Christians, Grow up and Graduate

With Love,

I think I’m going

to spit up!

Dude! You can

totally make

that jump!

THESE ARE TWO GUYS HANGING, NOT

PARENT & CHILD (same for future pics)

Grow Up and Graduate

Babies come into their new world not talking but babbling.

But it’s socially ok. Why?

Answer: ?


Babies come into their new world not talking but babbling.

But it’s socially ok. Why?

Answer: Because they’re babies!


8th graders are not expected to know calculus, but they

should be masters of addition


A healthy 50 year old may not be rich, but should know how

to take care of her or himself


A talking 6-month old or an 8th grade calculus master are

rare but admired traits

It’s encouraging when a young one acts positively beyond

one’s years

I wonder if I can get

my diaper rash cream

cheaper on eBay…?Here’s a

smart baby

working a

computer…

way beyond

his years.


But how do we view the opposite…?

Graduate and Grow UpWHOA! Wild time

in the treehouse

last night huh bro?!

*Ugh* I shouldn’ta

drank that whole

bottle…

Here’s a

grown man

hanging out

with a baby,

playing

baby games.

Here’s a

grown woman

taunting a

baby like a

child

See the Ring Pop

Cindy?! Bobby

DOES like me

better than you!

I wasn’t really giving

you a present. Just

wanted you to pull my

gift-wrapped finger!

What about this senior toying

with the children instead of

eating his food and talking to

the other adults?


It is a sad sight when one does not act their age

An 8th grader who can’t add

A completely healthy adult woman who crawls outside

instead of walk

A completely healthy 50 year old man who does not

know how to take care of himself, work, be responsible,

feed himself, etc.

Do you like to hang out with and act like those much younger

than you?


If that’s the case, why do so many Christians do the

same thing spiritually?


When you accept the Gospel you are a new creation

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the

old has gone, the new has come!

2 Cor. 5:17


At that point you graduate spiritually from your old life

But like a student going from high school to college you

become a fresh-man


Test: You’re a college FRESHman on scholarship. If

you graduate your parents will give you your

massive lifetime inheritance. If not you lose your

scholarship and get kicked out of your home. What

would you do?


Test: What would you do?

A. Rarely study and go play on the middle school

monkey bars with the other kids

B. Study once or twice a week and just do what it

takes pass (shoot to get at least a D-)

C. Study daily, participate in study groups, see the

teacher in office hours, don’t go to parties that will

hurt your chances pass tests.


A. Such students will fail and get kicked out of school.

B. A scholarship requires a good GPA. C’s or less means

losing it and getting a loan or job to pay tuition. Also makes

it harder to study & graduate.

C. Such a student will pass and receive their inheritance. Would

also be financially better than the passing, in debt (B.) students.


While many say they would be the student described in (C.)

most seem to live the spiritual lives of (A.) and (B.)

By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes

from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?

Matthew 7:16


A. Ungodly (Cold) [who play & get drunk in the monkey *bars*]

B. “Part-time” Christians (Lukewarm)

C. Repentant Believers (On FIRE for God)


If we want to graduate and receive our inheritance in Heaven we

must stop living & acting like we did before Christ


Stop living the old, immature life:

Living in sin (Breaking commandments, hating, dishonoring

parents, lying, etc.)

Walking in the flesh (Having addictions, inputting ungodly

entertainment, sexual immorality, etc.)

Hanging around other people and places that encourage

us to do any of the above


Start being mature, disciplined and responsible:

Living in holiness (Keeping commandments, loving, blessing

enemies, spreading G.N.A.C., etc.)

Walking in the spirit (Read the Bible, pray, church, input Godly

entertainment, etc.)

Hanging around other people and places that encourage

us to do all of the above


As Christians we are not supposed to be spiritual babies

forever but rather grow up

When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a

child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put

childish ways behind me.

(1 Cor. 13:11)

Don’t stay a big baby Christian! GROW UP!


The scripture writer told the Hebrews the same thing after

giving them details about the Gospel (again)

(Hebrews 5:11-6:12)

5) 11 There is much more we would like to say about this, but it is difficult to explain, especially since you are spiritually dull and don’t seem to listen. 12 You have been believers so long now that you ought to be teaching others. Instead, you need someone to teach you again the basic things about God’s word. You are like babies who need milk and cannot eat solid food. 13 For someone who lives on milk is still an infant and doesn’t know how to do what is right. 14 Solid food is for those who are mature, who through training have the skill to recognize the difference between right and wrong.

6) 1 So let us stop going over the basic teachings about Christ again and again. Let us go on instead and become mature in our understanding. Surely we don’t need to start again with the fundamental importance of repenting from evil deeds and placing our faith in God. 2 You don’t need further instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. 3 And so, God willing, we will move forward to further understanding. (Hebrews 5:11-6:3 NLT)


Life is a test, you get one chance to pass

You can’t expect to pass with flying colors if you don’t study the

guide regularly (The Bible) and avoid anti-learning environments


Without studying you’ll fail the pop quizzes and practice tests.

Don’t make it harder on yourself to graduate!

Recall Matthew 7:24-27. Those who hear Christ’s words and do them are wise and

build their house on solid rock. Rain, floods, wind come but it won’t collapse.

Foolish hear but don’t listen, building on sand and collapsing when trouble comes.


When will YOU break the routine, start reading

scripture daily, and stop falling to the same sins?

Today is here, but “some day” may never come


If you don’t break the chain the chain may break you…


Christ wants you to grow up and graduate

He provides you with

a free scholarship (gift of salvation)

office hours (prayer, available 24/7)

a study guide (scripture)

study groups (church, bible studies, and Godly fellowship)

and has an inheritance waiting for you (Heaven!)

Don’t miss out on Heaven for monkey bars

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