THE NEED FOR GROWTH

In the old testament, the tabernacle was made up of three subdivisions. As soon as you pass through the courtyard you'll come across the bronze altar(this is where blood sacrifice is made)- relating this  to this present dispensation, you only gain access to God's very presence by the finished work of Christ on the cross. After the bronze altar, you'll get to the laver. It sat on a stand, held gallons of water. This is where the  priests wash. This symbolises our everyday cleansing from sin. Sometimes we still sin so we come to Jesus and ask for forgiveness. We don't have to be saved again but we need to keep ourselves clean before God. (You take a bath once a day but you wash your hands many times a day).
This laver was like a brass mirror. You could see yourself through it. In Jms 1:25 we are made to understand that the word if God is like a mirror. We need the word for our daily walk with God.
We shouldn't study the scriptures to quench the guilty of not being spiritual. Instead it should be studied in order to feed our spirit and align ourselves with God.

The spirit filled life is a step by step journey. Being children of God is our initial or primary relationship with God. However, we need to grow to become sons of God and hence heirs of God.
Being children refer to the initial stage of sonship. When a believer attains the final stage of being close to God(heirs), the glory of God will be so clear to men. We need to experience Christ in such a way that when others contact us, they will sense righteousness, holiness and glory.
You need to grow. It takes spiritual stamina to manifest. So many of us have stopped at the gate of salvation(the bronze altar).

Shalom