13. Spiritual growth begins with the awareness that you haven’t what? 30.
30. What steps are you taking to grow?
14. Was Paul satisfied with knowing Christ as his personal Lord and
Savior?
15. At salvation our knowledge of Christ is what?
16. What Old Testament passages are examples of a person knowing
God but wanting to know Him more?
17. Though he couldn’t attain it, what did Paul still reach for?
18. There’s always room for more what?
19. Are you, Christian, satisfied with your spiritual progress?
20. Do you have a sanctified dissatisfaction?
21. Christ lays hold of us to make us what?
22. For thirty years the number one issue in Paul’s life was what?
23. If you want to run the race successfully, then you have to forget
what?
24. If you hold on to the good in your past, then the tendency is to do
what?
25. What is deadly to spiritual progress?
26. If you hold on to the bad in your past, it will do what?
27. Paul always wanted to learn more, grow more, practice more. He
was never satisfied because he knew the goal was what?
28. “I press toward the goal” is a synonym for what?
29. Are you honestly giving maximum effort to grow in the Christian
life?
31. Peter tells us to add to what?
32. The first thing we are to add to our faith is what?
33. The word “virtue” describes someone who excels in life in
his/her what?
34. Is there anything in your life that shows that Jesus has made a
difference?
35. The second thing to add to our faith is what?
36. God says in Hosea 4:6 that His people were destroyed because
of a lack of what?
37. A third thing we are to add to our faith is what?
38. Are you one who lives by your desires, impulses, or whatever
comes naturally?
39. If you don’t exercise self-control, then what will control you?
40. A fourth thing to add to our faith is what?
41. What is the fifth thing noted that we are to add to our faith?
42. A godly person is someone who seeks to do what?
43. What is the sixth thing that we are to add to our faith (v.7a)?
44. “Brotherly kindness” describes a heart of affection and a
willingness to do what?
45. The next thing to add to our faith is love. This term tells us that
we ought to love others even if there is no what?
46. What is the pinnacle of all virtues?
47. If you have knowledge, but no love, you will probably be what?
48. What are the two most essential aspects of the Christian life?
49. Do you need to give more diligence to your Christian growth? In
what area(s)?
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learn!
Remember: Your responsibility, by God’s enabling, is to consistently
apply the divine principles and truths you have heard (Philippians
2:12-13; I Timothy 4:7-9; James 1:22-27). As you meditate on this
message, ask yourself these questions:
¼How does God want my beliefs/actions to change?
¼How can I accomplish this change?
¼What is the first step toward bringing about this change?
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DON’T STOP ADDING
2nd Peter 1:5-7
The following are questions designed to facilitate greater
learning and deeper understanding of spiritual truths presented in the
sermon “Don’t Stop Adding,” as the sermon is presented. We hope
that it will be a catalyst to spiritual growth in your life.
1. One of the many things used to indicate that our education system
is not doing well is the decline in what?
2. What kind of addition is talked about in Scripture?
3. 2 Peter was written as a what to Christians?
4. False teachers can influence unbelievers away from the what?
5. False teachers can influence believers away from the truth and
toward a life of what?
6. In chapter one, Peter is primarily focusing on whom?
7. 2 Peter 1:3-4 tells us that the Lord has given us all things that
pertain to what?
8. Because of all that God has supplied for us to be able to be
victorious, the only proper response is to do what?
9. The phrase “giving all diligence” or “make every effort” is an
exhortation to what?
10. Once God has saved you, it is easy to get what?
11. Who was probably the greatest Christian to ever live?
12. Paul confessed he hadn’t arrived even though he had been
pursuing his sanctification for how many years?
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