The assurance of faith is indispensable to a healthy, powerful growth in the Lord.1 The second point which this word teaches you is: you are still very weak—weak as new-born children. The joy and the love which a young convert sometimes experiences do indeed make him think that he is very strong. He runs the risk of exalting himself, and of trusting in what he experiences. He must nevertheless learn much of how he must become strong in his Lord Jesus. Endeavor to feel deeply that you are still young