Warning: Growing in the Word does not necessarily constitute Spiritual Growth. One might be able to memorize scripture, putting it in his mind. Unless one accepts Christ and puts it in his Heart, it will do them little good toward Spiritual Growth.
We are not to just grow spiritually, but we are to grow the church as well. I have heard several people say, in different churches, say “It is not the number of people we get in the church that matters, but how the people in the church grow”, after giving this a lot of thought, I cannot agree with that statement. To say that we do not want a full church is to say “It is okay if some people go to Hell, as long as the ones going to Heaven are well educated, and mature Christians”. We have a responsibility to go into the World and bring people to Jesus.
Last week we are talking about Getting; Getting Salvation, Getting Spiritual Gifts, Getting Committed and Getting People, this morning we are going to talk about Growing. Are you growing this morning? In order to grow we must take something into digest. It is a fact. If we do not eat we do not grow.
