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1 | Spiritual maturity | Bible general Archive 1 | Searcher56 | 11644 | ||
Yes. Paul said he while had not achieved perfection, yet was mature (Php 3:12-16). Steve | ||||||
2 | Spiritual maturity | Bible general Archive 1 | Makarios | 11646 | ||
"For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23) I believe that sinless perfection is impossible here on earth and in these bodies of sin, even though we are all working towards perfection in Jesus! We are working towards perfection in our spirits and learning to abhor the very mention of sin. We are learning to love the Lord our God with all of our soul, all of our might, all of our heart, and all of our mind! These 'testing grounds' or time here on earth, is here specifically to train us in order to be ready for His service in the Kingdom of Heaven. And the first step in this service for Him is to acknowledge that He is Lord and that we must commit our entire lives to Him! Then it will be a comfortable 'transition' from these bodies of sin into our eternal bodies! We cannot be totally free from sin until we die, since it is appointed for man to die once for his sin (or inherent sin), but the spirit goes to be with the Lord. If man dies once without the knowledge of Christ, then he faces the second death- this time of his spirit- which is far worse than the first death of the flesh. We can be "mature" in the sense that we abhor sin, are full of faith, and walk in the Holy Spirit, but we cannot obtain complete perfection until we are free from this body of death. Your Brother in Christ, Nolan |
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3 | Spiritual maturity | Bible general Archive 1 | Searcher56 | 11662 | ||
Nolan, excuse the fat finger last time ... I agree, we cannot be perfect (last half of 1 John 1), yet we can be mature. I think they are two different terms. Steev :-) |
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4 | Spiritual maturity | Bible general Archive 1 | Makarios | 11664 | ||
Yes! "Perfection" and "maturity" are two different terms. And the maturity that our Lord can work in us while we are here at these 'training grounds' will prove us to be ready and willing servants for Him in the Kingdom of heaven! --Nolan |
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