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DETERIORATION-DEVELOPMENT
Thompson Chain Reference (1908)
(A) DETERIORATION
(B) BACKSLIDING
- Selfish Absorption
- Religious Indifference
- Unfitness for the Kingdom
- Bondage to Forms
- Divine Displeasure
- Loss of Spiritual Enthusiasm
(C) BACKSLIDERS
- Absence of Spiritual Leaders
- Evil Associations
- Worldly Success
- Shallowness
- Emptiness of Life
- Lack of Spiritual Insight
- Love of the World
(D) SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT
(E) SPIRITUAL GROWTH
- In Fruitfulness
- Into Christ
- In Love
- Unto Perfection
- Through "The Word"
- By Accretion
- In Grace and Knowledge
(F) EXAMPLES OF GROWTH
- The boy Samuel
- John the Baptist
- The Boy Christ
- Paul
- The Thessalonians
(G) SPIRITUAL MATURITY
- By Putting away Childish Things
- By Cultivating the Understanding
- By Striving after the Christ Ideal
- By Partaking of the Deeper Truths of the Gospel
- By Overcoming Temptation
(H) SPIRITUAL IMMATURITY
- Inability to Receive Strong Doctrine
- Necessity for Tutelage
- Instability of Faith
- Continuance in the Primary Department
(I) SPIRITUAL PROGRESS
(1) A Characteristic of the Righteous
(2) The Larger Life