What does it mean to grow in Christ? Spiritual growth will never happen automatically. There must be desire to grow in our relationship with the Lord Jesus. In this address, you will hear of the importance of reading God’s word and spending time in the presence of the Lord Jesus that we might grow spiritually for the glory of God.
Bible Scriptures: Darby Translation
1 John 2:13-15 “13 I write to you, fathers, because ye have known him [that is] from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked [one]. I write to you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
14 I have written to you, fathers, because ye have known him [that is] from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and ye have overcome the wicked [one].15 Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If any one love the world, the love of the Father is not in him;”
Exodus 16:13-21 “13 And it came to pass in the evening, that quails came up, and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay round the camp.14 And when the dew that lay [round it] was gone up, behold, on the face of the wilderness there was [something] fine, granular, fine as hoar-frost, on the ground.15 And the children of Israel saw [it], and said one to another, What is it? for they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, This is the bread which Jehovah has given you to eat.
16 This is the thing which Jehovah has commanded: Gather of it every man according to what he can eat, an omer a poll, [according to] the number of your persons: ye shall take every man for those that are in his tent.17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some much, some little.18 And they measured with the omer: then he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little wanted nothing: they had gathered every man according to the measure of his eating.19 And Moses said to them, Let no man leave [any] of it until the morning.20 But they did not hearken to Moses; and some men left of it until the morning; then worms bred in it and it stank. And Moses was wroth with them.21 And they gathered it every morning, every man as much as he could eat; and when the sun became hot, it melted.”
Philippians 2:20-21 “20 For I have no one like-minded who will care with genuine feeling how ye get on.21 For all seek their own things, not the things of Jesus Christ.”