WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BECOME A MATURE CHRISTIAN? - Continue

 On the other hand, a Christian who remains immature can easily be misled by "trickery" and "deceptive schemes" and be taken by conspiracy theorists and apostates. (Read Ephesians 4:14, 15) He may be prone to being jealous, creating strife, taking offense, or yielding to temptation.  - 1 CORINTHIANS 3:3.  

As mentioned earlier, the Scriptures compare the process of growing to spiritual maturity to the process of growing to adulthood. A child lacks insight, so he needs the protection and supervision of an adult. To illustrate, a mother might ask her young daughter to hold her hand while crossing the street. As the girl grows older, the mother might allow her to cross the street on her own but will still remind her to look both ways for traffic.  When the child becomes an adult, she avoids hazards on her own. Just as young children need help from adult to avoid danger, immature Christians often need help from mature Christians to avoid spiritual dangers and to make wise decisions. By contrast, when mature Christians have to make a decision, they reason on Bible principles to get Jehovah's thinking on the matter and then follow through accordingly. 

Next time: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BECOME A MATURE CHRISTIAN?  - Conclusion

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