The Anguish of Childbirth

Paul talks about himself in First Thessalonians also as like a nursing mother. This is really an important part of the Christian message, because what happens when you're baptized? That's right. You're born again. And so if bringing somebody to Christ is like giving them new birth, then all of us are like midwives under God, right? Or like mothers, right? And bringing them to earth. And bringing them into conformity with the image of the sun. that's the idea that Paul is in English until Christ is formed in you. Yes, we are in Christ and Christ is in us. But there's a sense in which this is a lifelong process, right,