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DETERIORATION-DEVELOPMENT
@ (A) DETERIORATION, a tendency of the sinful life- Isaiah:1:22; Jeremiah:7:26; Jeremiah:16:12; Ezekiel:16:47; Hosea:13:2 Luke:11:26; 2Timothy:3:13; 2Peter:2:20 Dross, DROSS (B) BACKSLIDING, (Select Reading Malachi:3.7-18. Gal. Gal 4)- Malachi:3:7-10; Galatians:4:1-31 Results of Selfish Absorption- Proverbs:14:14; Isaiah:1:4; Jeremiah:14:7; Hosea:11:7 Religious Indifference- Matthew:24:12 Unfitness for the Kingdom- Luke:9:62; Galatians:1:6 Bondage to Forms- Galatians:4:9 Divine Displeasure- Hebrews:10:38; 2Peter:2:20 Loss of Spiritual Enthusiasm- Revelation:2:4 Apostasy, UNFAITHFULNESS & UNFAITHFULNESS Forsaking God, UNFAITHFULNESS & UNFAITHFULNESS (C) BACKSLIDERS, causes which tend to produce Absence of Spiritual Leaders- Exodus:32:1,8; 1Samuel:15:11 Evil Associations- 1Kings:11:4 Worldly Success- 2Chronicles:25:2,14; Psalms:78:57; Hosea:6:4; Zephaniah:1:6 Shallowness- Luke:8:13 Emptiness of Life- Luke:11:24,25,26 Lack of Spiritual Insight- John:6:63,64,66; 1Timothy:5:15 Love of the World- 2Timothy:4:10 Apostates, UNFAITHFULNESS Covenant-breakers, UNFAITHFULNESS Wanderers, ESTRANGEMENT (D) SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT, (Select Reading, Hebrews:5.11-14, 6.1-16)- Hebrews:5:11-14; 6:1-16 (E) SPIRITUAL GROWTH, Enjoined In Fruitfulness- 2Corinthians:9:10 Into Christ- Ephesians:4:15; Colossians:1:10 In Love- 1Thessalonians:3:12; 1Thessalonians:4:10 Unto Perfection- Hebrews:6:1 Through "The Word"- 1Peter:2:2 By Accretion- 2Peter:1:5,6 In Grace and Knowledge- 2Peter:3:18 Divine Perfection, PERFECTION (F) EXAMPLES OF GROWTH The boy Samuel- 1Samuel:2:26 John the Baptist- Luke:1:80 The Boy Christ- Luke:2:40,52 Paul- Acts:9:22 The Thessalonians- 2Thessalonians:1:3 (G) SPIRITUAL MATURITY, how Secured By Putting away Childish Things- 1Corinthians:13:11 By Cultivating the Understanding- 1Corinthians:14:20 By Striving after the Christ Ideal- Ephesians:4:13,15 By Partaking of the Deeper Truths of the Gospel- Hebrews:5:14 By Overcoming Temptation- 1John:2:14 "Be Strong", BATTLE OF LIFE (H) SPIRITUAL IMMATURITY Inability to Receive Strong Doctrine- 1Corinthians:3:1,2; 1Corinthians:14:20 Necessity for Tutelage- Galatians:4:1,2,3 Instability of Faith- Ephesians:4:14 Continuance in the Primary Department- Hebrews:5:12; 1Peter:2:2 (I) SPIRITUAL PROGRESS (1) A Characteristic of the Righteous- Job:17:9; Psalms:84:7; Psalms:92:12; Proverbs:4:18; 2Corinthians:3:18; 1Timothy:4:15 Christ's Perfection, PERFECTION (I) SPIRITUAL PROGRESS (2) The Larger Life- 2Samuel:22:37; 1Kings:4:29; 1Chronicles:4:10; Psalms:18:36; Psalms:118:5; Isaiah:54:2 John:10:10; 2Corinthians:6:11; Ephesians:3:17,18,19
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