A Sure Pathway To Living An Overcoming Christian Life.
Bible Passages – Matthew 7:15-23 | Luke 3:1-9 | Galatians 5:16-23 | Revelations 1:7b, 11b, 17b | Revelations 21:8 | Matthew 7:15-23 – Key Verse – 18.
Sources and Beginnings of the Life Long Process of Developing, Growing, Manifesting and Maturing In The Fruit of The Spirit
Just like a new born baby is taken care of, nursed, weaned and fed, immunized, watched over, carried and led so also is the case for a new person in Christ Jesus to be nursed, carried, weaned and fed properly. But note that the baby is completely dependent on the mother. The baby does not struggle but looks up to the mother for all a child needs to grow.
A born again child of God needs to be truly and sincerely born again to be able to submit to Christ this way for everyone that submits fully to Christ there are people already prepared to nurse and hand hold him or her to grow in Christ Jesus. For a newly born again child of God, church only Sunday will not do at all and he or she cannot grow nor develop as a child of God.
Just as the ways of God and all He does follow processes, the spiritual growth of born again children and growth in the Holy Spirit must and should follow same process for the will of God to be done. As new born babes – the counsel is – 1 Peter 2:2 | Being born born again – the counsel is – 1 Peter 1:23 | Walk in newness – the counsel is – Romans 6:4 | Romans 7:6
The processes and the way of living for a Christian to live and manifest the fruit of the Spirit are as follows:
When say live in the spirit and manifest the fruit of the spirit, we are saying let the spiritual become our normal and natural way of life and living.
1. New Birth – being born again – John 3:16 | John 1:12-13 | 1 Peter 1:23.
2. Submitting to Undergoing Rudimentary, Specific, Structured and Foundational Christian Faith Teachings – Knowing the Rudiments and Foundations of our Faith. Acts 2:42.
3. Baptism of the Holy Spirit – Acts 1:8; Acts 10:44-46
4. Loving and Enmeshed in the Word – Reading, Hearing, Studying, Meditating, Memorizing the Word of God – Joshua 1:8 | Acts 6:4.
5. Doing The Word of God – James 1:23
6. Tell others regularly about Jesus – evangelize – Matthew 28:19-20 | Mark 16:15-16
7. Practicing and Staying in the Presence of God – Acts 13:2 | Mark1:35
8. Cultivating The Place of Praying – Luke 18:1 | Acts 1:14 | Acts 10:9
9. Intimacy with Holy Spirit – Acts 18:25; Rom 12:11 | Acts 18:25
10. Worshipping The Lord – 1 Chronicles 16:29 | Psalms 29:2 | Matthew 2:11 | Acts 2:41-47 | Acts 1:14
11. Fellowshipping Regularly with children of God – Heb 10:25
12. Continuing and Growing These – John 8:31 | Colossians 1:23
CONCLUSION
Best proof that you are a child of God to God, yourself and all around you – is living in and by the spirit and manifesting the fruit of the Spirit, no more no less.
1 Peter 2:2
As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
Colossians 1:8
Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.
Sessions and Parts to the Study
Galatians 5:16
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Galatians 5:25
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
