It was rightly said during the course of the seminars that Baptism in the Spirit is the beginning of a new beginning. At that stage the person aims to grow, as St Paul pointed out: “until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ” (Eph 4:13). Paul said in 1 Thess 4:1-3: “we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more. For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. It is God’s will that you should be sanctified.” On another occasion St Paul said that the aim is to: “put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness” (Eph 4:24).
