Author: Steve Amato

# Basic Categories of Christian Growth

1Tim 1:5 The goal of this command is

- love, which comes from a pure heart and
- a good conscience and
- a sincere faith.

1Ti 4:12 Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young,
but set an example for the believers in

- speech,
- in life,
- in love,
- in faith and
- in purity.

1Ti 6:11 But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue

- righteousness,
- godliness,
- faith,
- love,
- endurance and
- gentleness.

2Ti 2:22 Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue

- righteousness,
- faith,
- love and
- peace,

along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

1Co 13:13 And now these three remain:

- faith,
- hope and
- love.

But the greatest of these is love.

Faith

The object of salvific faith

grace vs. works

The qualities of salvific faith

conviction vs. opinion
outworkings

Hope

The object of Hope

Going to heaven

Love

Christian Love vs. the World's Love
Attitude
Practice

- Love is patient,
- love is kind.
- It does not envy,
- it does not boast,
- it is not proud.
- It is not rude,
- it is not self-seeking,
- it is not easily angered,
- it keeps no record of wrongs.
- Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
- It always protects,
- always trusts,
- always hopes,
- always perseveres.

Conscience

Guilt
Discernment between good and sin

Mind

Knowledge
Wisdom

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