Just as we grow up and mature naturally, from babes to little children,to young adults, and then to adults, we must also do so spiritually. 1Peter2:2 says," as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby." 1 John 2:12-14, refers to christians as little children, young men, and fathers (spiritually) Titus 3:5 says, "not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit." The washing of regeneration is the begining of our faith.It is when we ask God for forgiveness and confess and accept Jesus Christ, and become a new creation in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17).The renewing by the Holy Spirit is our christian walk. Romans 12:2, refers to it as the renewing of our minds.As we read the Word of God, we learn how Jesus speaks, how He thinks, and how He acts. As we become doers of the word,and not hearers only (James 1:22), then we purify our souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit (1peter 1:22). we become renewed in the spirit of our mind.We put on the new man which was created according to God, in righteousness and true holiness (Ephesians 4:23-24).Paul tells us in Ephesians 4:13,"till we all come to the unity of the faith and the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ."What a goal ! 1John 3:2-3 says "Beloved, now we are the children of God;and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is reaveled,we shall be like Him,for we shall see Him as He is.And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure."