How would you describe a spiritually mature person?
Maybe these words and phrases come to mind – spiritually gifted, wise, prophetic, influential, charismatic, rooted in Scripture, prayerful, discerning, serving the poor, etc.
These are all great (and necessary) qualities!
But the Bible teaches there is one thing that surpasses them all – LOVE. In fact, 1 Cor. 13 tells us that it’s possible to excel in all of these areas and still not have love. When we measure maturity with anything but the quality of our love, we are left with absolutely nothing.
But how exactly do we make love the measure of our spiritual maturity?
In today’s podcast, we cover this next mark of Emotionally Healthy Discipleship.