Desert Spring Church

Pastor David’s devotional for March 30, 2021 Ephesians 4:11-14a 11 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.14 Then we will no longer be infants Romans 8:28 28 We know that all things work together for good[a] for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. Sanctification. It is a theological word that is intended to capture the ways the Holy Spirit works within us to grow us in the faith. In Ephesians chapter 4, St. Paul compared sanctification to growth from infancy to maturity. When we first become a Christian, we are a like a baby in the faith—we have much to learn and experience. Over time, with the help of the Holy Spirit, we grow up in our faith until that day when we reach maturity or what