SIGNS OF SPIRITUAL IMMATURITY BY PR. PHILIP LOTIMONG – APRIL 7, 2024
MASTER SCRIPTURE: HEBREWS 5:11-14; 1 PETER 4:7-8
WARNING AGAINST APOSTASY
- APOSTASY IS AN ACT OF REFUSING TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW, OBEY OR RECOGNIZE SPIRITUAL OR RELIGIOUS FAITH.
- IT IS ABANDONING OF A PREVIOUS LOYALITY.
- IT IS REJECTION OF CHRIST BY ONE WHO HAS BEEN A CHRISTIAN. IT MEANS SOMEONE WHO HAS LEFT THE FAITH OR ABANDONED CHRIST.
SIGNS OF SPIRITUAL IMMATURITY
- APATHY TOWARDS THE WORD OF GOD.
– LACK OF CONCERN IN THE THINGS OF GOD.
– LACK OF BEING INTERESTED IN THE WORD OF GOD.
– LACK OF EMOTIONS OR FEELINGS TOWARDS GOD - INABILITY TO TEACH AND PASS ON THE WORD OF GOD TO OTHERS.
- PREFERENCE FOR AN INFANT DIET.
– IT IS ONLY BABIES WHO NEED MILK. - LACK OF SPIRITUAL SENSITIVITY AND DISCERNMENT.
– IT IS THE WORD OF GOD THAT HELPS YOU TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN WHAT IS OF GOD AND WHAT IS NOT OF GOD.
