Posted by Bigfish69 on 4:50 pm
What does it mean to mature to be like Christ?When Biblical studies are made about maturing, they often focus on the individual. Me. You.
However, if Christ is and was one with the Father, then maturing to be like Christ means maturing in ways that are more than the individual. Could this be something to do with relationships?
- with the Father (Mt 22:37)
- with other people (Mt 22:39)
The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments (Mt 22:40)
Therefore, for God's people to mature, we must also focus on how and why we love others and worship God. Indeed this may mean we shift the purpose of maturing personal from being a goal in its own right to a mechanism to be able to better serve others. For our sake.
