Hello, this is Graham Cook. Welcome to the Brilliant Perspective's Podcast.

Did you know that God wants to have several relationships with you? He wants a relationship

with you at different stages of your development in him. On this podcast, I'm going to explore with you what it means to grow up in God

specifically focusing on the four stages the Lord brings us through in this

process of relational growth.

When we look at Jesus' life, we see him grow in the Gospels through all these four stages.

So it highlights the elements of placement and portrayal in God.

By looking at the life of Jesus, we're actually looking at a version of ourselves

because God is making us to be like Christ and then teaching us to practice what we are discovering with those people around us.

So here's a clip on what it means for you to grow up in God.

So we're talking about growing up in God.

And there are four stages of relationship.

You know the Lord he's the Creator, right? So there is not a

one-dimensional bone in God's body.

We're talking about someone who invented, you know,

17 million species of bug.

Right? So you know... species of bug.

So you know that he's not content just to have one relationship with you.

He wants several relationships with you. He wants a

a relationship with you at different stages of your development.

So when you look in the Bible and it uses words like child, and son.

There are four words in the Greek,

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