So many believe that perfection is not possible in this human state but in Matthew 5:48 Jesus teaches that perfection is possible now when he said, Be perfect,even as your Father in heaven is perfect. Jesus is speaking in the present tense. He didnt say you will be perfect. Jesus said be perfect even as your Father in heaven is perfect. Now, to get the understanding of this , you must not discern this with your human understanding but from the understanding of Spirit because the Lord did his work and teachings from the perspective of the Spirit and not from the perspective of the flesh. If you are in the understanding of your flesh , you will never understand this teaching. Notice also, that the perfection which the Lord speaks is measured or compared to the perfection of our Heavenly Father. This is very important because in order to understand the perfection which the Lord speaks of, we must understand the perfection of our Heavenly Father. In John 3:16 Jesus taught that God so loved the world. So in order to achieve perfection now , we must love as our Heavenly Father loves. Our Heavenly Father expressed his love through forgiveness by offering His only begotten Son as a token of that love in the flesh on our behalf. So we must forgive as our Heavenly Father forgave us through his son. But we cannot love nor forgive without the power of the Spirit, the Holy Spirit of God given to us through his Son Jesus. Jesus is the Lamb of God letting us know that we can be perfect even as our Father in heaven is perfect right now. We have the power at this very moment to love one another and to forgive one another just as our Father in heaven has loved and forgiven us. So you see, from the perspective of the Spirit of God, perfection is possible NOW. If you have the forgiveness and the love of Almighty God our Father in your heart and you are exercising this love and forgiveness DAILY by the direction of the Ministry of the Holy Spirit of God then you are in the eyes of God and Jesus our Lord PERFECT!! Let no one tell you any different!
Posted on: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 08:58:07 +0000
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