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Is there a relationship between spiritual formation and your worldview?
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One way to examine whether our understanding of spiritual formation is consistent with a Biblical worldview is to think through the implications of the Biblical metanarrative.
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What are the three prerequisites of formative growth?
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1. Goal or design end
2. Potential to reach that goal
3. Provisions ne
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Using Col 1.28-29 describe the design end of Christian spiritual formation.
What is the meaning of “to present?” And of &ldq
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Christ defines spiritual maturity for us in that He, as God incarnate, presents to us what it means to image God completely as a human being.
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How has salvation addressed the problems associated with the factors by which we are formed?
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Fallen human nature is changed through regeneration.
Worldly nurturing is changed through incorporation into the body of
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How do we have a new potential to reach the goal of Christ-likeness?
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It is through regeneration.
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What new resources are made available to us to provide for our growth potential to be realized?
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The inter-dependent ministry of the body of Christ is now available.
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Disciplined Living
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Disciplined living is the intentional and deliberate ordering of the activities of my life for the purpose of gaining a desired goal.
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Three things are necessary for disciplined living
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a vision, a plan, and follow-through.
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Discipline is a fruit of the Spirit
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“self-control.”
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An example of grace and human intention cooperating is
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Ezra who set his heart to study, practice, and teach the law of God. And God graciously blessed his efforts. (Ezra 7:10)
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An important related principle is
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the “mysterious principle of life” which describes our effort as cultivation, but God must give life that brings growth.
There
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e H.A.B.I.T. acrostic. Point A can refer to
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a believer – Allow the Holy Spirit to work or to a non-believer – Attach pain and pleasure.
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There are six things to remember about spiritual disciplines:
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1. They take effort
2. They are a use of means.
3. Their purpose is godl
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There are five conditions under which the Spirit fulfills His role. These are:
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1. Present your bodies as a living sacrifice.
2. When you set your mind and heart upon the things which
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Living in the Spriit is NOT:
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1. Following vague feelings of peacefulness
2. A mechanical formula for following God.
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One way to inspire trust in God is to recognize that
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he cares as demonstrated by Jesus becoming human, dying in our place, and creating a new community in one body.
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God does not tempt us to evil, but he does
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test us with a view to approval.
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God is able to take our sin and suffering and turn it into
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basis for blessing as when Joseph’s brothers intended evil, but God intended good.
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James 1:2-4 indicates that the goal of God’s testing us is to make us
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“perfect and complete”.
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Perfect or mature means in this context to
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possess a character trait as fully as possible.
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Complete in this context means
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to possess all the character traits that make us like Jesus.
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Testing is necessary for growth in virtues because
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it tells us where we are and give us a chance to exercise the virtue.
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Suffering has the effect
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of getting our focus off worldly matters and upon things that are of genuine worth.
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Christians can uniquely embrace suffering because
- ending suffering is not our highest goal. Higher goals include: glorifying God, becoming like Christ, reaching the lost. Not so much why do I suffer as what shall I suffer for?
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Growing in character requires community in two ways:
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1. In being a man or woman of character, doing the virtues
2. In becoming a man or woman of character, getting the virtues.
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Conforming to the image of God according to a Biblical WV means
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living in community. Therefore spiritual formation with a design end of conforming to the image of God requires that we live in community.
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What are the qualities of a community that contributes to formation?
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One with meaningful relationships.
One in which unity is shared.
One i
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Give examples of three levels of friendship.
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Fact
Feeling
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There are seven hindrances to life changing community.
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1. Ignorance of the priority of community
2. A lack of genuine spirituality
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