CHILDISH WAYS #1

CHILDISH WAYS #1 I. HAVE YOU EVER SAID TO SOMEONE: “GROW UP?” A. WHAT AGE DO WE TEND TO ASSUME WE’VE MOVED PAST CHILDHOOD? B. 1 CORINTHIANS 13:11 C. THE WAY WE TALK, THINK AND REASON REFLECT CHILDLIKE BEHAVIOR. II. WHEN IT COMES TO SPIRITUAL GROWTH AND MATURITY ARE THERE CHILDISH PRACTICES WE NEED TO PUT BEHIND US? A. 1 CORINTHIANS 3:1-4 B. PAUL CONNECTS BEING AN “INFANT” SPIRITUALLY WITH BEING “WORLDLY.” C. HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO SEE CHILDISH AND SPIRITUALLY IMMATURE PRACTICES? D. WHEN A CHURCH DISPLAYS “JEALOUSLY AND QUARRELING”, SPIRITUAL MATURITY HASN’T TAKEN PLACE. III. AS A SPIRITUAL MENTOR, PAUL COULD NOT OVERLOOK OR EXCUSE SUCH BEHAVIOR. A. BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIANS ARE CALLED TO A HIGHER STANDARD OF BEHAVIOR, THAN MEN IN THE WORLD. B. 1 CORINTHIANS 3:16-17 C. IT WAS TIME FOR THEM TO “GROW UP” AND START TALKING, THINKING, BEHAVING AND LIVING LIKE THE TEMPLE OF THE LIVING GOD. IV. GROWING UP SPIRITUALLY INVOLVES LOVING ONE ANOTHER AND WORKING IN TOGETHER IN HARMONY. A. HEBREWS 5:14 B. SOLID, SPIRITUAL FOOD CONSISTS OF SOUND, BIBLICAL DOCTRINE. C. THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR BEING COMMITTED TO THE STUDY OF GOD’S WORD, PRAYER, FELLOWSHIP AND WORSHIP. D. ACTS 2:42 E. THEY “DEVOTED” THEMSELVES: WOULD YOU SAY YOU ARE “DEVOTED?”