Col 2:6-7 (NIV) So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, 7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
NOTE: I memorized this verse over thirty years ago. I think that believers today are looking for magic formulas or some secret to the Christian life. I suppose that is why Gnosticism finds such willing minds. But the secret isn't much of a secret at all. Everything we need to know, we learned when we came to Christ. The things that helped us to grow back then: getting into the word, prayer, meeting with other believers, sharing our faith, and applying God's word to our life, are still today the same things that help us to grow. They don't change. If there is any secret, it is that as we grow, as the roots go deeper, we get stronger. It takes time, but it is the little things that we were taught when we were young that still determine our growth today. Maturity in Christ occurs as we grow over an extended period of time, by reading his word, praying, meeting with other believers, sharing our faith, and applying his truth to our lives. It is just that simple, and it does not happen overnight. It is the same things repeated year after year that create mature saints in Christ.
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