UNDERSTANDING PERFECTION

Echoing from the pages of the scripture Matt5:48... "Be ye therefore PERFECT...".
No doubt this has been a subject of discussion and contradictions among believers. Many think Christian PERFECTION is a superhuman achievement, and relatively few think this is a possibility by GRACE... but of their belief, they haven't seen a living proof.
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Would Jesus command what is an IMPOSSIBILITY? Christ, who is our symbol of perfection says what he means and certainly means what he says. What then is PERFECTION?
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Instilling discipline on a 3months old child because he soiled himself with his excrement would be considered outrageous! But what if he were a 5year old? I certainly would be justified.
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Is my 3month old child receiving a favour from me by my not disciplining him? Certainly NO! Does my punishment to the 5year old make me partial in integrity? Certainly NO!

Now if I may ask, who is more perfect of the two since they are guilty of the same offence? Don't you think it's my 3yr old?
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Why would I say that...? At 3 his 'FAULT' is expected. It would be outrageous if he crawls to the bathroom and uses the Water Closet! Even in his 'fault', he is that PERFECT child.
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Its that Joy that comes to us in our walk with God though we repeatedly fall, yet he says... YOU ARE PERFECT. It beats our imaginations though with your seeming weakness in view yet His ways are far past ours in Wisdom.
This isn't an occasion to sin willingly, but a call to contend for the grace that produces the image of the incorruptible Christ.
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And with that sense of confidence, can you tell yourself I AM PERFECT THROUGH THE GRACE OF GOD!
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Do have a blessed Sunday.

AKPOVETA, Philip A.
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