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EPISODE 29CURIOSITY
IMPRESSED WITH GROWTH, NOT SAVIOR
Are You More Impressed With Your Growth Than With Christ?
THUMBNAIL HOOK WATCH THE CENTER
OPENING HOOK
You can become so focused on becoming a better Christian that you barely look at Christ.
CENTRAL DOCTRINE
Christ-centered maturity that resists making sanctification another form of self-focus.
NIV SCRIPTURE MAP
Open the text first.
TEACHING SPINE
Three movements.
- Spiritual growth can become another mirror if the self remains the center.
- Maturity should make Christ more precious, not merely make us more impressed with ourselves.
- The goal of sanctification is conformity to Christ and deeper communion with Him.
KEEP THE BALANCE
What this teaching must not distort.
Celebrate genuine growth with gratitude. The warning is against turning progress into a new source of boasting or assurance.
LAND THE LINE
Watch the center. The goal is not fascination with your progress. The goal is Christ.Episode completion is saved on this device.