“Spiritual maturity is not marked by our growing, independent fitness. Rather, it’s marked by our growing dependence on Christ’s fitness for us … spiritual growth is realizing how utterly dependent we are on Christ’s cross and mercy … Thankfully, the focus of the Bible is not the work of the redeemed but the work of the Redeemer. The gospel frees us from ourselves.”

-Tullian Tchividjian, read more here