Ships Of The Bible

I have developed the Guptill Principle of Christian Growth that says that “Every believer will continue to grow in their Christian walk to their own personal level of disobedience”

You know what happens you become a Christian and you are so excited and as the Holy Spirit leads in your life you are so willing to obey God. And then you come to an area that you are either unwilling or you think you are unable to obey and you go into rebellion. And your Christian growth stops. Plateaus, and there you remain bitter, unhappy and miserable. You’re not a good saint because you’re being disobedient, but you’re not a good sinner cause you know better.

So there you are. Three options, the first is that you stay there and stay miserable and make everyone around you miserable, the second is that you regress and become disobedient in those other areas of your life that you once were victorious over until you walk away from Christ. Or here’s what God’s hoping will happen, you surrender that area of your life and begin to grow again. And the choice is up to you.

So where you at? What boat are you sailing on today? I hope every one of you is on the ship of redemption. But I kind of doubt it. But you can be. And if you aren’t I would suspect that because you are here today you know what you have to do.

And if you are on the ship of redemption I hope that your Christian walk is one of obedience, and if not than you know what to do to change that.

Let’s pray.