1. SESSION 16: OUR GROWING WALK
DOCTRINE SURVEY
SESSION 16: OUR GROWING WALK

2. DOCTRINE CORRELATION

3. CCC Statement of Faith
“Every believer is called to live so in the power of the indwelling Spirit that he will not fulfill the lust of the flesh but will bear fruit to the glory of God.”

4. What Is The One Most Outstanding Thing About The Apostle Paul?
His writing? (The Epistles)
His evangelism? (Church planting, the Apostle to Gentiles)
His Discipleship? (Timothy, Titus, many others)
The one most outstanding thing about the Apostle Paul is . . .

5. Victory In Christ Is Not a Sprint But a Marathon
We begin by learning to walk.
We call this spirituality or spiritual theology.

6. Victory In Christ Is Not a Sprint But a Marathon
We win the victory by steadiness.
Gal. 5:1-7.
v. 5 “For we through the Spirit, by faith, are waiting for the hope of righteousness.”
v. 7 “You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth?”

7. We Win The Victory By Persistence
1 Cor. 9:24-27.
24 Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.
25 And everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.
26 Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air;
27 but I buffet my body and make it my slave, lest possibly, after I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified.

8. We Win the Victory by Keeping the Faith
"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; in the future there is laid up for me the crown not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing.“
Saul of Tarsus, A.D. 66
[2 Timothy 4:7-8]

9. Marathons have a Finish Line
II Corinthians 5:10
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may be recompensed for this deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.