Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. Bythis all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another." John 13:34-35
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. Bythis all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another. - John 13:34-35
Growth is development or improvement toward a goal called "maturity" (or, in the Bible, "perfection"). When one is "born again" as a child of God, he is spiritually immature. As time passes, he should develop the qualities or abilities which the Bible says characterize the mature
Galatians 5:16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit (God’s Spirit), and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
Baptism Sermon - That you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.