The Progression of Faith

Evaluate

• How committed am I to my discipleship?
• If there is a true profession of faith, there should be a true progression of faith.
• You cannot take the full credit or give the complete blame for your spiritual condition.
• Your spiritual health at the end of your life will be greatly determined by how diligent you are right now.

Examine

• How committed is God to my discipleship?
• No Christian has a different standing before God than another (1:1).
• No Christian lacks anything necessary to live a godly life (1:2-4).
• Your faith is sufficient for salvation, but you must supplement it for sanctification (1:5-7).
• Every person’s discipleship could be categorized as either increasing or ineffective (1:8-9).

Engage

• Do you have a Distinctive Discipleship plan prepared?
• The Distinctive Discipleship plan is a targeted guide to mature you for a set time.
• This plan is good for an individual, better with a partner, but best with a mentor.
• My Distinctive Discipleship Plan:
  1. I need to delight in Jesus more than
  2. My disobedience that must be addressed is
  3. The pivotal doctrine for me to study is
  4. I need development in learning how to
  5. I will focus on the spiritual discipline of
  6. My prayers of dependence will ask God to _____________