Spiritual maturity begins with honesty.

Summary

Spiritual growth is hindered not by Jesus' unwillingness to help, but by our dishonesty about areas needing improvement, often excusing immaturity as personality or struggles. The sermon urges us to stop making peace with sin and instead pray for change, recognizing that true maturity begins with confessing and confronting the truths we hide or defend. Ultimately, we cannot mature beyond the sins we refuse to face and confess, which Jesus died to deliver us from.