“But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.” (II Corinthians 3:18)
As we grow in the Lord, we will have a deeper sense of our own failures, our own weaknesses, and of our own sinfulness.
This is in direct contrast to what we are often taught in our churches. As with the idea that we will become better and better and more aware of our own ability to overcome sin and temptation.
The young believer, who generally lacks experience and discernment, is very prone to this false way of thinking. Because successes are often easier and more dramatic in the lives of the young. Especially those who’ve come out of some deep experience of immorality, drugs, or rebellion. Some, even experiencing an immediate and outwardly-miraculous deliverance from sin, temptation, or addiction.
But, in the lives of older believers, this is not the normal experience.
” I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless, I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.” (Galatians 2:20)
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