Growing Strong in Spirit
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Mark 4:30-32 “Then He said, "To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with what parable shall we picture it? (31) It is like a mustard seed which, when it is sown on the ground, is smaller than all the seeds on earth; (32) but when it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all herbs, and shoots out large branches, so that the birds of the air may nest under its shade.”
Our Lord Jesus, when He was on the earth, stated that the kingdom of God is within us. The parable that our Lord described above, is a picture of the kingdom of God that is in each believer. We are all born into the kingdom of God in seed form, for the Holy Spirit tells us that we have been born again of the incorruptible seed of the word of God. It is God’s intention, that all of His children grow from that small seed into large trees, that can be used of Him to bless the lives of those around them. It is the spirit of the born-again believer that can grow. This book examines what God’s word says, on the subject of growing strong in spirit.
Michael Maher
From childhood, Michael E.B. Maher has always known that the Lord's call was upon his life for the ministry. When he was saved at the age of twenty-two, almost immediately the Lord Jesus began to deal with him about entering the ministry. However, it was only many years later that he committed to the Lord to answer the Lord's call to the ministry. And so, in 2014 Michael Maher Ministries was begun. From the beginning, the mandate given to Michael from the Lord Jesus was to preach the word. And so, this ministry preaches the word of God on every available platform around the world.
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Growing Strong in Spirit - Michael Maher
GROWING STRONG IN SPIRIT
Michael E.B. Maher
Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations in this teaching are from the New King James Version of the bible.
Revised Edition 2022
ISBN:
Books by Michael E.B. Maher
Foundation Doctrines of Christ
Repentance from Dead Works
Faith Toward God
Doctrine of Baptisms
Laying on of Hands
Resurrection of the Dead
Eternal Judgement
Man, the Image of God
The Will of Man
The Spirit of Man
The Conscience of Man
The Mind of Man
The Body of Man
Gifts of the Church
Spiritual Gifts
Ministry Gifts
The Revelation Gifts
The Power Gifts
The Speaking Gifts
End of the Ages
The Last Three Superpowers
The Last Days
The Seventh Seal
The Millennial Kingdom
The End of the Age
Standalone
There is Sin to Death
Prayer
Being Unforgiving
Being led by the Spirit
Born Free from Sin
The Two Gospels Explained
Being led by the Spirit
Of Such is the Kingdom
Rich through His Poverty
Suffering as a Christian
Growing Strong in Spirit
The Believer’s Authority in the Earth
The Prayer of Faith
Predestined to His Purpose
Holy Spirit Encounters
The Bible Creation Account
The Blood of Christ
The Church and the State
Contents
Chapter 1
Our spirits can grow
Chapter 2
Stages of spiritual growth
Chapter 3
How to grow spiritually
Chapter 1
Our spirits can grow
Mankind is a spirit being
2 Corinthians 4:16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.
As revealed in the above quoted passage of scripture, God has created mankind with two primary parts, i.e. we have an outward man and we have an inward man. Our outward man is our physical body and our inward man is our spirit. This passage declares that our outward man (our body) is perishing. The reason for that is because our physical bodies are mortal. This passage goes on to declare that our inward man (our spirit) is being renewed day by day. The reason for that is because our spirits are eternal creations of God. Because our spirit is eternal and our body is temporary, it is self evident that the spirit of man is the real person, while the body of man is simply the house that our spirit inhabits.
Ecclesiastes 12:7 Then the dust will return to the earth as it was and the spirit will return to God who gave it.
The context of the above quoted passage of scripture deals with the subject of death and what takes place when humans die. This passage teaches us that because our bodies are mortal, they eventually expire and return to the dust from which God formed them, while our spirit departs and returns to God who created it. And so this passage confirms the truth to us that the spirit of man is the real man, while the body of man is the temporary home that the spirit dwells in while on the earth.
Numbers 16:22 Then they fell on their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and You be angry with all the congregation?
The above quoted passage of scripture declares that God is the God of the spirits of all flesh. So what does that statement mean? It simply means that God creates every spirit of man born into the earth, for He is the creator of all things. The New Testament confirms this truth to us when it teaches us that God is the Father of spirits (Hebrews 10:9). And so we see that every spirit of man born into the earth comes directly from God.
1 Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
In the above quoted passage of scripture the apostle Peter confirms the truth to us that the spirit of everyone born into the earth is born of God, for in speaking on the subject of being born again, he tells us that God has begotten us again. Believers are begotten again in spirit. Therefore, in order for us to be begotten again by God we must have been begotten by Him once before, which means that the first time we were begotten by God was when we were first born into the earth.
Romans 7:9-11 I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died. (10) And the commandment, which was to bring life, I found to bring death. (11) For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it killed me.
Everyone born into the earth is born spiritually alive to God, for our spirits come from God. The apostle Paul confirms that truth to us in the above quoted passage of scripture, by declaring that he was alive once without the law. Paul is speaking about his spirit in this passage. Paul then goes on in this passage to teach us that there came a time however, when his spirit died. Paul links the death of his spirit to the period in his life when the commandment came
, referring to the day when he reached the age of accountability. God holds us accountable for sin on our thirteenth birthday. Prior to the age of thirteen God deems us to be children who have no knowledge of good and evil and therefore unaccountable for our sins (Deuteronomy 1:39). And so from the moment we are born into the earth until our thirteenth birthday our spirits remain alive to God. On our thirteenth birthday however, God deems us to have become adults and thus holds us accountable for our sins for the first time, and it is in that moment that our spirits die and we become separated from the life of God. And so we see that everyone under the age of thirteen is spiritually alive, while everyone over the age of thirteen is spiritually dead. That explains why Jesus referred to all adults as being dead, because they are dead in spirit (Luke 9:60). Paul confirms that truth to us when teaches us that we were all dead in trespasses and sins before we were saved (Ephesians 2:1). And so it is for that reason that we need to be born again, so that we can be made spiritually alive once again.
Our spirit is born again
Mark 4:30-32 Then He said,
To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with what parable shall we picture it? (31) It is like a mustard seed which, when it is sown on the ground, is smaller than all the seeds on earth; (32) but when it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all herbs, and shoots out large branches, so that the birds of the air may nest under its shade."
Our Lord Jesus, when He was on the earth, stated that the kingdom of God is within us (Luke 17:21). The parable that our Lord described above is a picture of the kingdom of God that is in every believer. We are all born into the kingdom of God in seed form, for the Holy Spirit tells us that we have been born again of the incorruptible seed of