Sermons About Growth
Grow [a journey towards Christlikeness] Community
Simply put, it is impossible to be spiritually healthy on your own. God designed us to live with one another in redemptive community. This message explores the necessity of the gathered local church in the spiritual growth of every believer.
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Amazing Seed
Jesus compares his kingdom to the amazing growth of a mustard seed into a tree that provides protection and shelter. His choice of a miniscule weed was to illustrate what divine power can do to what might seem hopeless and insignificant, placing the credit on God and not man. Your most basic knowledge about grace and salvation such as ‘God is love or ‘I’m forgiven’, can grow into something beyond your wildest expectations. You, together with others, will find shelter and security in God’s kingdom on earth.
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Grow [a journey towards Christlikeness] : Becoming what we already are
One challenge of pursuing spiritual growth is that unless we continually remind ourselves of the Gospel we can very easily and unintentionally fall into moralism, self-help, and a mode were we just grit our teeth and say “we’ve got to do better.” To avoid this trap, we must remind ourselves daily of the depth, beauty, richness, and everyday applicability of the grace by which we are saved.
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Spiritual Peril of Isolation
In this sermon, Josh Seachris urges us to embrace the Scriptural emphasis on community, highlighting the dangers of isolation.
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Grow [a journey towards Christlikeness] : Repentance
The first words of Jesus’ first recorded sermon are “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” (Matt 4:17). The Christian life begins with repentance—a changing of one’s mind and purpose. But, repentance is more than just the starting point. Martin Luther, the great reformer, put it this way: “When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said, ‘Repent,’ he willed the entire life of believers to be one of repentance.” In this second sermon of the Grow series, we unpack what it means to walk in repentance as a Christian.
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