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Growing Up in Christ, June 25
Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go
on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance
from dead works, and of faith toward God.
Hebrews 6:1
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At the entrance gate of the path that leads to everlasting life God
places faith, and He lines the whole way with the light and peace and
joy of willing obedience. The traveler in this way keeps ever before him
the mark of his high calling in Christ. The prize is ever in sight. To him
God’s commands are righteousness and joy and peace in the Holy Spirit.
The things that first appeared to be crosses are found by experience to be
crowns.
“Learn of me,” is the Saviour’s command. Yes, learn of Him how to
live the Christ life—a life pure and holy, free from any taint of sin....
Progression, not stagnation, is the law of heaven. Progression is the
law of every faculty of mind and body. The things of nature obey this law.
In the field there is seen first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in
the ear. In the spiritual life, as in the physical life, there is to be growth.
Step by step we are to advance, ever receiving and imparting, ever gaining
a more complete knowledge of Christ, daily approaching more closely the
measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.
The Christian is first a babe in Christ. Then he becomes a child.
Constantly he is to make advancement proportionate to the opportunities
and privileges granted him. Ever he is to remember that he is not his
own, that he has been bought with a price, and that he must make the
best possible use of the talents entrusted to him. Even in the infancy of
his spiritual understanding, the Christian is to do his best, making steady
advancement toward the higher, holier life. He is to realize that he is a
laborer together with God....
He is never to become self-sufficient, but is to count all things but loss
for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus his Lord. He is to
walk and work in the Saviour’s companionship. As he does this, his faith
will increase. Constantly beholding Christ, he will be changed into the
same image from character to character.
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