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Hebrews 5:11-14
We have much to say about this, but it
is hard to explain because you are slow
to learn. In fact, though by this time
you ought to be teachers, you need
someone to teach you the elementary
truths of God's word all over again.
You need milk, not solid food! Anyone
who lives on milk, being still an infant,
is not acquainted with the teaching
about righteousness. But solid food is
for the mature, who by constant use
have trained themselves to distinguish
good from evil.
Hebrews 6:1
Therefore let us leave the elementary
teachings about Christ and go on to
maturity, not laying again the
foundation of repentance from acts
that lead to death, and of faith in
God,
God is looking for His people to
Mature
_______
Maturity?
#1. Maturity is not your ____
age
#2. Maturity is not your __________
appearance
#3. Maturity is not your
_______________
accomplishments
#4. Maturity has nothing to do with
academics
_________
Maturity?
#1. Maturity is ________
not
attitude
your ____
age
or character
________
#2. Maturity is not your __________
appearance
The Book of James is a manual on
is
not
your
#3. Maturity
maturity – getting real!
_______________
accomplishments
#4.‘Mature’
Maturitymeans
has nothing
________________
to do
with
complete,
perfected
academics
_________
5 Marks of Maturity From the
Book of James
#1. A mature person is _______
positive
under pressure
_____________.
James 1: 2-4
Consider it pure joy, my brothers,
whenever you face trials of many
kinds, because you know that the
testing of your faith develops
perseverance. Perseverance must
finish its work so that you may be
mature and complete, not lacking
anything.
James 1: 2-4 (Message)
“Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when
tests and challenges come at you from
all sides. You know that under
pressure, your faith-life is forced into
the open and shows its true colors. So
don’t try to get out of anything
prematurely. Let it do its work so you
become mature and well-developed, not
deficient in any way.”
5 Marks of Maturity From the
Book of James
#1. A mature person is _______
positive
under pressure
_____________.
Question: How do you handle
pressure, problems?
life
Christianity is a ____!
James 1:12
“Blessed is the man that preserves
under trial, because when he has
stood the test, he will receive the
crown of life that God has promised
to those who love Him!
5 Marks of Maturity From the
Book of James
#1. A mature person is _______
positive
under pressure
_____________.
#2. A mature person is ________
sensitive
to people
________.
James 2:8
If you really keep the royal law found in
Scripture, "Love your neighbor as
yourself," you are doing right.
5 Marks of Maturity From the
Book of James
#1. A mature person is _______
positive
under pressure
_____________.
#2. A mature person is ________
sensitive
to people
________.
A mature person is ________
sensitive to
other people!
James 2:1-6
My brothers, as believers in our glorious
Lord Jesus Christ, don't show favoritism.
Suppose a man comes into your meeting
wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and
a poor man in shabby clothes also comes
in. If you show special attention to the
man wearing fine clothes and say,
"Here's a good seat for you," but say to
the poor man, "You stand there" or "Sit
on the floor by my feet," have you not
discriminated among yourselves and
become judges with evil thoughts? Listen,
my dear brothers: Has not God chosen
those who are poor in the eyes of the
world to be rich in faith and to inherit the
kingdom he promised those who love
him? But you have insulted the poor. Is it
not the rich who are exploiting you? Are
they not the ones who are dragging you
into court?
1 Corinthians 13:1-3
(Message)
If I speak with human eloquence and
angelic ecstasy but don't love, I'm
nothing but the creaking of a rusty
gate. If I speak God's Word with power,
revealing all his mysteries and making
everything plain as day, and if I have
faith that says to a mountain, "Jump,"
and it jumps, but I don't love, I'm
nothing. If I give everything I own to
the poor and even go to the stake to
be burned as a martyr, but I don't love,
I've gotten nowhere. So, no matter
what I say, what I believe, and what I
do, I'm bankrupt without love.
Matthew 25:34-46
"Then the King will say to those on his
right, 'Come, you who are blessed by
my Father; take your inheritance, the
kingdom prepared for you since the
creation of the world. For I was
hungry and you gave me something to
eat, I was thirsty and you gave me
something to drink, I was a stranger
and you invited me in, I needed clothes
and you clothed me, I was sick and you
looked after me, I was in prison and
you came to visit me.'
"Then the righteous will answer him,
'Lord, when did we see you hungry and
feed you, or thirsty and give you
something to drink? When did we see
you a stranger and invite you in, or
needing clothes and clothe you? When
did we see you sick or in prison and go
to visit you?'
"The King will reply, 'I tell you the
truth, whatever you did for one of the
least of these brothers of mine, you did
for me.'
"Then he will say to those on his left,
'Depart from me, you who are cursed,
into the eternal fire prepared for the
devil and his angels. For I was hungry
and you gave me nothing to eat, I was
thirsty and you gave me nothing to
drink, I was a stranger and you did not
invite me in, I needed clothes and you
did not clothe me, I was sick and in
prison and you did not look after me.'
"They also will answer, 'Lord, when
did we see you hungry or thirsty or a
stranger or needing clothes or sick or
in prison, and did not help you?'
"He will reply, 'I tell you the truth,
whatever you did not do for one of the
least of these, you did not do for me.'
"Then they will go away to eternal
punishment, but the righteous to
eternal life."
5 Marks of Maturity From the
Book of James
#1. A mature person is _______
positive
under pressure
_____________.
#2. A mature person is ________
sensitive
to people
________.
#3. A mature person has ________
mastered
_________.
his mouth
James 3:1-12
Not many of you should presume to be
teachers, my brothers, because you
know that we who teach will be judged
more strictly. We all stumble in many
ways. If anyone is never at fault in
what he says, he is a perfect man, able
to keep his whole body in check. When
we put bits into the mouths of horses to
make them obey us, we can turn the
whole animal. Or take ships as an
example. Although they are so large
and are driven by strong winds, they
are steered by a very small rudder
wherever the pilot wants to go.
Likewise the tongue is a small part of
the body, but it makes great boasts.
Consider what a great forest is set on
fire by a small spark. The tongue also
is a fire, a world of evil among the parts
of the body. It corrupts the whole
person, sets the whole course of his
life on fire, and is itself set on fire by
hell. All kinds of animals, birds,
reptiles and creatures of the sea are
being tamed and have been tamed by
man, but no man can tame the tongue.
It is a restless evil, full of deadly
poison. With the tongue we praise our
Lord and Father, and with it we curse
men, who have been made in God's
likeness. Out of the same mouth come
praise and cursing. My brothers, this
should not be. Can both fresh water
and salt water flow from the same
spring? My brothers, can a fig tree bear
olives, or a grapevine bear figs?
Neither can a salt spring produce fresh
water.
Ephesians 4:29
Do not let any unwholesome talk come
out of your mouths, but only what is
helpful for building others up
according to their needs.
James 1:26
If anyone considers himself religious
and yet does not keep a tight rein on
his tongue, he deceives himself and his
religion is worthless.
5 Marks of Maturity From the
Book of James
#1. A mature person is _______
positive
under pressure
_____________.
#4.
___________,
peacemaker
#2. A mature person is a________
sensitive
not
a troublemaker
to people
________________.
________.
James
4:1
#3. A mature person has ________
mastered
“What causes fights and quarrels
_________.
his mouth
among you? Don’t they come from
your desires that battle within you?”
5 Marks of Maturity From the
Book of James
A mark of maturity is that there is
a lack of _______
conflict in our lives.
James gives 2 reasons why there is
conflict in our lives:
James 4:3
When you ask, you do not receive,
because you ask with wrong motives,
that you may spend what you get on
your pleasures.
5 Marks of Maturity From the
Book of James
A mark of maturity is that there is
a lack of _______
conflict in our lives.
James gives 2 reasons why there is
conflict in our lives:
1. selfishness
_________
2. _________
judgment
James 4:11-12
Brothers, do not slander one another.
Anyone who speaks against his brother
or judges him speaks against the law
and judges it. When you judge the law,
you are not keeping it, but sitting in
judgment on it. There is only one
Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is
able to save and destroy. But you—who
are you to judge your neighbor?
5 Marks of Maturity From the
Book of James
Why should I not judge?
1. ____________
I am not God
2. _________________________
God is the only one who has
__________
all the facts
3. ______________________
I do not know a person’s
_____
heart
5 Marks of Maturity From the
Book of James
#3. A mature person has ________
mastered
_________.
his mouth
#4. A mature person is a ___________,
peacemaker
not a troublemaker
________________.
patient and
#5. A mature person is __________
________.
prayerful
James 5
7 Be patient, then, brothers, until the
Lord's coming.
11 As you know, we consider blessed those
who have persevered…
16 The
prayer of a righteous man is
powerful and effective .
5 Marks of Maturity From the
Book of James
#3. A mature person has ________
mastered
_________.
his mouth
#4. A mature person is a ___________,
peacemaker
not a troublemaker
________________.
patient and
#5. A mature
_______
Patient person
is usedis4__________
times.
________.
prayerful
_______
Prayer is used 7 times.
Self-assessment:
1. How do you handle pressure?
2. How sensitive are you to other people?
3. How well do you manage your
mouth?
4. How good are you at being a
peacemaker?
5. How are you with patience and
prayer?
God wants us to mature and
develop a REAL FAITH!