Spiritual Fitness

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Spiritual Fitness

• But reject profane and old wives' fables, and
  exercise yourself toward godliness. For bodily
  exercise profits a little, but godliness is
  profitable for all things, having promise of the
  life that now is and of that which is to come (1
  Tim. 47-8).

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Likenesses

• Physical Fitness
• Healthy, Good Shape
• Able to do routine activities without tiring
  easily
• Able to fight off disease and minor illnesses
• Able to recover quicker from major physical
  problems

• Spiritual Fitness
• Good working knowledge of Gods Word
• Able to use it to overcome problems and
  temptations
• Able to recognize the devices of Satan and defeat
  him

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Things Necessary To Achieve Spiritual Fitness
Work, Effort 2 Tim. 215
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2 Timothy 215

• Be diligent to present yourself approved to God,
  a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly
  dividing the word of truth.

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Things Necessary To Achieve Spiritual Fitness
Work, Effort 2 Tim. 215
Time, Attention 1 Tim. 412-16
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1 Timothy 412-16

• Let no one despise your youth, but be an example
  to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in
  spirit, in faith, in purity. 13 Till I come,
  give attention to reading, to exhortation, to
  doctrine. 14 Do not neglect the gift that is in
  you, which was given to you by prophecy with the
  laying on of the hands of the eldership. 15
  Meditate on these things give yourself entirely
  to them, that your progress may be evident to
  all. 16 Take heed to yourself and to the
  doctrine. Continue in them, for in doing
  this you will save both yourself
  and those who hear you.

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Things Necessary To Achieve Spiritual Fitness
Work, Effort 2 Tim. 215
Time, Attention 1 Tim. 412-16
Proper Diet Acts 2032
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Acts 2032

• So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to
  the word of His grace, which is able to build you
  up and give you an inheritance among all those
  who are sanctified.

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Things Necessary To Achieve Spiritual Fitness
Work, Effort 2 Tim. 215
Time, Attention 1 Tim. 412-16
Proper Diet Acts 2032
Self-Control 1 Cor. 927
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1 Corinthians 927

• But I discipline my body and bring it into
  subjection, lest, when I have preached to others,
  I myself should become disqualified.

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Hindrances To Spiritual Fitness
Procrastination Acts 2628
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Acts 2628

• Then Agrippa said to Paul, You almost persuade
  me to become a Christian.
• Note There is no record of Agrippa ever taking
  the step of becoming a child of God.

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Hindrances To Spiritual Fitness
Old Sins Acts 818
Procrastination Acts 2628
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Acts 818-20

• And when Simon saw that through the laying on of
  the apostles' hands the Holy Spirit was given, he
  offered them money, 19 saying, Give me this
  power also, that anyone on whom I lay hands may
  receive the Holy Spirit. 20 But Peter said to
  him, "Your money perish with you, because you
  thought that the gift of God could be purchased
  with money!

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Hindrances To Spiritual Fitness
Old Sins Acts 818
Procrastination Acts 2628
Denial, Neglect Heb. 21 2 Pet. 19
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Hebrews 21

• Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to
  the things we have heard, lest we drift away.

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2 Peter 15, 9-10

• (5), But also for this very reason, giving all
  diligence, add to your faith
• (9-10), For he who lacks these things is
  shortsighted, even to blindness, and has
  forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.
  10 Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to
  make your call and election sure, for
  if you do these things you will never
  stumble.

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Hindrances To Spiritual Fitness
Old Sins Acts 818
Procrastination Acts 2628
Evil Companions 1 Cor. 1533
Denial, Neglect Heb. 21 2 Pet. 19
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1 Corinthians 1533

• Do not be deceived Evil company corrupts good
  habits.

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Hindrances To Spiritual Fitness
Old Sins Acts 818
Procrastination Acts 2628
Evil Companions 1 Cor. 1533
Denial, Neglect Heb. 21 2 Pet. 19
Family Matt. 1034-36
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Matthew 1034-36

• Do not think that I came to bring peace on
  earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword.
  35 For I have come to set a man against his
  father, a daughter against her mother, and a
  daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law 36
  and a man's enemies will be those of his own
  household.
• Note Can not love family more
  than God!

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Benefits

• Stand in the Evil Day Eph. 613
• Quench Fiery Darts of Satan Eph. 616
• Exhort and Convict Titus 19
• Self Yourself and Others 1 Tim. 416
• Never Stumble 2 Pet. 110
• Enter Kingdom of Heaven 2 Pet. 111