we must be transformed into Christ.
3. The church is His body, not ours, and He is the head of that body, not us.
Eph
3. How does personal spiritual grow take place?
A. We must be willing to die for Christ.
B. We must be willing to live for Christ.
C. We must be willing to surrender everything for Christ.
BODY:
1. WE MUST BE WILLING TO DIE FOR CHRIST.
A. The first step in growing as a Christian is to become a Christian.
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In order to become a Christian, that individual must die.
A. The body cannot have two heads.
B. In order for Christ’s mind to be in you, your mind cannot remain.
2. Before one becomes a Christian, life is about him.
3. Then one realizes the vanity of life and wants more, so he turns to God.
A. But, one cannot turn to God without first denying himself.
Matt 16.24
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And, one cannot deny himself without first losing his life.
A. In order to grow, we must decrease so Christ can increase.
2. WE MUST BE WILLING TO LIVE FOR CHRIST.
A. The second step to growing as a Christian is to live for Christ.
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This is hard for us to wrap our minds around; we are dead, but we live and our lives are no longer ours.
2. In order to live for Christ, we have to get out of our own way.
A. This means simply obeying the commands of God, because they are the commands of God.
Rom
3. In order to continue to grow, we have to decrease so Christ can increase; the more we decrease, the more He increases.
A. This means walking the walk, even when it is hard or inconvenient, because that is what Jesus would do.
B. Personal spiritual growth does not come from the easy things in life.
C. Spiritual growth comes from adding the fruit of the Spirit to our lives.
Gal 5.
D. Spiritual growth comes from adding the Christian graces to our lives.
E. Spiritual growth comes when we count all things as loss so that we might gain Christ.
Phil
CONCLUSION:
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How much of Christ can be seen in you?
A. How much of Christ will be seen in you tomorrow?
B. Have you personally grown spiritually?
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If there is less of you, there will be more of Christ to be seen.
2. What are you doing in your life so that Christ will increase and you will decrease?
C. Are you willing to surrender everything for Christ?
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