Toward Maturity in Christ

Main Idea: Since we have been reconciled unto God through Christ and will one day be presented unto God as holy and blameless and above reproach, we are even now on the pathway toward maturity in Christ.

28 Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ. 29 For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me… 1 For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, 2 that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God’s mystery, which is Christ, 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 4 I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. 5 For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ.

1) The Struggle Toward Maturity (vv 1:28-2:1)

2) The Goals For Maturity (vv 2-3)

3) The Desires Of Maturity (vv 4-5)