Growing Up In Christ
I came across an interesting tool a few weeks ago. It is called the Putnum Circle and it attempts to show the progression of a Christian’s spiritual growth in Christ. It shows how people go from being spiritually dead before they believe in Jesus (Romans 6:23), to becoming spiritually alive when they trust in Christ (John 3:3). As new believers, we have life, but spiritually, we are like babies. This means we do not know much about God and His Word. We need spiritual milk (1 Peter 2:2). Babies in the faith need a mature Christian to teach us to know and obey Christ’s teachings (Matthew 28:19-20). With exposure to the Word and other Christians, we become more like children. One of the risks at this point is that our new-found knowledge of the Lord may lead us to be conceited if we aren’t careful (1 Tim. 3:6). As spiritual children, we struggle with the flesh and being self-centered in our faith. Peter is a great example of this (Matthew 16:22-23). Today, we act like spiritu...