Spiritual Growth
In the life of a Christian, growth is vital. Either we are growing, or we are falling
backward, or backsliding. We must always
keep growing towards the Lord Jesus or the devil will win the victory in our
lives. The devil will do everything he
can to stop a Christian from growing in the Lord because he knows what kind of
power the growing Christian possesses. There are three main ways for the
Christian to be a growing Christian, and in this blog today, we will look at
the first way. First, we need to start
with the Word of God. The Bible has many
names: Word of God, the Scriptures, the Book, the Sword of the Spirit, to name
just a few. Try to find as many as possible names that God calls His own Word
throughout the Bible. You will find many
of them in the book of Psalms alone. The
Word of God is a very important aid that God Himself has given to the
Christian. When we read it, the Words of
God flow through our very beings. God
has given us the Bible as a way of fighting off the devil. The Lord Jesus used the Word of God to fight
off the devil when He was tempted in the wilderness (Matthew 4). Whenever the devil attacks us, we should simply
quote the Word of God to fight off the temptation. Other uses of the Bible include: it helps us
when we are feeling down, it shows us the right way of living, it teaches us
about the way of salvation, it show us about our sins, it teaches us the
doctrines of God, and it tells us about our future home in a place called
heaven, if we are saved. We must
understand that this is not just a book about God, but rather a book with God
speaking to us. These are His very own
Words. There are four things we need to be doing with the Word of God: read it,
believe it, memorize it, and obey it. Make it a habit in your life to be in the Word of God, and you will
never fall away from the Lord. Just
remember that the devil will do all that he can to keep you away from the Word
of God, so keep your guard up. See all
that God has for you, spend time in the Word.
Dr. Ken Scoggins
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