How can you tell if a Christian is spiritually mature?

Question

How can you tell if a Christian is spiritually mature?

Answer 1

Squish them.  Spiritually.

Answer 2

If they walk in the fruits of the spirit.  If they have been transformed to be more like Jesus.  If they can endure hardship without doubting or weakening in their faith.

Philippians 3:

12Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

15All of us who are MATURE should take such a view of things

James 1

2Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 4Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

Galatians 5

22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness and self-control

Answer 3

What kind of question is this? It's like inspecting fruits man (or girl) you can tell by lightly squeezing them...

Answer 4

The lobotomy scar becomes clearly visible

Answer 5

they are not a hypocrite and they love others.

Answer 6

To sum it up in a short answer, you become more like Christ.

God's ultimate goal is for us to follow His commands, love Him with all our heart and all our soul, and love others as we love ourselves. Christ did all of this.

He is our example of how to treat others, and how to live a life that pleases God. Remember, he was filled with the spirit of God, and he was called "God with us."

Have a great day

Answer 7

Maturity is like beauty... its in the eye of the beholder.

Answer 8

faith is like film, its developed in the dark. if that Christian can look beyond circumstance and trust God for His grace, then they are mature indeed.

Answer 9

The more they show the "fruits of the spirit", the more mature they are.

Galatians 5:22-23, these attributes are: love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and temperance.  

Answer 10

He or she recognizes that religion is only a system for living, it doesn't know all the answers.  Mature people of any religion realize that their religion is only good as long as it helps people and no further.  The sabbath was created for man; man was not created for the sabbath, as Jesus said.

Answer 11

When you see Christ truly reflected in their lives. Linda is correct.