Is He increasing?
He must increase, but I must decrease. - John 3:30 (LSB) Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen. - 2 Peter 3:18 (LSB) Am I growing in the grace and knowledge of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ? Feed what you want to grow, starve what you want to die. Like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation. - 1 Peter 2:2 LSB Am I growing in the knowledge of His Word? You are either growing or you are shrinking, there is no net neutral. For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food. For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he is an infant. But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern both good and evil