Born Again in Christ

Born Again in ChristJohn 3:3-7 (Jesus speaking to Nicodemus)

Titus 3:5 says we’re saved “by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit.”

Colossians 2:12-13 When we are “buried with Him in baptism,” we are “made alive together with Him.”

Romans 6:4 When we are “buried with Him through baptism, in order that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.”

God Wants You to Grow

God Wants You to GrowEphesians 4:13-16

Colossians 1:28-29

Philippians 1:9 Paul prayed “that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment.”

2 Thessalonians 1:3 “… your faith is greatly enlarged…”

2 Peter 3:18 “Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”

1 Corinthians 3:1-3

To Grow Must Have Good Health

To Grow Must Have Good HealthColossians 3:5-10 Get rid of immorality, impurity, etc.

Ephesians 4:17-24 We must “lay aside the old self…”

1 Peter 2:1-2 If we are to “grow in respect to salvation,” we must be “putting aside all malice and all guile…”

Romans 6:23 “The wages of sin is death.”

Hebrews 10:26 “For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins.”

To Grow Must Have Good Food

To Grow Must Have Good Food1 Peter 2:1-2 “Like newborn babes, long for the pure milk of the word, that by it you may grow in respect to salvation.”

Matthew 4:4 ”Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.”

Hebrews 5:11-14

Psalm 1:2-3 speaks of one whose “delight is in the law of the Lord, and in his law he meditates day and night.”

To Grow Must Have Good Exercise

To Grow Must Have Good ExerciseIn Galatians 5:6, Paul described the Christian life as “faith working through love.”

The Christian life is certainly something we do, and we grow and improve by doing more of what God has called us to do.

1 Timothy 4:7 “Exercise yourself toward godliness.” v8 says, “For bodily exercise profits little, but godliness is profitable for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.”

To Grow Must Have Good Environment

To Grow Must Have Good Environment1 Corinthians 15:33 “Do not be deceived: bad company corrupts good morals.”

1 Corinthians 5:6-7 “Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough? Clean out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump...”

When the people of Israel were given the promised land of Canaan, they were ordered to drive out the heathens.

Solomon chose to marry numerous heathen wives, and they led him away from being faithful to the Lord.

Everyone Needs to Grow as a Christian

Everyone Needs to Grow as a Christian1 Corinthians 15:33 “When I was a child, I used to speak as a child, think like a child, reason like a child; but when I became a man, I did away with childish things.”

Everyone Needs to Grow as a Christian1 Corinthians 15:33 “When I was a child, I used to speak as a child, think like a child, reason like a child; but when I became a man, I did away with childish things.”

• good health (get rid of sin)

Everyone Needs to Grow as a Christian1 Corinthians 15:33 “When I was a child, I used to speak as a child, think like a child, reason like a child; but when I became a man, I did away with childish things.”

• good health (get rid of sin)

• good food (Bible study)

Everyone Needs to Grow as a Christian1 Corinthians 15:33 “When I was a child, I used to speak as a child, think like a child, reason like a child; but when I became a man, I did away with childish things.”

• good health (get rid of sin)

• good food (Bible study)

• good exercise (doing work God has called you to do)

Everyone Needs to Grow as a Christian1 Corinthians 15:33 “When I was a child, I used to speak as a child, think like a child, reason like a child; but when I became a man, I did away with childish things.”

• good health (get rid of sin)

• good food (Bible study)

• good exercise (doing work God has called you to do)

• good environment (surrounding yourself with good people and good activities)