Typically, we acquire God-knowledge and habit ourselves with God-actions (act nice, talk nice, be nice), content with the transformation from a child of Adam to a child of God.
But God intends more than rebirth and adoption. The Holy Spirit, the Spirit of God on earth, dwells in His children as a guide, a leader for our lives in the big and the little, that we should follow Him.
As a teacher, this is very difficult to convey with words. It is more aptly conveyed through deeds.
"But we proved to be gentle among you, as a nursing mother tenderly cares for her own children. Having so fond an affection for you, we were well-pleased to impart to you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become very dear to us." II Thessalonians 2:7-8