Paul reminds us that the danger of remaining a spiritual child results in being spiritually unstable. This lesson reminds us that there are false teachers out there and that we must be wary of false teaching.

1. No
Longer be
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O Ephesians 4.14,
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“unto a fullgrown man, unto the measure of the
P stature of the fulness of Christ” (Ephesians 4.13)

4. “so that we may
no longer children,
tossed to and fro by the
waves and carried about by
every wind of doctrine, by
human cunning, by
craftiness in deceitful
schemes”
—Ephesians 4.14, CB NT p. 340

5. Children
“foolish”
“inexperienced”
“childish”
TDNT, p. 631

6. The Saints in Corinth
“But I brothers, could not
address you as spiritual
people, but as people of the
flesh, as infants in Christ.”
—1 Corinthians 3.1, CB NT p.

7. The Saints in Corinth
“When I was a child, I spoke
like a child, I thought like a
child, I reasoned like a child.
When I became a man I
man,
gave up childish ways.”
—1 Corinthians 13.11, CB NT p.

8. The Saints in Corinth
“Brothers, do not be
children in your thinking. Be
infants in evil, but in your
thinking be mature.”
—1 Corinthians 14.20, CB NT p.

9. The Hebrew Saints
—Hebrews 5.11 - 6.2,
CB NT p.
Child
Dull of hearing
Unskilled in the word
Elementary doctrine

10. The Hebrew Saints
—Hebrews 5.11 - 6.2,
CB NT p.
Child Mature
Dull of hearing “powers of
discernment
Unskilled in the word trained by
Elementary doctrine constant
practice to
distinguish good
from evil”

12. The danger of
remaining a
SPIRITUAL
child

18. Cunning

19. craftiness

20. Deceitful
schemes

22. “Beware of false prophets,
who come to you in sheep’s
clothing, but inwardly are
raveous
wolves.”
—Matthew 7.15;
CB NT p.

24. “I am astonished that
you are so quickly deserting
Him who called you in the
grace of Christ and are turning
to a different gospel —”
—Galatians 1.6, CB NT p. 327

25. “Forsaking the right way, they
have gone astray.”
—2 Peter 2.15, CB NT p. 416

26. “they entice by
sensual passions of the flesh
those who are barely escaping
from those who live in error.
They promise freedom, but
they themselves are slaves of
corruption.”
—2 Peter 2.18-19, CB NT p. 416

27. “But I have this
against you, that
you tolerate that
Woman Jezebel, who
calls herself a prophetess and
is teaching and seducing my
servants to practice sexual
immorality and to eat food
sacrificed to idols.”
—Revelation 2.20, CB NT p. 434

29. Will today be the
day you decide to
go to heaven?

30. Lesson slideshows (with notes)
and audio can be found at:
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32. Compiled and Presented by:
God’s Growth Dave Stewart
1 May, 2011
#07 Las Cruces, NM
www.churchofchristmiranda.com
No Longer Be Children
Ephesians 4.14
Synopsis: Paul reminds us that the danger of remaining a spiritual child
results in being spiritually unstable. This lesson reminds us that there are
false teachers out there and that we must be wary of false teaching.
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