By joyce meyer god is not mad at you. NOT ALL CHRISTIANS ARE MATURE- Paul confronted christians who were not maturing. He said, brothers and sisters, i could not address you as people who live by the spirit but as people who are still worldly- merely infants in christ. I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready (1 corin 3.1-2. Paul speaks of two types of christians. The first is the spiritual man who is able to examine, investigate, inquire into and discern all things. He is able to quickly discern good from evil and he chooses the good. Then paul speaks of the carnal christian, one who is regenerated in christ (he is born again), yet he remains in the infancy stage of spiritual growth. He has the nature of the flesh and follows the lead of ordinary impulses (1 corin 2.14-16. I wasted many years of my christian experience as a carnal, fleshly, immature believer. I had some understanding of salvation by grace, but i truly did not have the solid foundation, i still spent many years in immaturity because i had not made the decision to go on to spiritual maturity. I dont believe anyone experiences spiritual growth unless he truly desires it. I finally became dissatisfied with my life as it was and reached a crisis point in my walk with god. Something had to change! I had been receiving from him love, grace, mercy, forgiveness, help for years, but what was missing. I wondered. I saw that it was time for me to give back. I needed to give myself and everything i had to him for his use and purpose. When i did, it was a turning point in my spiritual life and one that i never regretted.
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