Spiritual Maturity 【属灵成熟】

Every Christian must grow towards spiritual maturity, into the image and likeness of Christ in order to truly live and walk in the Spirit. To attain this, our body which is the temple of God must be filled with the fullness of God, as God gives the Spirit without limit (John 3:34) and not just be contented with a little deposit of His Spirit when we were saved (2 Corinthians 1:22).

Growth is the goal of the Christian. Maturity is mandatory. If a child ceased to develop, the parents would be concerned. Doctors would be called. Tests would be run. When a child stops growing, something is wrong.

When a Christian stops growing, help is needed. If you are the same Christian a few years ago, be careful. You might be wise to get a checkup. Not on your physical body, but on your heart. Not a physical, but a spiritual.

God creates us first in the spirit and puts us in our earthly mother’s womb to be birthed with a physical earthly body. Our human spirit is entrapped in our sinful human body weighed down by earth’s gravity. Our flesh represents the physical human body. We need to free our human spirit entrapped in our physical body from the force of gravity. This requires God’s strength to strengthen us with power through His Spirit in our inner being (Ephesians 3:16).

This force bursting through the gravity of the flesh is like a rocket being launched into space. As a spacecraft in orbit can see earth very clearly, so a human’s spirit in such position can see things that others cannot see.

With the ability to see things clearer with the mind of Christ, we will not be critical with other God’s anointed like engaging in unhealthy gossip and petty talks, unknowingly heading in the same direction with our accusers. We should, instead encourage one another and build each other up, holding our brothers in the highest regard in love because of their work for the Lord and live in peace with each other (1 Thessalonians 5:11, 13)

Paul said in 1 Corinthians 3:1-3:-

“Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly-mere infants in Christ. I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere men?”

Everyone has a calling in the Body of Christ to serve His divine purpose to glorify His name so we just do what God wants us to do and not judge other ministries because we do not know how God works and we are not God.

Billy Graham quoted: “It is the Holy Spirit’s job to convict, God’s job to judge and my job to love.”

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Paul K P Ang

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July 2, 2019

每一个基督徒都必须朝着属灵成熟的方向成长，成为基督的形象和样式，才能真正过得胜利的生活，行在圣灵里。要实现这一点，我们的身体也就是上帝的殿必须被上帝所充满的充满我们，因为上帝赐给圣灵是无限制的（约翰福音三章34节），不只是当我们得救的时候得到一点祂的圣灵（哥林多前书一章22节）。

成长是基督徒的目标。成熟是强制性的。如果一个小孩停止发育，父母会非常的担心。医生会被召集。将会做很多的测试。当小孩停止成长时，是发生问题了。

当基督徒停止成长时，一定要求帮助。如果你和几个月前一样没有改变，请小心。你应该明智地接受检查。不是检查你的身体，而是你的心。不是身体检查，而是属灵检查。

这股力量从肉体的地心引力爆发出去就像一枚火箭射入太空。在轨道上的火箭可以很清楚地看到地球，因此一个人的灵处于在这个位置可以看到别人无法看到的东西。

由于能够以基督的心更清楚的看待事物，我们就不会批评其他上帝受膏的仆人，聊八卦和以甜言蜜语巴结，在不知不觉中与我们的控告者走向同一个方向。我们应该相互鼓励，相互建立，因为他们为主工作，彼此和睦相处，使我们的兄弟们在爱中得到崇高的敬意（帖撒罗尼迦后书五章11,13节）。

保罗在哥林多前书三章1至3节中说到： - 

“弟兄们，我从前对你们说话，不能把你们当做属灵的，只得把你们当做属肉体、在基督里为婴孩的。我是用奶喂你们，没有用饭喂你们。那时你们不能吃，就是如今还是不能。你们仍是属肉体的，因为在你们中间有嫉妒、纷争，这岂不是属乎肉体、照着世人的样子行吗？”

每个人在基督的身体里都有个人的呼召，在祂神圣的目的地里服侍，就是为了要荣耀祂的名。所以我们只是按照上帝要我们去做的事而不去判断其他人的事工，因为我们不知道上帝如何运作因为我们不是上帝。

葛培理引述：“使我们知罪是圣灵的工作，审判是上帝的工作，我的工作是去爱。”

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愿主耶稣基督的恩典与你的灵同在！

洪光炳（保罗）
环球烈火军火库事工
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2019年7月2日