Matthew 5:47-48 47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. He was saying, that is the way the world acts; giving to receive in return. Give with no hope of return, not just money, but of yourselves, also. Forget about self. “Be ye therefore perfect”: Christ sets an unattainable standard. This sums up what the law itself demanded (James 2:10). Though this standard is impossible to meet, God could not lower it without compromising His own perfection. He who is perfect could not set an imperfect standard of righteousness. The marvelous truth of the gospel is that Christ has met this standard on our behalf. This section of the Sermon on the Mount is summarized with the statement “Be ye therefore perfect.” Since the New Testament is clear that even the believer is capable of sin, the term perfect is not to be taken as sinless perfection. Perfect here means “complete,” that is, possessing a complete love that, like God’s (verse 45), embraces those who love you as well as those who do not. Try to be as near like Jesus as is humanly possible. Jesus is our example. We must try every day to be a little more like Him.
Posted on: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 00:54:30 +0000
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