Maturity isn’t perfection but the realization of imperfection

“When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.”  1 Corinthians 13:11

Mature Christians Should:

1.   Manifest a forgiving spirit:  Ephesians 4:32
2.   Always love:  1 John 4:19
3.   Teach others:  2 Timothy 2:2
4.   Resist cliques/ gossip:  1 Peter 3:8-9
5.    Evaluate themselves, not others:  2 Corinthians 4:16

“It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until He has hurt him deeply.” A. W. Tozer