The Road to Christian Maturity
Presented at the CMTA Conference 2015
How do you grow in spiritual maturity and help others to
grow? It’s like rolling a wheel. Dawson Trotman helped thousands and thousands
of believers to grow by teaching them the following principles.
1. The
Hub of the Christian life is Christ. Gal 2:20; Phil 1:21
2. The
4 spokes of the Christian life are:
Bible Learning: Memorize Joshua 1:8
Learning the Scripture is to the
Christian what eating is to a newborn babe.
1st Commit
yourself to learning the Word, Acts
2:40-42; Heb 5:11-14
2nd Live a life that illustrates the Word, 1 Tim 4:12b
3rd Teach others what God has taught you, Deut 5:1
Prayer
1st Learn to rely upon God in everything by
praying, Phil 4:6
2nd Learn to commune with God by praying
always, 1 Thess 5:17
3rd Learn to pray with others, Acts
4:31; 12:12
Fellowship
1st Commit yourself to being with God’s
people for corporate worship, Heb
10:24-25
2nd Commit to being an active part of the
Lighthouse groups, Acts 2:42
3rd Invite people to your home. Call people.
Hang out with CFBC members, Acts 2:46
Witnessing
1st Look at people the way God does as hell
bound sinners, Romans 9:1-3
2nd Be confident that the Gospel saves, Rom
1:16
3rd Learn how to share the Gospel, Matt
4:19
4th Become a faithful witness of the Gospel, Acts 1:8
3.
The Tire
that enables the wheel to roll is Spirit-filled
obedience, Gal 5:16; 2 Cor 3:18.
The path to spiritual maturity is
filled with steep hills to climb and deep valleys to pass through.
However, you will continue to progress towards spiritual maturity if you keep
all of these foundational elements in your life. Your life will keep rolling
like a wheel toward greater and greater Christ-likeness. And if you faithfully
encourage others to apply these same spiritual disciplines then their lives too
will keep growing in Christ-likeness.
