DETERIORATION-DEVELOPMENT - Thompson Chain Reference Topic
DETERIORATION-DEVELOPMENT
(A) DETERIORATION, a tendency of the sinful life
Isaiah 1:22; Jeremiah 7:26; Jeremiah 16:12; Ezekiel 16:47; Hosea 13:2
Luke 11:26; 2 Timothy 3:13; 2 Peter 2:20
--SEE Dross, DROSS
(B) BACKSLIDING, (Select Reading Mal_3.7-18. Gal. Gal 4)
Malachi 3:7-10; Galatians 4:1-31
Results of
Selfish Absorption
Proverbs 14:14; Isaiah 1:4; Jeremiah 14:7; Hosea 11:7
Religious Indifference
Matthew 24:12
Unfitness for the Kingdom
Luke 9:62; Galatians 1:6
Bondage to Forms
Galatians 4:9
Divine Displeasure
Hebrews 10:38; 2 Peter 2:20
Loss of Spiritual Enthusiasm
Revelation 2:4
--SEE Apostasy, UNFAITHFULNESS
& UNFAITHFULNESS
Forsaking God, UNFAITHFULNESS
& UNFAITHFULNESS
(C) BACKSLIDERS, causes which tend to produce
Absence of Spiritual Leaders
Exodus 32:1; Exodus 32:8; 1 Samuel 15:11
Evil Associations
1 Kings 11:4
Worldly Success
2 Chronicles 25:2; 2 Chronicles 25:14; Psalms 78:57; Hosea 6:4; Zephaniah 1:6
Shallowness
Luke 8:13
Emptiness of Life
Luke 11:24; Luke 11:25; Luke 11:26
Lack of Spiritual Insight
John 6:63; John 6:64; John 6:66; 1 Timothy 5:15
Love of the World
2 Timothy 4:10
--SEE Apostates, UNFAITHFULNESS
Covenant-breakers, UNFAITHFULNESS
Wanderers, ESTRANGEMENT
(D) SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT, (Select Reading, Heb_5.11-14, 6.1-16)
Hebrews 5:11-14; Hebrews 6:1-16
(E) SPIRITUAL GROWTH, Enjoined
In Fruitfulness
2 Corinthians 9:10
Into Christ
Ephesians 4:15; Colossians 1:10
In Love
1 Thessalonians 3:12; 1 Thessalonians 4:10
Unto Perfection
Hebrews 6:1
Through "The Word"
1 Peter 2:2
By Accretion
2 Peter 1:5; 2 Peter 1:6
In Grace and Knowledge
2 Peter 3:18
--SEE Divine Perfection, PERFECTION
(F) EXAMPLES OF GROWTH
The boy Samuel
1 Samuel 2:26
John the Baptist
Luke 1:80
The Boy Christ
Luke 2:40; Luke 2:52
Paul
Acts 9:22
The Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians 1:3
(G) SPIRITUAL MATURITY, how Secured
By Putting away Childish Things
1 Corinthians 13:11
By Cultivating the Understanding
1 Corinthians 14:20
By Striving after the Christ Ideal
Ephesians 4:13; Ephesians 4:15
By Partaking of the Deeper Truths of the Gospel
Hebrews 5:14
By Overcoming Temptation
1 John 2:14
--SEE "Be Strong", BATTLE OF LIFE
(H) SPIRITUAL IMMATURITY
Inability to Receive Strong Doctrine
1 Corinthians 3:1; 1 Corinthians 3:2; 1 Corinthians 14:20
Necessity for Tutelage
Galatians 4:1; Galatians 4:2; Galatians 4:3
Instability of Faith
Ephesians 4:14
Continuance in the Primary Department
Hebrews 5:12; 1 Peter 2:2
(I) SPIRITUAL PROGRESS
(1) A Characteristic of the Righteous
Job 17:9; Psalms 84:7; Psalms 92:12; Proverbs 4:18; 2 Corinthians 3:18; 1 Timothy 4:15
--SEE Christ's Perfection, PERFECTION
(I) SPIRITUAL PROGRESS
(2) The Larger Life
2 Samuel 22:37; 1 Kings 4:29; 1 Chronicles 4:10; Psalms 18:36; Psalms 118:5; Isaiah 54:2
John 10:10; 2 Corinthians 6:11; Ephesians 3:17; Ephesians 3:18; Ephesians 3:19
(A) DETERIORATION, a tendency of the sinful life
Isaiah 1:22; Jeremiah 7:26; Jeremiah 16:12; Ezekiel 16:47; Hosea 13:2
Luke 11:26; 2 Timothy 3:13; 2 Peter 2:20
--SEE Dross, DROSS
(B) BACKSLIDING, (Select Reading Mal_3.7-18. Gal. Gal 4)
Malachi 3:7-10; Galatians 4:1-31
Results of
Selfish Absorption
Proverbs 14:14; Isaiah 1:4; Jeremiah 14:7; Hosea 11:7
Religious Indifference
Matthew 24:12
Unfitness for the Kingdom
Luke 9:62; Galatians 1:6
Bondage to Forms
Galatians 4:9
Divine Displeasure
Hebrews 10:38; 2 Peter 2:20
Loss of Spiritual Enthusiasm
Revelation 2:4
--SEE Apostasy, UNFAITHFULNESS
& UNFAITHFULNESS
Forsaking God, UNFAITHFULNESS
& UNFAITHFULNESS
(C) BACKSLIDERS, causes which tend to produce
Absence of Spiritual Leaders
Exodus 32:1; Exodus 32:8; 1 Samuel 15:11
Evil Associations
1 Kings 11:4
Worldly Success
2 Chronicles 25:2; 2 Chronicles 25:14; Psalms 78:57; Hosea 6:4; Zephaniah 1:6
Shallowness
Luke 8:13
Emptiness of Life
Luke 11:24; Luke 11:25; Luke 11:26
Lack of Spiritual Insight
John 6:63; John 6:64; John 6:66; 1 Timothy 5:15
Love of the World
2 Timothy 4:10
--SEE Apostates, UNFAITHFULNESS
Covenant-breakers, UNFAITHFULNESS
Wanderers, ESTRANGEMENT
(D) SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT, (Select Reading, Heb_5.11-14, 6.1-16)
Hebrews 5:11-14; Hebrews 6:1-16
(E) SPIRITUAL GROWTH, Enjoined
In Fruitfulness
2 Corinthians 9:10
Into Christ
Ephesians 4:15; Colossians 1:10
In Love
1 Thessalonians 3:12; 1 Thessalonians 4:10
Unto Perfection
Hebrews 6:1
Through "The Word"
1 Peter 2:2
By Accretion
2 Peter 1:5; 2 Peter 1:6
In Grace and Knowledge
2 Peter 3:18
--SEE Divine Perfection, PERFECTION
(F) EXAMPLES OF GROWTH
The boy Samuel
1 Samuel 2:26
John the Baptist
Luke 1:80
The Boy Christ
Luke 2:40; Luke 2:52
Paul
Acts 9:22
The Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians 1:3
(G) SPIRITUAL MATURITY, how Secured
By Putting away Childish Things
1 Corinthians 13:11
By Cultivating the Understanding
1 Corinthians 14:20
By Striving after the Christ Ideal
Ephesians 4:13; Ephesians 4:15
By Partaking of the Deeper Truths of the Gospel
Hebrews 5:14
By Overcoming Temptation
1 John 2:14
--SEE "Be Strong", BATTLE OF LIFE
(H) SPIRITUAL IMMATURITY
Inability to Receive Strong Doctrine
1 Corinthians 3:1; 1 Corinthians 3:2; 1 Corinthians 14:20
Necessity for Tutelage
Galatians 4:1; Galatians 4:2; Galatians 4:3
Instability of Faith
Ephesians 4:14
Continuance in the Primary Department
Hebrews 5:12; 1 Peter 2:2
(I) SPIRITUAL PROGRESS
(1) A Characteristic of the Righteous
Job 17:9; Psalms 84:7; Psalms 92:12; Proverbs 4:18; 2 Corinthians 3:18; 1 Timothy 4:15
--SEE Christ's Perfection, PERFECTION
(I) SPIRITUAL PROGRESS
(2) The Larger Life
2 Samuel 22:37; 1 Kings 4:29; 1 Chronicles 4:10; Psalms 18:36; Psalms 118:5; Isaiah 54:2
John 10:10; 2 Corinthians 6:11; Ephesians 3:17; Ephesians 3:18; Ephesians 3:19