• Hebrews 5:11-14
    of whom we have much to say, and hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. 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.
     
  • 1 Corinthians 3:1-4
    And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able; for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men? For when one says, "I am of Paul," and another, "I am of Apollos," are you not carnal?
     
  • Ephesians 4:14
    that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting,
     
  • 1 Corinthians 2:14
    But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
     
  • 1 Corinthians 13:11
    When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
     
  • Hebrews 6:12
    that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
     
  • 1 Corinthians 14:20
    Brethren, do not be children in understanding; however, in malice be babes, but in understanding be mature.
     
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Resources

Developing a Mature Spiritual Appetite

'Ready Answer' by David F. Maas

The apostle Paul expressed frustration at the chronic spiritual dependency in congregations that should have shown maturity. To the Corinthians, he wrote, I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are not able; for you are still carnal. He similarly noted to the …


How Emotions Affect Spiritual Maturity

Sermon by Martin G. Collins

Spiritual immaturity arises directly from emotional immaturity, since the inability to control emotions prevents the development of right character and blocks the influence of God's Holy Spirit. Emotional immaturity keeps individuals centered on self rather than practicing outgoing concern, which is the essence of God's law of …


Our Spiritual Roof

Sermon by Bill Onisick

If we are not performing righteous acts with the right spirit (God's Holy Spirit or the mind of Christ) we will not hit the mark.


Spiritual Fine Tuning

Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by David F. Maas

Spiritual immaturity manifests in a persistent reliance on either-or thinking and extreme reactions that characterize early stages of conversion. New believers instinctively make abrupt 180-degree reversals, choosing one path while rejecting its opposite, such as embracing the Sabbath and rejecting all other days or selecting …


Journey of the Monarch Butterfly

Sermonette by Ryan McClure

We must undergo a metamorphosis from a carnal, fleshly (relatively worm-like) existence to a glorious, dazzling offspring of Almighty God.


Like a Growing Seed (Part Two)

CGG Weekly by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Like its physical counterpart, spiritual growth happens slowly. A newly baptized Christian will not produce the fruit of the spirit as easily as a mature one.


Adolescent Geriatrics

Sermon by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

The cultural phenomenon known as 'adolescent geriatrics' is when a senior citizen, ignoring the ravages of time, continues youthful styles, desires, and goals.


Desire Earnestly to Prophesy

'Ready Answer' by Bill Cherry

Paul's admonition to the Corinthians to desire to prophesy has confused some due to a fundamental misunderstanding of what prophesying really is.



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