Move on to Maturity

That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, Eph 4:14

I have heard some folks say that they were told that once you confess the Lord Jesus, you have arrived, you cannot be wrong, whatever you say is right, whatever you do is right, you are saved forever.

Noteworthy is the fact that the Christian walk is a journey of immaturity to maturity. My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous 1 Jn 2:1, I write unto you little children, because your sins are forgiven for his name sake 1 Jn 2:12’, you see,  the use of the word ‘my little children’ by John, was to address his spiritual sons, they were already believers, not sinners or people needing repentance and salvation, they instead needed stabilization in the faith;

And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able; for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men? 1 Corr 3:1-3; here was Paul’s account to the church at Corinth, they were saved but they were not yet matured believers, so Paul had to admonish them on some issues: As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby 1 Pet 2:2, here was Peter addressing believers scattered in different lands, one of whom you are, there is a time in your walk that you are a child as is obtainable naturally, in that stage, you feed on milk, because you are yet ready for heavier things.

You will see, in the above scriptures that we mature as believers from babyhood to adulthood and the babyhood stage is filled with many weaknesses and mistakes because we are just learning to adapt to life; so you will not be always right, you are not there yet, you are a work in progress.