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Spiritual growth in Christ


   God’s desire is that you will grow as Christians. He doesn’t want you to feel comfortable with the level you are now; there are many rooms for improvement. In the book of Galatians 4: 1, “Now I say, that the heir, as long as he is a child, different nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all” KJV.  As a baby Christian, you cannot access everything God has prepared for you. There are some levels of glory you cannot experience if you are not growing.
   God want you to come up to the level where you will be able to know that sickness, poverty or lack is not possible for you. This is the realm of glory, a realm where divinity reigns. There is where God wants you to be. The opening text says “… the heir, long as he is a child, different nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all.” An heir who is not growing can also suffer like a servant because he is still under bondage. This is why God want every Christian to grow.
How to grow spiritually

   God has given us everything that we need for our growth both physically and spiritually. In the book of 2 Peter 1:3, “according as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue” KJV. Everything you need to live a healthy life and godly life is in the knowledge of Jesus Christ; you don’t need any extra knowledge. 1Peter 2:2, “As new babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby” KJV. This portion is letting us to know that the word of God is our milk which we should desire for healthy Christian growth, Praise God! Paul, in the acts of the Apostle put it this way Acts 20:32, “ And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified” KJV. The word of God has the ability to build you up; you need God meaning you need to give your life to Christ and you need to study or learn the word of God if your desire is to have inheritance among the saints of God.
Praise God!                                   


  

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