29For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.
2 Corinthians 3:18 NKJV
18But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Ephesians 4:15 NKJV
15but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ—
1. It’s pretty clear that we are called to be Christ like.
Matthew 3:8 NKJV
8Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance,
Matthew 3:8 tells us clearly that if we have repented then our lives will bear that fruit.
sometimes when we talk about spiritual growth we talk about it as if one day we will wake up and be mystically changed