Spiritual Maturity

Many so called preachers are a nuisance to the society because they behave as if they must be listened to any time time they want to speak to people no matter what the people are currently doing. Though they have been born again for long, they are still spiritual babies and others have become unteachable due to solidified pride. Gal. 3v. 3 rebukes those who begin in the Spirit and finish in the flesh. They began well but are trying to do God's work by human effort. The Bible does not teach that the fact that you are born again you should force people to listen to your preaching every time you meet them. You do not need to start preaching to every friend of yours every time you meet him. The best preaching is by your life. Do what the Bible teaches, and people will want to imitate you.

Prov. 3v. 1 says that there is a time for everything. A time to preach by words and a time to preach by our lives. You cannot force civil leaders to give you a chance to preach in all civil gatherings you participate in. Even in the Christian gatherings, if you are not given a chance, you should not force yourself to speak. You must mature up, or you will be a reject in the society. Mat. 5v. 16 says your light should shine upon the world so that men will see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven. The light shines by your life, not just your words. Live a good life so that when you get a chance to preach, people will be excited to listen to you. I have heard a case where a certain person was rejected by his people because in all their secular meetings, he made it a must to be given a chance to preach to them. That is totally wrong. Even us Christians we do not have a sermon for every meeting we have. If we are meeting to work on a farm, we will pray and get working, and a sermon will not be necessary.

Heb. 6vv. 1-2 says we should move from elementary things to maturity. We are not to keep preaching about repentance, but should mature our Churches through other biblical teachings. There are some foolish preachers moving about talking about repentance, repentance, but have forgotten about maturing Christians by teaching them the whole word. Some call themselves prophets, and think outward things like wearing white clothes, sack clothes, having long hair or beards, etc., are a sign of spiritual power. These are just human things. Gal. 3v. 3 says we do not attain maturity through these human efforts. A long beard is not sinful, but it is not a sign of how much power you have. White clothes are good, but you can go to hell wearing them. Study the word of God to gain understanding.

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