John Mark Comer Teachings The Three Levels of Faith
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Nov 3, 2023 Overcoming fear by growing in faith: highlights include a personal journey of isolation in the wilderness, the transformation of fear into secondary emotions, the role of fear in unloving behavior and sin, the levels of faith and attachments, anxieties, finding peace through surrendering and staying faithful to Jesus.
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Three Levels Map Spiritual Growth
- Comer maps spiritual growth as stages and introduces three levels of faith to locate disciples on the journey.
- Stage maps help name Jesus' warnings and invitations at each level of formation.
Religion-Level Faith Is Quid Pro Quo
- Level one is the faith of religion, a quid pro quo relationship where rules promise outcomes.
- This pragmatic faith can become a formula that fails when crisis reveals its limits.
When Promises Fail Faith Must Shift
- Proverbs-style promise theology works often but not always, and crises reveal its insufficiency.
- When the formula breaks many either fall away, compartmentalize, or are forced to grow deeper faith.