Saturday, April 25, 2009
Syntax
The past couple weeks I have thought about spiritual maturity. Today I actually looked up multiple definitions for "maturity" just to see what exactly that means. Every possible definition has to do with being "fully developed". With that in consideration, a person could not be "more mature" or "less mature" because it just is not possible. You either are or you aren't mature, by definition. For example, something can't be "more perfect" and something can't be "more unique". It just IS perfect/unique or it isn't. If we are looking at maturity syntactically, I don't think maturity is ever really possible. No one is ever spiritually "fully developed". We are continually growing as God causes us to grow. So why do I continue to compare myself now with myself 3 years ago? It will only work to narrow my vision of the spiritually developed person God is shaping me to be.
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1. i do not think you have ever told me that you think I am david.
2. I agree with your post, and is something I always struggle with, but you know this because we talk about it alot. even this weekend I have been comparing my relationship with christ to what it was when I was at hamilton high school. I think being "mature" would be the same as basically telling God that we have it all figured out.
I am NOT mature. I know nothing.
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