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Concordia Theological Monthly

Publication Date

9-1-1953

Document Type

Article

Keywords

christian, knowledge, maturation, faith, mature

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

The Authorized Version does not use the term "mature." But the idea is completely Biblical. It assumes that a Christian, as a Christian, is not a statistical, either-or being, but that he is the product of a birth, a growth, and an expanding life. To speak of a Christian as mature suggests that he has arrived at the peak of that growth, that he has arrived at the climax of the development of his faith and his life with God.

Disciplines

Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)

Philippians 3:10-13; 1 John 1:8-10; 2 Corinthians 12:9-10; 1 Peter 1:22-2:3; Hebrews 5:12-6:2; 2 Corinthians 5:15-21; John 3:1-16; Ephesians 2:1-10; Colossians 3:1-10; Colossians 1:21-23; Galatians 5:16-25; Romans 7:24-25; James 1:2-12; James 3:13-18;

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

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