GROWING IN CHRIST: Christian Maturity

GROWING IN christ : Christian Maturity 1. Peter tells us, Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus christ . (2 Peter 3:18.) By urging us to grow, this verse reminds us that growth is both desirable and expected. 2. The author of Hebrews also writes pointedly about spiritual growth: There is much we have to say about this matter, but it is hard to explain to you, because you are so slow to understand. There has been enough time for you to be teachers yet you still need someone to teach you the first lessons of God's message. Instead of eating solid food, you still have to drink milk. Anyone who has to drink milk is still a child, without any experience in the matter of right and wrong. Solid food, on the other hand, is for the adults (literally, mature ones ), who through practice are able to distinguish between good and evil. Let us go forward, then, to mature teaching and leave behind us the first lessons of the Christian message.

7. More maturity equips us to take part in the growth and spread of the God’s kingdom, to “seek first the kingdom of God.” (Matthew 6:33). We join in the fight of good versus evil: we are in a position to heed Paul’s injunction “do not be overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good.” (Romans 12:21). 8.

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