In that spiritual life there will be much still to be learned. There will
still be imperfections. Spiritual life is not perfect; but the predominant
characteristic will be spiritual. When a man has given himself up to the
real, living, acting, ruling power of God's Spirit, he has got into the
right position in which he can grow. You never think of growing out of
sickness into health; you may grow out of feebleness into strength, as the
little babe can grow to be a strong man; but where there is disease, there
must healing come if there is to be a cure effected. There are Christians
who think that they must grow out of the carnal state into the spiritual
state. You never can. What could help those carnal Corinthians? To give
them milk could not help them, for milk was a proof they were in the wrong
state. To give them meat would not help them, for they were unfit to eat
it. What they needed was the knife of the surgeon. Paul says that the
carnal life must be cut out. "They that are Christ's have crucified the
flesh.
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