The Drive for Discipline to Avoid Disqualification (Part 2) by Dr. Rod Mattoon

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1 Corinthians 3:1-3... And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. 2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. 3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? An old deacon who used to pray every Wednesday night at prayer meeting, always concluded his prayer the same way: "And, Lord, clean all the cobwebs out of my life." Well, it got too much for one fellow in the prayer meeting, and he heard the old deacon one time too often. So when the old man made that prayer, the fellow jumped to his feet and shouted, "Lord, Lord, don't do it! Don't do it! Kill the spider! Kill the spider!" Beloved, that's what needs to happen. We need to deal with the source of our spiritual cobwebs that rob us of spiritual maturity and growth. Our unwillingness to do this causes us to be like a bunch of baby Christians. This is the reason why many Christians are unprepared or unfit to serve the Lord. They are spiritually immature. In this message we look at the traits of a baby and relate them to the immature Christian who is not growing spiritually or hindered by sinful habits. We list a number of reasons why Christians are unprepared to serve Jesus Christ. This 32-minute message was preached on Wednesday night, August 17, 2022, at Lincoln Land Baptist Church.

Topics

• Self-Control