Next Steps 2.0 - Moving To Maturity

Colossians 1:9-10, NLT So we have not stopped praying for you since we first heard about you. We ask God to give you complete knowledge of His will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding. Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better.

2. The unrenewed mind is blinded.

The Bible makes it clear that outside of Christ we are part of the kingdom of darkness and, therefore, dwelling in total darkness (Eph. 5:8). Many of the key decisions in our life were made when we had no light in us at all. In Christ, we have entered into the kingdom of light (Col. 1:13). Part of the renewal process is allowing the light of God to shine into all of the corners and recesses of our mind to expose any darkness and bring us into God’s truth. 2 Corinthians 4:3-4, NLT If the Good News we preach is hidden behind a veil, it is hidden only from people who are perishing. Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don't believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don't understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.

3. The unrenewed mind is alienated from and hostile to God.

Before we came to Christ, most of us would not have considered ourselves to be an enemy of God. In fact, it is