The Growth Grind
Robert Dawson
1 Corinthians 13.11; Matthew 28.20-21
As we grow up things change, we change. This week I found myself back in our attic, I hate the attic, going through Rubbermaid totes and bringing them down. A while back we had packed up a lot of John Mark's stuff - books, toys, puzzles and other things he had outgrown. I was bringing them back down for Jordan. As long as John Mark stays healthy, and Jordan for that matter, we will continue to put things away and pack them up because they have outgrown them and progressed beyond their need and enjoyment of them.
As John Mark grows it will not be only clothes and toys he puts away but certain attitudes and thought patterns will be put away as well as he matures into the man God wants him to be and I envision him being.
The same should be true of us as believers. There should be growth and change that is evident in our lives. There should be a leaving of some things and a cleaving to better things.
Paul in 1 Corinthians 13.11 - When I was a child, I used to speak as a child, think as a child, reason as a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things.
Paul has been discussing with the Corinthian church what they, and we, as believers should strive for and pursue in our Christian life. We should look to and strive for things that are permanent and eternal.
We should not get wrapped up in our gifts and ministries and forget they are a means to a greater end. The use of spiritual gifts and ministry was being abused by this church and Paul was reminding them, admonishing them, that people can easily become involved in ministry and spiritual pursuits and still fail to strive for and achieve what is most important - Christ likeness; which he describes in chapter 13 - it is a beautiful portrait of our Lord and Savior.
Paul says, one day, when the perfect comes, at the end of the age, we will be finally formed into the image of Christ (We are told in 1 John that when we ...
Robert Dawson
1 Corinthians 13.11; Matthew 28.20-21
As we grow up things change, we change. This week I found myself back in our attic, I hate the attic, going through Rubbermaid totes and bringing them down. A while back we had packed up a lot of John Mark's stuff - books, toys, puzzles and other things he had outgrown. I was bringing them back down for Jordan. As long as John Mark stays healthy, and Jordan for that matter, we will continue to put things away and pack them up because they have outgrown them and progressed beyond their need and enjoyment of them.
As John Mark grows it will not be only clothes and toys he puts away but certain attitudes and thought patterns will be put away as well as he matures into the man God wants him to be and I envision him being.
The same should be true of us as believers. There should be growth and change that is evident in our lives. There should be a leaving of some things and a cleaving to better things.
Paul in 1 Corinthians 13.11 - When I was a child, I used to speak as a child, think as a child, reason as a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things.
Paul has been discussing with the Corinthian church what they, and we, as believers should strive for and pursue in our Christian life. We should look to and strive for things that are permanent and eternal.
We should not get wrapped up in our gifts and ministries and forget they are a means to a greater end. The use of spiritual gifts and ministry was being abused by this church and Paul was reminding them, admonishing them, that people can easily become involved in ministry and spiritual pursuits and still fail to strive for and achieve what is most important - Christ likeness; which he describes in chapter 13 - it is a beautiful portrait of our Lord and Savior.
Paul says, one day, when the perfect comes, at the end of the age, we will be finally formed into the image of Christ (We are told in 1 John that when we ...
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