Above Common Christianity: Revivalist Series, #1

By Pilgrim Preacher

There are six stages of spiritual growth, the Creator wants every Christian believer to experience. If you are desirous of being the best you can be, then this book is for you. Are you keen on living the best Christian experience? This book signposts each stage of progression from the conversion experience to the ultimate stage of parenthood (and grand parenthood). The eldership in your assembly wants you to grow in grace and knowledge, and to become a spiritual leader in your own right. This book is a must-read, if you want to live above the rate of common Christianity.

 

This book aims to give you some ideas and principles to instill into your life so that you might live your Christian life above the rate of common Christianity. This book is divided into six parts: One: Sinner. Two: Sainthood. Three: Surrender. Four: Servanthood. Five: Soul winner. Six: Spiritual Parenthood. Everyone born into this world is supposed to progress along this six-step pathway. This is the way of God. This is the way to God. This is the way to Paradise. If you have not begun this journey, then start today. If you are stagnating on sainthood, then move on to surrender. If you are a soul-winner, then move on to spiritual parenthood...and so forth.

 

In the New Testament, we can read about what we are supposed to be doing here, in our Christian lives. The new believer needs these questions tackled: Why are we here? What are we supposed to be doing? Those questions become easier to answer when we know the six stages of living Above Common Christianity. Make sure you are progressing to gain the rewards in life. Make sure you are moving through these six stages to live Above Common Christianity.

 

The title of this book comes from David Brainerd's personal diary. David Brainerd was a Presbyterian missionary to the Native American Indians along the Delaware, New Jersey. He was born in the year, seventeen eighteen, and died in the year, seventeen forty-seven. During his years of ministry, he suffered many setbacks and hardships, which he recorded in his diary. In his later years, he suffered from Tuberculosis, which eventually he succumbed to. There, as he lay on his deathbed, about to depart, he urged his brother, to live above the rate of common Christianity. David Brainerd had done that himself in his life; he had not succumbed to just going with the flow. He wanted to live to the glory of God. He was a man of intense prayer; a man of intense yearnings to see his adopted people trained in the scriptures. David Brainerd had lived that himself and he had a desire that others live above the rate of common Christianity. I trust that you also have that desire to live above the rate of common Christianity.

 

The author is ordained with over thirty-five years in ministry. He is an authority on the book's subject matter having trained many converts, and himself lived above common Christianity. With keen insight into life and ministry, he has written this book to help you live above the rate of common Christianity. Get this book today and be all you can be!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pilgrim Preacher
• Release date: Aug 11, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223666714

Pilgrim Preacher

The Pilgrim Preacher gives Ministers and Teachers everything they need to deliver a relevant and engaging Bible lesson to today's audience. Ordained with over thirty-five years of theological experience and having e-books distributed in online bookstores, the Pilgrim Preacher is your one-stop shop for sermons and bible lessons. The Pilgrim Preacher's suite of sermons, lessons, and devotions is the busy minister's best friend. The biblical genres covered are comprehensive, theologically sound, and engaging. Each series format empowers Pastors and Teachers to achieve their routine of delivering bible lessons multiple times each week. Everyone in ministry should have this suite of e-learning courses to educate and inspire their parishioners to greater heights in the Faith.

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Introduction

There are six stages of spiritual growth, the Creator wants every Christian believer to experience. If you are desirous of being the best you can be, then this book is for you. Are you keen on living the best Christian experience? This book signposts each stage of progression from the conversion experience to the ultimate stage of parenthood (and grand parenthood). The eldership in your assembly wants you to grow in grace and knowledge, and to become a spiritual leader in your own right. This book is a must-read, if you want to live above the rate of common Christianity.

This book aims to give you some ideas and principles to instill into your life so that you might live your Christian life above the rate of common Christianity. This book is divided up into six parts: One: Sinner. Two: Sainthood. Three: Surrender. Four: Servanthood. Five: Soul winner. Six: Spiritual Parenthood. You'll notice that these all start with the letter S, so it's easy to remember. Everyone born into this world is supposed to progress along this six-step pathway. This is the way of God. This is the way to God. This is the way to Paradise. If you have not begun this journey, then begin today. If you are stagnating on sainthood, then move on to surrender. If you are a soul-winner, then move on to spiritual parenthood.

In the New Testament, we can read about what we are supposed to be doing here, in our Christian lives. The new believer needs these questions tackled: Why are we here? What are we supposed to be doing? Those questions become easier to answer when we know the six stages of living Above Common Christianity. Make sure you are progressing to gain the rewards in life. Make sure you are moving through these six stages to live Above Common Christianity.

Oh, my brother, pursue after personal holiness, press towards that blessed mark. Be as much in fasting and prayer as your health will allow and live above the rate of common Christians. David Brainerd, 1747.

The title of this book comes from David Brainerd’s personal diary. David Brainerd was a Presbyterian missionary to the Native American Indians along the Delaware, New Jersey. He was born in the year 1718 and died in the year, 1747. During his years of ministry, he suffered many setbacks and hardships, which he recorded in his diary. In his later years, he suffered from Tuberculosis, which eventually he succumbed to. There, as he lay on his deathbed and about to depart, he wrote to his brother, and urged his brother, to live above the rate of common Christianity. David Brainerd had done that himself in his life; he had not succumbed to just going with the flow. He wanted to live to the glory of God. He was a man of intense prayer. He was a man of intense yearnings after the lost, and to see his adopted people trained in the scriptures. David Brainerd had lived that himself, and he had a desire that others live above the rate of common Christianity.

I trust that you might also have that desire: not to be lukewarm, not to compromise; but that you would indeed desire to live above the rate of common Christianity. The purpose of this book is to train you to live above the rate of common Christianity. So, let's begin with part one.

1.  Sinner

This section has to do with one who is in the position of being a sinner. A sinner is where one starts. The Bible makes it clear that when one is born into this world, through the natural birth, through the waters breaking and coming out of the womb, that one is born a sinner. One is born in Adam. One is born in a lost condition. The condition of a sinner is that they are lost from a relationship with God.

It began in the Garden of Eden, where Adam and Eve were created. They had a beautiful relationship with God. They understood that God was the source of all things. And they received from God: love, acceptance, joy, peace, power, and life. But when they disobeyed the directive and ate that forbidden fruit, they became aware of sin and knew they were naked. They became dead, spiritually. They were lost and separated from the fellowship of God, and salvation became their priority. And (in Genesis chapter three) an innocent lamb was sacrificed to clothe their nakedness. Through the blood of an innocent, Adam and Eve were redeemed back into divine favor.

Genesis 5:1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; 5:2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. 5:3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, and after his image; and called his name Seth.

So, Adam was made in the likeness of God; then he fell into disfavour. Adam’s seed was passed on to his children and so on down through man’s history. Just like Seth, we have been born in Adam’s likeness: natural sinners, each needing the touch of the divine hand.

Romans 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned. 5:17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)  5:18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.  5:19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

Okay, so these verses make it very clear, that by Adam, sin entered into the world, and death came because of that sin, and death has passed upon all men, for that all have sinned. The passage goes on to say, that as the offense of Adam condemned his seed, so also by the Second Adam, the free gift is offered. Through the offense of Adam, man dies, but by the gift of grace which is by one man, Jesus Christ, many can be made