SPIRITUAL GROWTH | The Signs of Immaturity
Ephesians 4:14–15 (NIV84) Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming. 15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ.
A. One sign of Spiritual Immaturity is Emotional Instability
B. Christians who are emotionally unstable are Spiritually Immature
C. Immature Christians are tossed back and forth by the trials of life
D. When a Christian runs from their problems, instead of overcoming them, they are a spiritual infant
E. When trials can toss your emotional state back and forth, you are a spiritual infant
F. Another sign of immaturity is Spiritual Instability
G. Spiritually Unstable Christians chase teachers and doctrines
H. Spiritually Unstable Christians fall prey to the schemes of false preachers, cults and strange doctrines
I. The most dangerous Christian is a Spiritual Infant who thinks they are a mature Believer