What is the Mark of Spiritual Maturity?
St. Paul says in Phil. 3:13-15 (Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. All of us who are mature should take such a view of things.” Thus the mark of spiritual maturity for a Christian is being in Christ and being focused on winning the prize of heaven through Christ and through Christ alone. What are the Two Kinds of Righteousness? There are two kinds of righteousness: Imputed Righteousness and Imparted Righteousness. What is Imputed Righteousness? This is the righteousness which alone can restore us totally so as to be “… without blemish and free from accusation …” as we saw in Col. 1:22. It is the righteousness that belongs to Jesus Christ which He imputes to us when we believe and acknowledge His death on the cross for our salvation and surrender ourselves unconditionally to
