1. Spiritual Maturity

2. Spiritual Maturity Why do we need to grow as Christians?
Hebrews 2:1, 1 Corinthians 9:24-27, 1 Timothy 4:11-16,

3. Spiritual Maturity 2 Peter 1:5-11
“But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.”

4. Spiritual Maturity Virtue Defined as…
moral excellence; goodness; righteousness, conformity of one's life and conduct to moral and ethical principles; uprightness;

5. Spiritual Maturity Virtue
Romans 6:4-13, Ephesians 4:22-32, Galatians 5:19-23

6. Spiritual Maturity Virtue Knowledge
1 Corinthians 3:1-3, Hebrews 5:11-14, Proverbs 1:7, 8:10, 11:9, 12:1, Romans 1:28-32

7. Spiritual Maturity Virtue Knowledge Self Control
Galatians 5:24-26, 1 Thessalonians 5:21-22

8. Spiritual Maturity Virtue Knowledge Self Control Perseverance
James 5:10-11, 2 Timothy 4:5-8

9. Spiritual Maturity Virtue Knowledge Self Control Perseverance
Godliness
1 Peter 1:15-16, Matthew 5:13-16

10. Spiritual Maturity Virtue Knowledge Self Control Perseverance
Godliness
Brotherly Kindness
1 John 4:20-21, James 5:9,13-16

11. Spiritual Maturity Virtue Knowledge Self Control Perseverance
Godliness
Brotherly Kindness
Love
Matthew 19:19, 5:43-48, John 14:15

12. Spiritual Maturity Conclusion
If we do not seek to gain Spiritual Maturity as Christians then we will risk drifting as the Hebrew brethren, becoming undiscerning as Paul warned the Romans, and ultimately becoming lukewarm as the church in Sardis in Revelation 3:16 whom Jesus said he would “vomit out of his mouth”.