1. Believe in Christ to gain salvation.

2. Confess sins regularly to gain fellowship.

3. Live in fellowship, study in fellowship,
learn in fellowship. Grow up in your
spiritual life in fellowship. Fellowship is
the environment where your spiritual life
functions.

4. Commit a sin and you are out of
fellowship.

5. Confess the sin(s) to get back into
fellowship.

6. Fellowship places you in the presence of
God (spiritually speaking), and allows your
spiritual life to function, regardless of your
circumstances. Fellowship does not protect
you from the repercussions of your sins,
whatever they might be.

7. Your objective is to advance to spiritual
maturity. Your advancement in spiritual
growth causes the construction of a
spiritual structure within your soul, which
builds spiritual muscle, production and
faith from within yourself.


God does all the work and therefore God gets all
the credit. We can neither earn nor deserve
anything in life. Once you truly learn this point
you have only one direction to go, and that is up.
You will never be confused by all those other
religions out there in the world, which teach that
God is up there somewhere and all you have to
do is be good and you will rise eventually to the
level of acceptance by God. Couldn’t be further
from the truth.
The Bible teaches us that our righteousness is
as filthy rags. Some interpretations call them
menstrual rags. A disgusting thought when you
consider that they are talking about rags used a
couple of thousand years ago and the women
that had to use them, clean them, reuse them,
etc. Well that is the level that our righteousness
is at. Now stick your nose in the air and brag
about your rags!!
When Adam was created, he was created with a
Body, Soul, and Human Spirit. Three parts.
Likewise Eve has these three parts. The Body
gave humans a means to function on this earth
and provide a biological home for the other two.
The Soul gave humans a home for their human
life, something that God provide us at the point
of our physical birth. The Human Spirit provided
us humans with a mechanism to link up with God
so to speak.
When the first sin was committed, both Adam
and Eve lost that link. They died a spiritual
death instantly. They lost their human spirit and
had lost their relationship with God. They had to
hide in the Garden. They couldn’t see God, but
could hear Him. The Holy Spirit graciously stood
in the gap and provided a temporary link to
allow them to hear the Gospel, the promise of a
savior. When they believed, they had their
human spirit restored and therefore the
mechanism with which they could have a
relationship with God was back in place.
Unbelievers don’t have a human spirit. They
only have the two parts of the body and soul.
The Holy Spirit stands in the gap for all of
humanity to present the gospel such that when
the unbeliever does hear the gospel, it will be
made clear to them and then they will have an
opportunity to believe in our Savior, Jesus
Christ, and therefore become saved. Note that
God does all the work. We do nothing but listen
and believe.
Once we are saved then the same mechanism is
in place for our spiritual growth, but we have to
now be in fellowship with God or this mechanism
is shut down. Being is fellowship or not being in
fellowship are the only two spiritual positions
that exist for believers. You are either in or out,
and sin is the factor that decides where you are.
God can have nothing to do with sin so if you
sin, then you are instantly out of fellowship. As
Adam and Eve were in the Garden, hidden from
God. To get back into fellowship you must cite
your sins to God and he will acknowledge those
sins and place you back into fellowship,
therefore your link via the human spirit is now
back online with God.
Once in fellowship, then all Bible Doctrine that
you hear will be funneled down through your
human spirit and into your soul where your
spiritual growth can take shape.
Note again that this is all made possible by God.
We have nothing to do but listen, learn, and
grow. God does all the work.
This is the process of spiritual growth. Just a
simple outline, but if you continue with this
Bible study, then the details and scripture
supporting all of this will be made clear.
So remember to restore yourself to fellowship so
you are always online with God. Study daily or
regularly your Bible, and you will advance to
spiritual maturity.
Next read the document on ‘Sin’. This is nothing
more than a list of sins. You can’t name your
sins unless you know what they are. Some sins
are obvious, but others are not. The Bible
provides sin lists in many different places so the
next document will help to identify sins and if
nothing more, it will give you a check list of sins
that you can name to God just to cover yourself
in case you have forgotten something. But don’t
worry about forgetting things because God will
restore you even if you forget some sins just as
long as you name the things you do remember.
Don’t try to pretend because God knows if you
are faking it. By the way this restoration prayer,
if you want to call it that, is a very simple prayer
expressed privately, toward God the Father, and
in the name of Christ.
An example of this restoration prayer is as
follows:
Father I committed the following sins: I lied to
my friend, and I cheated on a test, and I was
arrogant. In Christ’s name I pray. Amen
Now it is important to forget those sins and
move forward. You are back in fellowship and
ready to continue your study of the Bible,
stabilize your life, and advance toward maturity.