•God wants every

believer to GROW UP!

•God does not want
children to remain as
children forever.
GROWING UP is something
that we must do all the
time--little by little, day by
day, awake or asleep.
• What would you
think of a 30 year
old man who still
rides a tricycle, plays
with marbles and is
only in the first
grade in school?
Being a baby is wonderful,
but you should not stay a
baby too long!
 Hebrews 11:24-28

24 By faith Moses, when he

had grown up, refused to be
known as the son of
Pharaoh’s daughter.
25 He chose to be ill-treated
along with the people of God
rather than to enjoy the
pleasures of sin for a short
time.
26 He regarded disgrace for
the sake of Christ as of
greater value than the
treasures of Egypt, because
he was looking ahead to his
reward.
27 By faith he left Egypt, not
fearing the king’s anger; he
persevered because he saw
him who is invisible.
28 By faith he kept the
Passover and the sprinkling of
blood, so that the destroyer of
the firstborn would not touch
the firstborn of Israel.
The Dynamics of
being a child
 1.Dependant
•Dependant means – relying on
another for support, or what is
needed.
•Prov 29:15 …a child left to
himself disgraces his mother.
 2. Impressionable
•Impressionable – means "open
and easy to mold" or easily
impressed or influenced.
•Eph 4:14 …we will no longer be
infants, tossed back and forth by the
waves, and blown here and there by
every wind of teaching…
 3. Delicate
•Delicate means – Easily broken,
fragile and sensitive.
1Cor 3:1 Brothers, I could not address
you as spiritual but…mere infants in
Christ. 2 I gave you milk, not solid food,
for you were not yet ready for it.
Indeed, you are still not ready…
 4. Careless
•Careless – not taking ordinary or
proper care; negligent.
•Pro 22:15 Children just naturally
do silly, careless things but a good
spanking will teach them how to
behave.
 5. Malicious
•Malicious means - Telling as it is.
Children don’t care what they say or
how it’s said…
•1Cor 14:20 Brothers, stop thinking
like children. In regard to evil be
infants, but in your thinking be adults.
 6. Selfish

•Selfish means – caring only for

oneself.
•Pro 22:15 Children just naturally do
silly, careless things, but a good
spanking will teach them how to
behave. GNB
 7. Mischievous
•Mischievous – Playful in a naughty or
teasing way – Not taking life serious.
•Children naturally want to have fun but that
fun often turns into pain and hurt.
•1 Cor 13:11 "When I was a child, I spake
as a child, I understood as a child, I thought
as a child: but when I became a man, I put
away childish things.” NIV
 8. Manipulative
•Manipulative means – cunningly
controlling others to your own
advantage.
•Pro 22:15 Foolishness is bound in
the heart of a child; the rod of
correction shall drive it far from him.
(mkjv)
 9. Irresponsible
•Irresponsible – Unable to respond or
unable to meet responsibility.
•Pro 20:11 Even children show what
they are by what they do; you can tell if
they are honest and good. GNB
Dynamics of
Growing up
Heb 11:24-28
 1.Responsibility
•Responsibility – Ability to respond
or doing what you are suppose to
do.
•Heb 11:24 By faith Moses, when
he had grown up, refused to be
known as the son of Pharaoh’s
daughter.
 2. Choices
•Right choice – To make a distinctive
selection from two or more objects
offered.
•Heb 11:25 He chose to be ill-treated
along with the people of God rather
than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a
short time.
 3. Thoughtful
•Thoughtful – taking heed or
having intellectual depth.
•Heb 11:26 He thought that being
insulted for Christ would be better
than having the treasures of
Egypt… GW
 4. Futuristic

•Futuristic – to have an advanced

version or side to certain things…
•Heb 11:26b …he was looking
ahead to his reward.
 5. Courageous
•Courage – the ability to confront fear,
pain, danger, uncertainty or
intimidation.
•Heb 11:27 By faith he left Egypt, not
fearing the king’s anger…he
persevered because he saw him who
is invisible.
 6. Perseverance
•Perseverance – To Maintain a
purpose in spite of difficulty,
obstacles, or discouragement.
Heb 11:27b …he persevered
because he saw him who is
invisible.
 7. Conviction
•Conviction – An unshakable belief in
something without need for proof or
evidence.
•Heb 11:28 By faith he kept the
Passover and the sprinkling of blood,
so that the destroyer of the firstborn
would not touch the firstborn of Israel..
Growing old happens
growing up is optional
• If You Are Not Growing,
You Are Dying