“We do not grow into sanctification. Rather, we grow from sanctification into maturity.” (p141)
“While it is true that all the resources are divinely provided, this does not justify a spirit of passive negligence on our part. There is to be no languid leaning on God’s grace, no dreamy fatalism based on His almight purpose and power. Instead there is to be a strenuous and unceasing energy on our part in meeting Him with the cooperation of faith, vigilance and obedience.” (p143)
“Are we ‘making every effort’ to make the most of God’s divine resources, of His ‘very great and precious promises,’ of ‘the divine nature’ within us?” (p145)
“Growth is the remedy for declension, and we must grow or go backward.” (p148)
“The end of our growth will be an eternal reward.” (p149)
-AB Simpson
A Larger Christian Life, “Spiritual Growth
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