14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
15 For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church. - 1 Corinthians 4:14-17.
For the hungry in heart - they must use the scripture to know and be filled. What does scripture say about our understanding, and growing up into Him? Going through different levels of understanding as we grow! The levels in 1st John is; believers growth in understanding.
We use a term; God uses understanding to lead us! He keeps us in the scriptures and the things of God to reveal Himself to you, and gives knowledge and understanding as we grow. That knowledge is how we grow - the Lord takes us from faith to faith and glory to glory! It is the leading of the Spirit! This is where that understanding comes from:
So we can see the importance of growing, and how it is we grow.. line upon line, here a little and there a little. Look at the levels (in 1John 2:13-14), and think about how you have gone through different levels of understanding of scripture.
13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one. - 1 John 2:13-14.
Lets look at a quick overview of what we have seen and believed in scripture: In whom we have believed! (please feel free to give your knowledge and understanding of scripture and your testimony of understanding at different levels)
-- The first level of understanding; you will go through is the child level in scripture, and understanding. Salvation is made real to you and you have become a child of God. You may or may not, have a since of the new birth. The scripture opens up to you as much as possible, and the leading of the Lord has begun. Experiences are different in individual believers but it is the beginning of understanding the things of God. The first level of understanding - you learned you had a father, and began a pursuit of your father! Where the Lord guide's, He provides - is a term used as well in the child level. Things just come to you and you are taken care of. No more world, you are a new creation. The world is your playground so to speak and blessings flow out of it. We learn something about the 'provision of our Father.' You feel you got it, and this is it.. and may be just all there is to know. Like that is all that is in God. That is the end of your move into the child stage of understanding, and can move into the stage of a young man! --
The young man stage of understanding the things of God: to be continued!
15 For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church. - 1 Corinthians 4:14-17.
For the hungry in heart - they must use the scripture to know and be filled. What does scripture say about our understanding, and growing up into Him? Going through different levels of understanding as we grow! The levels in 1st John is; believers growth in understanding.
We use a term; God uses understanding to lead us! He keeps us in the scriptures and the things of God to reveal Himself to you, and gives knowledge and understanding as we grow. That knowledge is how we grow - the Lord takes us from faith to faith and glory to glory! It is the leading of the Spirit! This is where that understanding comes from:
So we can see the importance of growing, and how it is we grow.. line upon line, here a little and there a little. Look at the levels (in 1John 2:13-14), and think about how you have gone through different levels of understanding of scripture.
13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one. - 1 John 2:13-14.
Lets look at a quick overview of what we have seen and believed in scripture: In whom we have believed! (please feel free to give your knowledge and understanding of scripture and your testimony of understanding at different levels)
-- The first level of understanding; you will go through is the child level in scripture, and understanding. Salvation is made real to you and you have become a child of God. You may or may not, have a since of the new birth. The scripture opens up to you as much as possible, and the leading of the Lord has begun. Experiences are different in individual believers but it is the beginning of understanding the things of God. The first level of understanding - you learned you had a father, and began a pursuit of your father! Where the Lord guide's, He provides - is a term used as well in the child level. Things just come to you and you are taken care of. No more world, you are a new creation. The world is your playground so to speak and blessings flow out of it. We learn something about the 'provision of our Father.' You feel you got it, and this is it.. and may be just all there is to know. Like that is all that is in God. That is the end of your move into the child stage of understanding, and can move into the stage of a young man! --
The young man stage of understanding the things of God: to be continued!