making christlike disciples: maturity
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DEFINITION OF CHRISTIAN MATURITY
• Christian Maturity is Stable Christlikeness- in Character, Doctrine, Ministry Fruitfulness and Passion for God.
• Christ in you, the hope of glory, Col. 1:27
• Not tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine, Eph. 4:14;
• Presenting every man perfect in Christ, Col. 1:28;
• To the fulness of the stature of Christ, Eph.4:13
• Be imitators of me as I am of Christ, 1 Cor. 11:1
• When we see Jesus, we shall be like him, 1 Jn.3:2
IMPORTANCE OF CHRISTIAN MATURITY
• FULFILLING GOD’S CALL UPON YOUR LIFE
• FRUITFULNESS IS FOR THE MATURE AND ADULT
• DOCTRINAL STABILITY MEANS SOLID FOOD
• CHARACTER WORTH IMITATING
• FULL INHERITANCE AS GOD’S HEIR
• HELPING/MINISTRY TO OTHERS
• FIT FOR LEADERSHIP AT HOME AND ABROAD
• FULLNESS OF STATURE OF CHRIST
CONTENTS
1. DOCTRINAL MATURITY-MAJOR BIBLE DOCTRINES
2. MATURITY IN CHRISTLIKE CHARACTER
3. FAMILY LIFE & LEADERSHIP ISSUES
4. MATURITY IN MINISTRY FRUITFULNESS
5. FULFILLING GOD’S CALL UPON YOUR LIFE
6. MATURITY IN DOING GOD’S WILL & INTIMACY WITH GOD
7. PERFECTION IN CHRISTLIKENESS
DOCTRINAL MATURITY: MAJOR BIBLE
DOCTRINES, CULTS, APOLOGETICS
• Bibliology-doctrine Of Bible
• Theology-doctrine Of God
• Christology-doctrine Of Christ
• Pneumatology-doctrine Of Holy Spirit
• Anthropology-doctrine Of Man
• Hamartiology-doctrine Of Sin
• Soteriology-doctrine Of Salvation
• Ecclesiology-doctrine Of Church
• Angelology-doctrine Of Angels, Demons, Satan
• Eschatology-doctrine Of Last Things
MATURITY IN CHRISTLIKE CHARACTER
• PURITY
• HOLINESS
• HUMILITY
• OBEDIENCE UNTO DEATH
• MEEKNESS
• GUILELESSNESS
• FAITHFULNESS AS SON
• LOVE
• BOLDNESS/COURAGE
• LONGSUFFERING
• RIGHTEOUSNESS
• ZEAL FOR GOD
• PATIENT ENDURANCE
• COMPASSION
• WISDOM
• FAVOR WITH GOD
• FAVOR WITH MEN
• PRAYERFUL
• TEMPTED IN EVERY WAY WITHOUT SIN
MINISTRY FRUITFULNESS
USE OF CHARISMATIC, MINISTRY, OPERATIONAL GIFTS
• EVIDENCE OF STABLE FRUITFULNESS, Jn. 15:6
• MINISTRY DISTINCTIVES OF JESUS’ MINISTRY:
– Preaching, Teaching, Healing, Matt. 4:23-25; 9:35
– Disciplemaking, Lk. 6:12,13; Mk. 3:13-15
– Spiritual Warfare, Acts 10:38; 1 Jn.3:8
• MINISTRY DISTINCTIVES OF THE APOSTLES
FAMILY LIFE & LEADERSHIP AT HOME AND ABROAD
• Christian Leadership: Definition and Importance
• Leadership in Family Life, Church, Workplace,
• Darksides, Dangers and Pitfalls in Christian Leadership;
• Tough Tasks in Leadership-Confrontation, Conflict, Complexity, Cultural Diversity
FULFILLING GOD’S CALL UPON
YOUR LIFE
• Finishing Well, Jn. 17:4; 2 Tim. 4:7,8;
• Mentoring and Being Mentored
• Reproducing Generations, 2 Tim. 2:2
INTIMACY WITH GOD
• The Perfect Will of God
• Doing Only What Pleases God
• First Love
• The Home of Father Son and Holy Spirit
• Intimacy with God
PERFECTION IN CHRISTLIKENESS
• Filled With The Holy Spirit
• Filled With The Fulness of the Stature of Christ
• Filled With All the Fullness of God, Eph. 3:19
• Perfect in Christ is what God expects, Matt. 5:48
• Leaving a Legacy of Christlike Example in Life, Ministry
• There is a perfection which can only be attained when Christ appears, 1 Jn. 3:2