Adrian Rogers: How to Be a Growing Christian (2484)
Sermon Overview
Scripture Passage: 1 John 2:12-14
A growing Christian is a maturing Christian because spiritual maturity is becoming more like Jesus. Some Christians are saved but aren’t growing. We will never know true victory and joy unless we learn how to be growing Christians.
In 1 John 2, the Apostle John compares spiritual maturity to three stages in our physical lives.
“I write unto you, little children, because you have known the Father. I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known Him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the Word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one” (1 John 2:14).
New Christians experience the thrilling wonders of spiritual childhood. They are “all tomorrows; no yesterdays.” However, children live in the realm of their feelings. They can be selfish and self-centered; uncooperative.
We are only young once; but if we aren’t careful, we can be spiritually immature for a long time.
If we grow, we’ll experience the triumphant warfare of manhood.
Abiding in the Word of God strengthens us for warfare. Obeying God and serving others transforms us into workers and warriors, equipped to combat the enemy.
Next comes the tested wisdom of fatherhood.
Adrian Rogers says, “When we spend time with someone, we become like that someone.”
Because we view God as our Father, the goal of spiritual maturity is to become spiritual fathers (and mothers). Mature Christians reproduce through soul-winning and discipleship.
What are the means of maturity?
There must be the miracle of life; we must be saved.
It takes time. There is no instant maturity; we experience growth through time spent with Jesus Christ.
Growth requires nourishment; we have to feed on the Word of God.
Growth demands discipline and exercise; we serve God and others.
Remember: we don’t substitute fatherhood for young manhood, nor young manhood for childhood.
In a father, there ought to be the vision and zeal of a young man. In a young man, there ought to be the wonder of childhood. All three stages are legitimate; a mature Christian is a composite of them all.
Apply it to your life
It takes life, time, nourishment, and exercise to grow.
Adrian Rogers offers this advice: “Don’t worry about what you can’t do. Find out what you can do and begin to do it, and you will grow.”
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I learned something new every time I listen to this sermon
I listen to this sermon over and over
I'm blessed by this great sermon thanks to brother Adrain Rogers
Thank you Pastor Adrian Rogers for this wonderful message, teaching on being a growing Christian for I sincerely want to be a growing Christian who matures and learns how to be a servant and obedience warrior for Jesus Christ.
Praise Be to GOD, Thru the Holy Spirit in Jesus Name for this preacher of the word !! Thank you Love Worth Finding for your Ministry. RIP Mr. Rogers
@sheilamccraney4979
2 ай бұрын
The best!
I always enjoy listening to adrian rogers
" Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding in all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths." Proverbs 3:5-6
@babs3381
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AMEN AND AMEN ✝️🙏
@dianetigert1310
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if you trust in the lord, when did a wolf start leading you? Acts 20:29-30
@jessyjonas4988
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@@dianetigert1310 what is the false teaching
To those who seek your fortune on this earth: The path to a kingdom more glorious, more amazing than ANYTHING found on this earth, was not paved nor accessed by dollar bills but by the precious blood of Jesus Christ.
2022 A.D. , Praises for the true facts!!!
An amazing message ! Thanks 🙏 the Lord
Thank you again for such amazing content...and preaching.
Good sermon. Amen.
Great sermon and teacher!! Thank you for your simplicity and understanding.
amen. Thank you, Lord. Thank you for helping me to grow as a christian.
thank you
This is what I struggle with, in finding a good "home" church. When I find a church that is growing and bringing people to Christ, they don't go any further than that. When I find a church that has good teaching, there are no invitations or altar calls and the church membership stagnates. The problem seems to be no middle ground.
Jesus is Alive HALLELUJAH and Coming again with Great Power and Glory!! Read Matthew 24
It's been a long time Pastor no heat where I'm at. Thankyou again for a powerful awesome message😇 answer is absolutely. If you don't know Jesus Christ,please don't wait cause His Blessings are awesome 💗😇💞
Please Jesus Christ for give me ❤
amen ❤❤
What happened? I’ve enjoyed these sermons for years uninterrupted by ADS! Now, I have to stop my morning duties I’ve always done by listening to sermons, and SKIP horrible ADS! Sad we can’t even enjoy his messages uninterrupted.😢
@ben4735
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3 am and I have to skip ads!?
@alwaysachevysilveradogirl7475
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I use Firefox as my browser and I never get ads in any videos I watch.....it's an add-on in Firefox.
OCTOBER 2022
Honest wonderful message, Amen.
Great information for us all
Amen thank you Lord🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
I wish I could remember
Amen and Amen 🙏✝️❤️
👼 Amen!.👼.
Numbers 22:12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed. Isaiah 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. Amos 5:10 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
If you want to be a real Christian, rule #1 should be: DO NOT OWN A DOG! They will cause you so much stress you'll never be able to pay God any attention. I am learning that hard truth right now.
How can a child of God, who is saved, serve God as he has commanded us to if that Christian has health problems that keep them at home. Besides sharing the Gospel to friends, family and neighbors who come to visit or call on the phone, how else can I serve God? I share Bible verses on Facebook. I am looking for other outlets to serve God.
I believe you sir, I am just to stupid
@cohgpodcast
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We are praying for you to be Saved by Grace through Faith in Jesus name and He will abundantly Pardon you and give you everlasting life. Born again in His Holy Spirit and Truth.
I rededicated my life to Christ without the sinners prayer. The sinners prayer isn’t biblical, no one in the Bible was saved with the sinners prayer. I do believe Jesus came to earth to die for our sins and that he was raised from the dead three days later. And was resurrected and went to heaven. I feel better now than I did before. I just need to grow.
I tried
Lucifer and and a conversation with a demon as Lucifer stares at Jesus dead.
John wondered about matriarchal matrimonial marriage. Sexual joining to a partner of money.
How many CHRISTIANS does it take to screw in a light bulb? For the hilarious answer go here...kzread.info/dash/bejne/fYWqqKidlb3gndY.html
@dianetigert1310
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1 John 2:3-4
@andrewunthank3521
10 ай бұрын
A poor attempt at humor.
BIBLE Unless you repent you will all likewise perish A Call to Repentance 13 About this time Jesus was informed that Pilate had murdered some people from Galilee as they were offering sacrifices at the Temple. 2 “Do you think those Galileans were worse sinners than all the other people from Galilee?” Jesus asked. “Is that why they suffered? 3 Not at all! And you will perish, too, unless you repent of your sins and turn to God. 4 And what about the eighteen people who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them? Were they the worst sinners in Jerusalem? 5 No, and I tell you again that unless you repent, you will perish, too.” Luke 13:1-5 NLT Many ask why God would allow diseases, disasters and tragedies -- even such a disease as the coronavirus which has infected thousands and thousands -- which cause many to die. As a sinful human being with a very limited understanding of the ways of God, I will not presume to speak on His behalf and try, as some have done, to explain God's reasonings for permitting such things to occur. I will, however, let God speak for Himself if any care to listen. Death itself is a part of the curse brought upon this world and all of us because of our sin and disobedience to God's commandments. After our first parents, Adam and Eve, sinned in the Garden of Eden, God told Adam, "In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return" (Gen. 3:19). Moses, in Psalm 90:7-10, says, "For we have been consumed by Your anger, and by Your wrath we are terrified. You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your countenance. For all our days have passed away in Your wrath; we finish our years like a sigh. The days of our lives are seventy years; and if by reason of strength they are eighty years, yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away." In Luke 13, Jesus was told of certain Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. Jesus asked, "Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans because they suffered such things? I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish. Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish." Applying Jesus' words to those who have suffered or even died from disease or tragedy, were these people worse sinners than others, including us, who have, at least not yet, suffered such tragedy? Jesus said, "I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish." In 2 Peter 3, the Bible speaks of God's final judgment upon this earth, and we learn why it has not yet occurred. Verse 9 explains: "The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance." The reason God allows this sin-filled world to go on a little longer despite the evil in it, and the reason God allows us to live on a little longer in this world in spite of our sinfulness, is because He does not desire our eternal condemnation but that we repent and look to Him for mercy and forgiveness in the crucified and risen Christ Jesus. And, think about it! Tragedy and disease could also strike right here at home. We cannot claim we are any less guilty of sin. We certainly deserve God's wrath and punishment for the millions of unborn we have killed and continue to kill, for disregarding the teaching of God's Word regarding marriage and God's creation of male and female, for failing to teach our children to know the Lord God of the Bible and to trust in Him, and for all our own individual disobedience and sin against His commandments. The only reason God has not already judged and condemned us is that He "is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance." Psalm 90 goes on to say, "So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom" (v. 12). So, perhaps -- no, most definitely -- we ought to use the remaining time God has given us in this world to consider what He has told us in the Bible, to repent of the sin and evil in our lives and to seek the forgiveness God offers and promises to us through faith in the holy life and the innocent suffering and death of His Son! O merciful God, forgive my disobedience and sin for the sake of Christ Jesus and His atoning sacrifice on the cross for the sins of all and teach me to walk in Your ways and live for You in accord with Your holy Word. Amen.
@dianetigert1310
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so many words in prayer and yet Jesus already knows your heart......John 9:31
Service is a secular term. The correct term is "worship assembly".
@Psalm146-2
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Service isn’t a secular term. It comes from a time when it was common for teachers, pastors, evangelists to travel and “serve” the word of God to a community.
Where are moderators of this page? Please remove these satanic minions and all their comments. We serve a risen LORD 🙏🏽 HE'S NOT AN ATM MACHINE.
@oreally8605
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💯 always some money worshipping fool selling some way to get ripped off 🙄
@dianetigert1310
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Jesus never kicked anyone out. It is the wolves in sheep clothes trying to protect their..$$$
@Psalm146-2
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@@dianetigert1310 he kicked out the money exchangers
So funny how this guy speaks so much truth on a lot of things but does not believe in predestination and that God chooses who's coming and who is not. Pretty clear in Scripture that God is the Potter and we are the clay and he does what he wants with us. What a mess
@Psalm146-2
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I didn’t see any videos on your channel - you should upload a teaching video since you have a perfect understanding of scripture.
@douglas1982b
25 күн бұрын
So in this case....should everyone just live how they want ? No effort from man ?