Spiritual Maturity and Progressive Sanctification

One thing distinguishes a child from an adult: growth. A child grows into an adult. This takes many years and God uses the means of nurture in the home. This is also true of spiritual growth. Just as we grow physically because we have physical life, so we grow spiritually because we are spiritually alive. Our life began when we were regenerated. At that point, we began to live and we began to grow. The goal of spiritual growth is that we become like Christ Jesus. Paul writes, “[That we] may...