Category: K2G

The true follower of Jesus has a commitment to the truth of God. If there is no commitment to God’s Word, then there should be serious concern surrounding the faith of the believer. Jesus told the Pharisees “and you do not have His word abiding in you, for you do not believe the one whom He has sent” (John 5:38). Elsewhere, He says “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth and the truth will set you free” (John 8:32). And then later Jesus prayed in the Garden, “Sanctify them in the truth, your word is truth.” (John 17:17)

The follower of Jesus has died to self and has abandoned selfish and worldly purposes, influences and motivations. Those have been replaced by the foundational, powerful and active truth of the Bible.

Now the Bible also says that believers, upon being saved, are to grow and strive for maturity. The Apostle Paul writes “Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ.” (Col. 1:28) And the Apostle Peter writes “but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.” (2 Pet. 3:18) God saves us that we might become more like Jesus. And our becoming like Him is accomplished through knowing and living His Word.

We know that God is pleased, honored, and glorified when His redeemed people know Him and understand Him accurately from His Word. Therefore, we must Know to Grow.

So we conclude and resolve that as true followers of our King Jesus we commit ourselves fully to growing in our knowledge and understanding of God’s truth so that we may grow up to maturity and further glorify our God and Savior Jesus Christ who suffered and died under the judgment of God in our place for our sins. So that just as Paul wrote to Titus, our aim is to have a “knowledge of the truth which accords with godliness.” (Titus 1:1)

Our focus in youth ministry at FBCF centers around the ‘K2G’.  K2G is an abbreviation for “Know to Grow”.  As I was praying, studying, and preparing on a weekly basis to lead and make disciples of the youth in Fairdale, I found myself continually coming back to the same thought. That thought goes something like this:  I want these youth to bring glory to our great God with their lives, goals, and futures.  So then I pondered… How do we raise up youth that glorify God?  Well, when anyone (youth or adults) becomes like God and begins to walk in His ways in accordance with His Word then God is magnified, worshipped, and glorified.  So I asked… How do we raise up youth that are like God and that walk in His ways in accordance with His Word? 

And that is when my ‘K2G’ mindset was developed!

The more youth know and clearly understand about Jesus, the more they grow in His likeness.

The desire of FBCF Youth is to Know Christ through His Word in order that we may Grow in Christ through His Word.

We want to become like God so that He will receive all the glory and credit for our lives.  The way this is accomplished is through us knowing Him in a personal and true way.

Regularly, we are emphasizing to all our youth — “You must KNOW Jesus more so you can GROW in Jesus more!”