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DETERIORATION-DEVELOPMENT

Thompson Chain Reference (1908)

(A) DETERIORATION

• Isaiah 1:22, Jeremiah 7:26, Jeremiah 16:12, Ezekiel 16:47, Hosea 13:2, Luke 11:26, 2 Timothy 3:13, 2 Peter 2:20

(B) BACKSLIDING

• Malachi 3:7-10, Galatians 4:1-31

Selfish Absorption

• Proverbs 14:14, Isaiah 1:4, Jeremiah 14:7, Hosea 11:7

Religious Indifference

• Matthew 24:12

Unfitness for the Kingdom

• Luke 9:62, Galatians 1:6

Bondage to Forms

• Galatians 4:9

Divine Displeasure

• Hebrews 10:38, 2 Peter 2:20

Loss of Spiritual Enthusiasm

• Revelation 2:4

(C) BACKSLIDERS

Absence of Spiritual Leaders

• Exodus 32:1, Exodus 32:8, 1 Samuel 15:11

Evil Associations

• 1 Kings 11:4

Worldly Success

• 2 Chronicles 25:2, 2 Chronicles 25:14, Psalms 78:57, Hosea 6:4, Zephaniah 1:6

Shallowness

• Luke 8:13

Emptiness of Life

• Luke 11:24, Luke 11:25, Luke 11:26

Lack of Spiritual Insight

• John 6:63, John 6:64, John 6:66, 1 Timothy 5:15

Love of the World

• 2 Timothy 4:10

(D) SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT

• Hebrews 5:11-14, Hebrews 6:1-16

(E) SPIRITUAL GROWTH

In Fruitfulness

• 2 Corinthians 9:10

Into Christ

• Ephesians 4:15, Colossians 1:10

In Love

• 1 Thessalonians 3:12, 1 Thessalonians 4:10

Unto Perfection

• Hebrews 6:1

Through "The Word"

• 1 Peter 2:2

By Accretion

• 2 Peter 1:5, 2 Peter 1:6

In Grace and Knowledge

• 2 Peter 3:18

(F) EXAMPLES OF GROWTH

The boy Samuel

• 1 Samuel 2:26

John the Baptist

• Luke 1:80

The Boy Christ

• Luke 2:40, Luke 2:52

Paul

• Acts 9:22

The Thessalonians

• 2 Thessalonians 1:3

(G) SPIRITUAL MATURITY

By Putting away Childish Things

• 1 Corinthians 13:11

By Cultivating the Understanding

• 1 Corinthians 14:20

By Striving after the Christ Ideal

• Ephesians 4:13, Ephesians 4:15

By Partaking of the Deeper Truths of the Gospel

• Hebrews 5:14

By Overcoming Temptation

• 1 John 2:14

(H) SPIRITUAL IMMATURITY

Inability to Receive Strong Doctrine

• 1 Corinthians 3:1, 1 Corinthians 3:2, 1 Corinthians 14:20

Necessity for Tutelage

• Galatians 4:1, Galatians 4:2, Galatians 4:3

Instability of Faith

• Ephesians 4:14

Continuance in the Primary Department

• Hebrews 5:12, 1 Peter 2:2

(1) A Characteristic of the Righteous

• Job 17:9, Psalms 84:7, Psalms 92:12, Proverbs 4:18, 2 Corinthians 3:18, 1 Timothy 4:15

(2) The Larger Life

• 2 Samuel 22:37, 1 Kings 4:29, 1 Chronicles 4:10, Psalms 18:36, Psalms 118:5, Isaiah 54:2, John 10:10, 2 Corinthians 6:11, Ephesians 3:17, Ephesians 3:18, Ephesians 3:19