The Mark Of A Mature Believer

Short Article by David Wilkerson:

 

The mark of a mature believer is a refusal to be“tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine…”(Ephesians 4:14). Such believers cannot be manipulated by any teacher. They don’t need to run around because they are growing up in Christ. They are feasting in green pastures. They have circumcised their ears, and they measure every teacher, every doctrine, by how much it conforms to Christ’s holiness. They can discern all doctrines that are false, and they are repulsed by all the strange, new teachings. They have learned Christ.They will not be held by music, friends, personalities or miracles, but by a hunger for the pure Word. 

There are only two doctrines. They doctrine of Christ and the doctrine of Jezebel. Paul said, “…that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things” (Titus 2:10). What is Christ’s doctrine? The grace of God teaches us that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously and godly, in this present world (Titus 2:11,12). The doctrine of Christ will conform you to the image ofChrist. It will expose every hidden sin and every evil longing. 

Is your teacher rebuking with authority, speaking and exhorting you to forsake sin and to lay down all idols as he is instructed in Titus 2? Are you learning to hate sin passionately? Or do you leave church, still not deeply convicted? Can you go out clinging to pet sins? The message of the doctrine of Christ is, “Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God” (2Corinthians 7:1).