Once you come to Christ you have the seed of the divine nature.

But like any seed, it will only flourish with proper care and attention.

If you are a casual Christian, you will have stunted growth. This is the alternative with

Dr Tony Evans, author, speaker, and founding pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in

Dallas Texas.

Sometimes it's hard to see a little seedling in a pot and envision the full-grown tree

it's intended to become.

But today we'll look at why we need to keep that target in mind as we nurture and

protect the seed of faith God has planted inside us. Let's join Dr Evans as he

tells us more. God has placed us on a journey. From the moment of conversion you began a trip, ultimately

to glory, but in history it is to maturity. From being a newborn baby Christian to being an adult responsible saint.

That's a journey.

A baby doesn't become an adult overnight. They're on a journey.

God has every Christian on this journey to maturation where it becomes normal for them to look at life, live life, and evaluate life from a spiritual,

heavenly perspective, not an earthly secular one.

Your maturity, your growth in the faith

is to be manifested and expressed through the process of growth through the utilization of a

spiritual perspective to evaluate and live life.

Peter in these first 11 verses gives us guidance for this journey.

Just as no mother is satisfied for her baby once born to stay a baby. God is not satisfied when Christians are born again to stay babies. He wants his babies to become adults. He wants us to grow

up to be mature Christians. But while it is guaranteed, it is not automatic.

It doesn't just happen. A baby doesn't become an adult because it just happens.

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