Matthew 6:19 (NKJV) says:
"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust
destroy and where thieves break in and steal."
Spiritual growth
1. Intimacy
2. Access knowledge
3. righteousness
INTIMACY
John 4:23-24 (NKJV)
"But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will
worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to
worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in
spirit and truth."
Isaiah 43:21 (NKJV)
"This people I have formed for Myself; They shall declare My praise."
Psalms 8:4-6 (NKJV) states:
"What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man
that You visit him?
For You have made him a little lower than the angels, And You
have crowned him with glory and honor.
You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your
hands; You have put all things under his feet."
ACCESS KNOWLEDGE
Hoses 6 vs 6,,,,,jn 17 vs 3[ginosko]
RIGHTEOUSNESS
1 Peter 1:15-16 (NKJV)
"But as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct,
because it is written, 'Be holy, for I am holy.'"
Legalism and
imputed righteouness
Ephesians 4:24 (NKJV) states:
"and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in
true righteousness and holiness."
1 John 3:7 (NKJV)
"Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is
righteous, just as He is righteous."
2 Corinthians 5:14 (NKJV)
"For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One
died for all, then all died;"
HOW TO ACHIEVE
Justified
Romans 3:28 (NKJV)
"Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the
deeds of the law."
Romans 4:21-22 (NKJV)
"and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able
to perform. And therefore 'it was accounted to him for righteousness.'"
CONSCECRATION
James 2:19, 17 (NKJV)
"You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that
—and shudder." "Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is
dead."
Ephesians 4:13 (NKJV)
"till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son
of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of
Christ."
2 Timothy 2:19-21 (NKJV)
"Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: 'The
Lord knows those who are His,' and, 'Let everyone who names the name
of Christ depart from iniquity.' But in a great house there are not only
vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honor and
some for dishonor. Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the latter,
he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master,
prepared for every good work."
Hebrews 12:4 (NKJV)
"In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of
shedding your blood."
Romans 12:1 (NKJV)
"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you
present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is
your reasonable service."
HOW
Hebrews 12:1 (NKJV) states:
"Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of
witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily
ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us."
LOOKING[apohorao]-APO;away from, to be separated
HORAO;to see, to attend, to experience
2 Corinthians 3:18 (NKJV) states:
"But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the
Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just
as by the Spirit of the Lord."
