How to GROW SPIRITUALLY closer to GOD | Video 1 - The word of God

hey did you know that most of the problems that young Christians experienced today come from spiritual immaturity why well because if you're spiritually immature you can make a lot of dumb decisions I know that sounds harsh but it's true because those decisions are mostly made from your fleshly nature and not your spiritual nature so a lot of the times you make decisions on what you feel like instead of what you know to be true and the problem is that what you feel change all the time your emotions are fickle so it's now it's like this tomorrow it's like that it changed all the time it's not based on truth and you can lie to you but spiritual mature people make decisions based on the truth and not on feelings so how do you really grow spiritually in God to become a mature Christian well let's start at the beginning there are four basic things that you need to grow spiritually in God they're like the the four wheels of a car that you need to move forward with God to start a relationship with him and to grow with him they are number one the Word of God number two prayer number three fellowship with other believers Konoe ania and number four to testify and share the gospel now those are the four basic things that you need to grow spiritually the four wheels and in this video I'm gonna focus on the first one the Word of God so let's get to it [Music] now just very quick if your first time here on my channel I'm Daniel Rhodes and welcome to DeLand Christian lifestyle subscribe and also click that notification bell so you won't miss any of the next videos now to grow spiritually you need to get to know God himself you need to learn who God really is it works the same in any kind of relationship when you meet somebody for the first time you need to get to know them who they really are what do they like what don't they like what's their personality like and with God it is exactly the same you need to get to know who God really is and God already revealed himself to us through his word the Bible Peter says in 2 Peter 1 verse 3 to 8 his divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life now listen to this through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness he says he's given us everything we need not just given you some things no he says everything we need for a godly life how did he give it to us through out through our knowledge of him some Christians believe their relationship with God goes on how they feel their relationship of God but that's not what the Bible says the Bible says through our knowledge of God so how do you increase your knowledge of God well you look at what he says how do you know that well you look at what he has already revealed to us he's where the Bible you have to study the Bible because it's the only truth out there in the world the only source of absolute truth and you want to make your decisions based on truth and not on feelings 2 Timothy 3 verse 16 to 17 says all Scripture is god-breathed and is useful for teaching rebuking correcting training in righteousness so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work it says thoroughly equipped which means you don't need to add anything to the Bible to be fully equipped so be very careful when you listen to Christian preachers out there don't just believe anything that they're saying test what they're saying with the Bible even me everything I say in all my videos you have to go and test if what I say is truth or not according to the Bible in 1 John 4 verse 1 he says do not believe every spirit but test the spirits to see whether they are from God because many false prophets have gone out into the world God didn't say that he will test preachers for you he says you have to do it but how will you know if somebody speaks the truth or not if you don't know what the Bible teaches us so to grow spiritually stronger and mature you need to learn you need to study what the Bible teaches us if you know what the Bible says you won't be easily misled by any new wind of new doctrine or new teaching that comes along now if you're a new Christian be patient it will take time but as you go through this whole journey and as you learn what the Bible teaches about God you will grow stronger you will grow more spiritually in God but you got to be serious about getting to know God get to know him more fully who he truly is remember if you're a new Christian your new spiritual nature is like a newborn baby and it needs to feed on the Bible to grow that is its food 1 Peter 2 verse 2 says like newborn babies crave pure spiritual milk so that by it you may grow up in your salvation it says with pure spiritual milk there's a lot of milk out there yeah there's a lot of milk out there but not all of it is pure milk and you don't want to feed your spirit with impure milk meaning with false teachings now listen to this because this is very important because as you read and as you grow in knowledge of Christ of God the Holy Spirit in you will also start to speak to you and reveal to you the deep truths of God there are things that I understand now as a more mature Christian which before as a young person I couldn't understand because I had to first feed myself with milk before I can go to solid food but there are a lot of Christians who just keep on feeding on milk so they don't grow at all I mean just think about this how ugly is it for a grown man or woman to be in diapers to still be a baby because that is what most Christians spiritually still look like after years of being a Christian they get stuck they don't grow up they stay babies now the biggest thing that you need to learn as a new Christian is the difference between your old sinful nature the fleshly nature and your new spiritual nature and you have to take God's Word and study it to understand the difference mature Christians know how to make wise decisions because they know the truth of the Bible and they've learned how to live through the Spirit and not through their fleshly old nature Hebrews 4 verse 12 says for the word of God is alive and active sharper than any double-edged sword it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit joints and marrow it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart so the Word of God is alive it is active sharper than a two-edged sword and it clearly shows us the difference between our soul and our spirit most young Christians don't know that there is a difference between the two because there is the knowledge and the understanding of this helped me to grow immensely and in the future I will make some more videos about that to explain it in more detail but in short we are born into this sinful world and we are spiritually dead we only know how to live through our soul which is our emotions our intellect and our will but then when we become a reborn Christian God opens up our spiritual eyes and we can see spiritual things we are reborn spiritually and then the Holy Spirit comes to live inside our spirit to help us with our new life in Jesus Christ so you get a new spiritual nature and you need to learn how to live through this new spiritual nature how do you learn it how do you how do you know well you need to learn what the Bible teaches about it the Bible will guide you in all truth don't be a lazy Christian don't be a spiritual baby but start to read the Bible and ask God also to reveal these truths to you there is no way that you can grow spiritually without the Word of God without true knowledge of God about who he is that is why we have so many lukewarm Christians in the world today because Christians are lazy they don't read the Bible anymore and the true Word of God is preached less and less and less in churches today when you start to read the whole Bible it'll shock you of how many things you will read that you've never heard in some churches and then you'll also know how many things they actually just say that he isn't in the Bible we as the church need to move back to the Bible we need to preach it we need to read it we need to study it we need to live it because only the truth will set people free now listen very carefully God works through his word through his Spirit and through revelation as you grow more spiritually God reveals deeper truths to you when you are ready for it it's like you have a veil on and God slowly lifts the veil and you start to see clearly and you understand spiritual things so today there might be a few things that you don't understand but someday when it when it is time when you are ready God will lift the veil and what suddenly it opens up to you suddenly you have clarity and then it's like oh now I understand it ah that is spiritual growth when you understand it God also works the faith in you to accept it your faith right now might be small but it grows God also talks in the Bible of those of little faith but spiritual growth is growth in faith we read in 2 Corinthians 5 or 7 for we walk by faith not by sight and faith is in your spirit it's annoying that the Word of God is true it's not all I hope it is no it's annoying a deep knowing and the deeper it grows the deeper you grow in God that is spiritual growth and the more you grow in this knowing in God who he truly is the more your spiritual growth is built on Jesus Christ outside of yourself and your feelings I know that's a little bit heavy but take some time let it sink in go a little bit back rewind play it again so it can make sense to you of what I'm saying but remember real spiritual growth comes from your spirit that is feeding on the Bible Jesus says in John 6 verse 35 I am the bread of life whoever comes to me will never go hungry and whoever believes in Me will never be thirsty true spiritual growth is a journey of sanctification to get to know Jesus more who he is more fuller and to become more and more like him to be more Christ minded and to do that you need to know who Jesus is and you get to know him in the Bible and through the Holy Spirit and through his revelation in the next video I'll take this a little bit further and remember if you haven't subscribed yet please do so and also like the video and then I'll see you in the neck video remember God loves you and I love you too but take my life and let it be consecrated Lord to thee

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Id: T6_seXpz6eI

Length: 13min 2sec (782 seconds)

Published: Sun Oct 20 2019