1. MAKING CHRISTLIKE DISCIPLES3
CHRISTIAN MATURITY

2. DEFINITION OF CHRISTIAN MATURITY
• Christian Maturity is Stable Christlikeness- in
Character, Doctrine, Ministry Fruitfulness
and Passion for God.
• Christ in you, the hope of glory, Col. 1:27
• Not tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine,
Eph. 4:14;
• Presenting every man perfect in Christ, Col. 1:28;
• To the fulness of the stature of Christ, Eph.4:13
• Be imitators of me as I am of Christ, 1 Cor. 11:1
• When we see Jesus, we shall be like him, 1 Jn.3:2

3. IMPORTANCE OF CHRISTIAN
MATURITY
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FULFILLING GOD’S CALL UPON YOUR LIFE
FRUITFULNESS IS FOR THE MATURE AND ADULT
DOCTRINAL STABILITY MEANS SOLID FOOD
CHARACTER WORTH IMITATING
FULL INHERITANCE AS GOD’S HEIR
HELPING/MINISTRY TO OTHERS
FIT FOR LEADERSHIP AT HOME AND ABROAD
FULLNESS OF STATURE OF CHRIST

4. CONTENTS
1. DOCTRINAL MATURITY-MAJOR BIBLE
DOCTRINES
2. MATURITY IN CHRISTLIKE CHARACTER
3. FAMILY LIFE & LEADERSHIP ISSUES
4. MATURITY IN MINISTRY FRUITFULNESS
5. FULFILLING GOD’S CALL UPON YOUR LIFE
6. MATURITY IN DOING GOD’S WILL &
INTIMACY WITH GOD
7. PERFECTION IN CHRISTLIKENESS

5. Doctrinal Maturity makes for
stability in the faith

6. DOCTRINAL MATURITY: MAJOR BIBLE
DOCTRINES, CULTS, APOLOGETICS
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Bibliology-doctrine Of Bible
Theology-doctrine Of God
Christology-doctrine Of Christ
Pneumatology-doctrine Of Holy Spirit
Anthropology-doctrine Of Man
Hamartiology-doctrine Of Sin
Soteriology-doctrine Of Salvation
Ecclesiology-doctrine Of Church
Angelology-doctrine Of Angels, Demons, Satan
Eschatology-doctrine Of Last Things

7. Character is what you are when
no one is looking

8. MATURITY IN CHRISTLIKE CHARACTER
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PURITY
HOLINESS
HUMILITY
OBEDIENCE UNTO DEATH
MEEKNESS
GUILELESSNESS
FAITHFULNESS AS SON
LOVE
BOLDNESS/COURAGE
LONGSUFFERING
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RIGHTEOUSNESS
ZEAL FOR GOD
PATIENT ENDURANCE
COMPASSION
WISDOM
FAVOR WITH GOD
FAVOR WITH MEN
PRAYERFUL
TEMPTED IN EVERY WAY
WITHOUT SIN

9. Fruitbearing is for the Mature

10. MINISTRY FRUITFULNESS
USE OF CHARISMATIC, MINISTRY, OPERATIONAL
GIFTS
• EVIDENCE OF STABLE FRUITFULNESS, Jn. 15:6
• MINISTRY DISTINCTIVES OF JESUS’ MINISTRY:
– Preaching, Teaching, Healing, Matt. 4:23-25; 9:35
– Disciplemaking, Lk. 6:12,13; Mk. 3:13-15
– Spiritual Warfare, Acts 10:38; 1 Jn.3:8
• MINISTRY DISTINCTIVES OF THE APOSTLES

11. Spiritual Leadership Begins At Home

12. FAMILY LIFE & LEADERSHIP AT HOME AND
ABROAD
• Christian Leadership: Definition and
Importance
• Leadership in Family Life, Church, Workplace,
• Darksides, Dangers and Pitfalls in Christian
Leadership;
• Tough Tasks in Leadership-Confrontation,
Conflict, Complexity, Cultural Diversity

13. Will You Finish Well?

14. FULFILLING GOD’S CALL UPON
YOUR LIFE
• Finishing Well, Jn. 17:4; 2 Tim. 4:7,8;
• Mentoring and Being Mentored
• Reproducing Generations, 2 Tim. 2:2

15. INTIMACY WITH GOD
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The Perfect Will of God
Doing Only What Pleases God
First Love
The Home of Father Son and Holy Spirit
Intimacy with God

16. Be perfect even as your Heavenly
Father is Perfect

17. PERFECTION IN CHRISTLIKENESS
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Filled With The Holy Spirit
Filled With The Fulness of the Stature of Christ
Filled With All the Fullness of God, Eph. 3:19
Perfect in Christ is what God expects, Matt. 5:48
Leaving a Legacy of Christlike Example in Life,
Ministry
• There is a perfection which can only be attained
when Christ appears, 1 Jn. 3:2