True test.

Tuesday,  October  25th.
True test.

“A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.”
John 13:34-35

The true measure of spiritual maturity is evident in your dealings in human relationships. All other exercises including developing a prayer culture and praying for hours is good but we can truly assess how well you have grown to become like Christ when we see the way you treat others.

Spending time with God in prayer and study should produce in you Christ-like character. If the love of Christ is not been expressed through you to others as a result of the time spent in your personal devotions with God, it means you are not growing spiritually.

The Lord said to me, “Son, I do not measure you just by knowledge, but by your relationship with the body.” If you are married, it begins with your relationship with your wife or your husband. Spiritual growth will make you more loving to your wife, and more forgiving too. Spiritual growth will make you more loving to your husband and more submissive too.

If that is not happening then you are not growing spiritually.

Ephesians 5:25 must be felt by your wife as a husband who is growing spiritually, “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;” Spiritual growth will make you more self sacrificing to your wife.

Colossians 3:18(MSG) should be enjoyed by your husband if you are truly growing spiritually as a wife, “Wives, understand and support your husbands by submitting to them in ways that honor the Master.” So, you can actually access the level of your spiritual growth by your dealings with your spouse if you are married. If you are not married you can measure your spiritual growth by how much of Christ is expressed through you in your dealings with others.

Prayer.
Dear Father, I thank you because Your love is abounding in my heart more and more in knowledge and in all judgment, in Jesus' Name. Amen.

For further study, read:
1 John 2:8-10, 1 John 3:14-18, 1 John 3:23.

Doing the Word.
Treat others with the same love you have received from Christ.