“However, this saving grace can be stunted. We can stop at this point where we will be actually saved; but, we will not be working out our salvation with fear and trembling (Phil. 2:12). The person can live and die only at the stage of being saved and Christ will not be formed in him. If this happens, we will be infants in Christ; we will live a very superficial Christian life and a life that is full of struggles and conflicts. Paul calls it a life according to the flesh and in other places in the Bible it is called the state of spiritual childhood.” SpiritualSpiritChristChildhoodFleshChristian LifeFormationStagesPaul The Apostle Book:The Inner Man & the Formation of Christ Source: The Inner Man & the Formation of Christ