Unto Spiritual Maturity

To Be Filled with the Holy Spirit

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Luke 1:13. But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer is heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name Yochanan. 14. And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth; 15. for he will be great before Yahuweh, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink, and he will be filled with the Devoted Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

Pre-birth to birth: Noetic Favor / Destiny /Desitin

Neshamah / Psuche / Breath
"Favors" (charismata) Romans 12:4-9a
"Infant Baptism"

Pre-teen to early teen: Born from Above

New birth
Born again  John 3:6-7
Born of the spirit (the human spirit)
Justification Acts 13:38-39
"Favors" activated
Public confession  Matthew 3:5,6
Water immersion in the name of Yahshua  Mark 16:16

Pre-teen to 25: Your Mission, Should You Choose to Accept It

Calling or Decision-making
Isaiah was called
Clement received his call through following
   (he decided was given options but made a decision)
"What will I do with the favor Yahweh has given me?"
Missed callings and regrets.
Callings and ministries may change, but if you miss the first calling, you may not get another.  Matthew 8:21-22; Matthew 19:21; Luke 9:57

Pre-teen to 35: Empowerment unto Service

Baptism in the Devoted or Holy Spirit
This is a supernatural work of favor and empowerment.
It may be received by pouring out of Yahweh from the sky>
It may also be received by the laying on of an Apostle's hand
This is an immersion in POWER that is supposed to happen at the same time as water baptism (and most believe it does, even if the baptized is a child) but usually happens AFTER the New Birth, AFTER public confession, AFTER water immersion and AFTER calling.  It almost always requires ASKING, BELIEVING, OBEDIENCE and WAITING.  Matthew 3:11-12; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:1-4.

25 to 35: Powerful Supernatural Gifts

Pneumatic (Spiritual) Gifts  1 Corinthians 12:1-12
Apostolic Gifts  1 Corinthians 12:28-31, Ephesians 4
Signs and Wonders  Acts 4:24-31
Apostolic Eldership  One became an Elder of Yisrael at 30.
You are empowered to heal the sick, cleanse lepers, raise the dead, open stopped ears.  It is your responsibility to do these things.

25 to 95: Sanctifying Grace Unto Agape and Perfection

One should become more and more perfected in love through the years striving for perfection in agape.  There is always a crossroads along this timeline: will you defeat the devil in your own life and stay on the path or will you be defeated and fake your way through?  Deuteronomy 18:13; Matthew 5:48

35 to 75: Dependence on the Almighty Father and Son

There is a fine balance between self-dependence and dependence on Yahweh as you live out your life seeking Sanctification and Fulfilling your Calling.  You were not promised a rose garden; you were promised that, even when you are suffering, he will be there, even if he suffer through with you.

55 to 95: Perfection and Glorification

2 Corinthians 13:5-11; Romans 8:13-19
One who has followed this path and has been an overcomer to the end cannot, in the common sense of the word, die.  Those in the way all their lives or since their conversion become like the Master when their flesh is no longer able to function.  Why?  Because they are born and matured in the spirit.  While the natural man goes to the grave, the new man goes entirely into a new dimension of life.