Growing Up into Salvation
1 Peter 2:1-3
Through faith in Christ, we are brought into union with Christ and into this wonderful experience called ‘salvation.’ 1 Peter tells us that salvation is something we possess in Christ; we anticipate more fully in Christ, and we ‘grow up into’ in Christ. This is how he says it in 1 Peter 2:2: “Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—.“
Growing up into salvation is like walking through the caverns of Jeita Grotto. Once inside, you move from wonder to wonder, from awe to awe, from beauty to beauty. Growing up into salvation is a journey of moving through the unfathomable depths and breadths of God’s love and grace, from wonder to wonder, from awe to awe, and from beauty to beauty. The caverns come to an end but the wonders of salvation are infinite because they reside in an infinite God. Continue reading “Growing Up Into Salvation”
