There is a distinction between possessing something and living within it. When you trust Christ, you are justified, adopted, and made new instantly—a completed work that cannot be undone. However, the life that begins then is meant to be fully lived. It is possible to possess eternal life yet remain unfamiliar with much of it, like owning the deed to a house you have never entered. Growing in God is not about surpassing normal Christianity, but about finally inhabiting what y