Spiritual and Emotional Growth can only happen in Christ

Romans 12:3

"3 For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith."

There is a big difference between confidence and self-esteem. Those who are arrogant have high self-esteem but are in fact, lacking in confidence. No one has to act arrogantly and superior who is confident.

Hebrews 13:6, “So we say with confidence, 'The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?'

Those who are confident know themselves well, they are able to look at their flaws as well as their strength without a need to be superior to others.

Psalm 27:13, “I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.”

Those who lack confidence, those who are fragile emotionally as a six-year-old child would be are the most unhappy people lacking the joy of the Lord.

Humility is our friend, when we become confident in the Lord and our walk with Him we need not be arrogant.

Philippians 4:11–13

"12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: everywhere and in all things am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. 13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."

Those who are humble and confident have no need to impress anyone else or demean others to feel special. These people are focused on spiritual and emotional growth. The prideful person does not grow either emotionally or spiritually, they remain infants and continually have tantrums when they are not seen as special.

Sadly, if these arrogant types would self-reflect they would see how freeing humility and confidence is and dispose of their arrogance in favor of spiritual and emotional progress.

Many people I have met who claim to be Christian have not grown at all in their long lives, even into old age. I feel bad for them because they have no idea what they are missing while they are trapped in a life of underlying anger and frustration.

Old age is often a key to how someone lived their entire lives. Those who have not grown do not remain the same, they grow worse. They are less loving, less tolerant, less kind, and more self-absorbed. Every bad trait of these people is magnified in their elder years.

Let's not be people who have stagnated and regressed as we grow older. Let's be people who age like fine wine, the longer we live the more we love. Hallelujah!

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It is the Holy Spirit Who Teaches all Born Again Believers

Many who have a degree from a Bible college or seminary think their degree affords them special recognition above everyone else. They assign a unique distinction above all those who do not have degrees from human educational systems.

God made it very clear that no man is above another man and that education and status is not God's standard. God expects us to hear from the Holy Spirit. Many who attend these institutions have never been born again and do not have the Holy Spirit.

We know this because they lack the fruit of the Holy Spirit.

Galatians 5:22-23
"22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."

These qualities God mentions in Galatians are character and spiritual qualities given by the Holy Spirit Who lives in those who have been born-again. Born-again believers can discern whether or not someone has these special character characteristics.

Far too many church attendees base their opinions of a "pastor" on how well they deliver a sermon, whether they are knowledgeable of the scriptures or if they are just a nice guy. Did you know someone with all these things people like can go to hell if He is not born-again. The fact that he is a one-man-paid pastor, is the first clue that he is not seeking God for the function and order of the church gathering.

Matthew 7:21-23
I Never Knew You
21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’
23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’"

Be very careful to avoid elevating someone with a degree, they may be an imposter.

2 Peter 2:1–3
False Prophets and Teachers
2 But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
2 And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them, the way of truth will be blasphemed.
3 And in their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep."

We are living in the end of days now, there will hardly be left any faith upon the earth right before Christ comes to take out His church, and most all preachers will be in disobedience to the Word of God, meaning they are rejecting Christ by rejecting His Word. He is called the Word. When someone negates and changes His word they are denying Him, He is the very essence of His Own Word.

His Word is God's Spiritual breath to mankind, His love letter to us!

What if you received a letter from a grandfather from generations ago. Would you put it on a shelf leaving it unopened? My guess is you would immediately open that letter and pour over every word at the excitement of a letter from a long-lost relative.

How seriously can we take Christ if we neglect His word and even worse change it to suit our own desires. Most people who do this are pseudo-Christians without love for God. God says the Holy Spirit leads us into all truth, not any man.
May the pseudo-Christians repent and become born again so that they too will go to heaven.

Let the Holy Spirit be Our Voice

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

4 Love is patient, love is kind, it is not jealous; love does not brag, it is not arrogant.

5 It does not act disgracefully, it does not seek its own benefit; it is not provoked, does not keep an account of a wrong suffered,

6 it does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;

7 it keeps every confidence, it believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."

When there is an absence of this love, there can be no born again experience.

John 15:12 "12 “This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you."

Luke 6:31

"31 Treat people the same way you want them to treat you."

1 Corinthians 16:14

"14 All that you do must be done in love."

Proverbs 17:17

"17 A friend loves at all times,

And a brother is born for adversity."

Those who love you do not gossip against you, they do not believe gossip about you when they hear it, they rejoice in your accomplishments and weep at your failures. They are deeply connected to the Spirit in us desiring God's best for us.

Those who love us never wish harm to us or create chaos and troubles to dominate us.

When we know the love of God and have it in our own hearts we know what Christ's love looks like, however, those who do not know Christ do not understand His love and operate according to their pride and self-will. These people have no love, even their good deeds are manipulation to gratify self.

Let's be those who love God's Way no matter what the evil world is doing. Let's not allow the devl's pokes or our emotions to control our reactions or responses. Let's allow the Holy Spirit to be our voice.

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The Christian Walk of Respect

The key to our Christian walk is to show respect to everyone even if they do not treat us respectfully. If we focus on being Christ-like, allowing the Holy Spirit to speak through us, we will be less concerned about how others act toward us.

Everything others do toward us is on them, good or evil. Everything we do with others is on us.

Of course, we will choose our friends wisely so that we have companions to walk with us while we walk with Christ on the path we have chosen.

Proverbs 13:20

"Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm."

Proverbs 18:24

"A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother."

Proverbs 27:17

"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another."

Authentic believers who have Christ-like love care deeply for their friends. They are loyal, loving listeners using the word of God to encourage. When we fall our friend weeps with us standing beside us to help us get up again.

1 Corinthians 15:33

"Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”

Galatians 5:14

"For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Those who love others are not looking for past forgiven sins to hold against someone they don't like. Those who love one another weep with a repentant one, when their friend falls, they do whatever they can to restore them with gentleness and kindness.

Galatians 6:1 "Brothers and sisters, even if a person is caught in any wrongdoing, you who are spiritual are to restore such a person in a spirit of gentleness; each one looking to yourself, so that you are not tempted as well."

The goal of the loving and kind believer is to restore someone who is repentant, not to judge or punish.

Born-again believers love to forgive those who are sorry, they love to restore, they love to encourage. Only those who are controlled by the devil enjoy keeping someone down even after God has forgiven them.

The devil is the one who goes before the throne accusing the brethren, this is who is behind the thoughts of those who love to punish those who are forgiven.

Revelation 12:10 "

Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers and sisters has been thrown down, the one who accuses them before our God day and night."

Never allow the devil to continually batter you with guilt after God has forgiven you. Do not keep company with those who love their false judgments and their punishing tactics.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

"Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance."

Seek friends who love and be a friend who loves God's way.

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