25 July 2015

Deep Lament Over Little or No Growth

Deep Lament Over Little or No Growth
Text: Hebrews 5:11-14

Speaker:
Rev Dr Charles Tan
Series:
YPG Messages Archive

Deep Lament Over Little or No Growth
Text: Hebrews 5:11-14

Speaker:
Rev Dr Charles Tan
Series:
YPG Messages Archive

Message Notes

YOUNG PEOPLE’S GROUP I

Text: Hebrews 5:11-14

25 July 2015

 

DEEP LAMENT OVER LITTLE OR NO GROWTH

  1. Initial Faith
  1. Years later… little or no significant faith

 

PROBLEMS THAT SURFACE UP

  1. Dull of hearing    Hebrews 5:11

a. Sluggishness

b. Hard of hearing

c. Dullness in comprehending difficult concepts

  1. Stagnation    Hebrews 5:12

a. No progress towards becoming teachers

b. Still need to be taught basics

c. Still in need of milk and not solid food

 

  1. Unskilled    Hebrews 5:13

a. In the Word of righteousness

b. Still a spiritual infant

 

SPIRITUAL MATURITY

 

  1. Full age (Maturity)
  1. Able to partake of solid food

a. More than basic doctrines

b. Deeper doctrines

 

  1. Senses are exercised (trained)

a. The idea of aesthetic senses

b. More than basics

c. Practice is needed

 

  1. By reasons of use

a. Good

b. Bad

 

BIBLE MEMORY VERSE

But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use, have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

Hebrews 5:14