five impediments to the Grace of God

In this book Kenneth Hagin five points clear grounds by which Christians do not grow and advance in spiritual things concerning the kingdom of God, and who therefore are impediments to growth in the grace of God, they are: thoughtlessness, carelessness, laziness , babbling and imitation, which briefly expound below.

First he points to the fact that this observation impediment to growth in grace was given, based on a study of the past century in a Methodist preacher, he starts pointing out that frivolity is a kind of attitude that causes people to be futile or they do so with the things of God, in the sense that people have given more preference and also has given preference to literature, music, today we could pinpoint movies and TV shows, the company instead of reading the Bible, listening good songs or movies committed to the Kingdom of God. He points to the fact that many people allow that kind of levity with the things of God both for themselves and for their families, and to disclose things that they do not sow the truth, and the fact that much of what is called " gospel "is actually just exalting doctrines of men and not the genuine Word of the Lord.

Concomitant to this first act of negligence is another cause of prevent us from growing in grace, when we do not follow firm and seriously communion with the Lord and His call, it's because we live or think or act contrary to what Word calls us to live, it certainly has great help from spiritual laziness, since it is easier for these people to live dominated by the desires of their bodies (flesh) than live a life of piety, at this point he gives the example of I Corinthians 9:27 when Paul asserts that overpowered her own body to fulfill the will of God, not been disapproved in fulfilling His will. Here Brother Hagin asserts that we must do, not God, what needed to be done he has done, we master our body.

The chatter or talk too is another type of attitude that keeps us in the growth of grace, since according to the book of Proverbs 10:19, "There is much talk in the transgression", along with this we have the book of James 1:19 that exhorts us to be ready listeners and slow to speak, there is more wisdom and ability to grow if we are just better listeners and talking, talking too large or rashly gives us possibility to reproduce murmurings sick and filthy language, which violated the Word and will of God, talk about our needs are. Here he asserts that we must learn to wait patiently on the Lord. Finally he exhorts us to be authentic and not imitators of others, since God does not anointed copies, but only people that will uniquely express His will.

 * Based on the book by Kenneth Hagin - Five impediments to growth in grace - Rhema Faith publisher