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Nov 14, 2023 · Answer. Matthew 5:48 is part of the challenging Sermon on the Mount: “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” This sounds like an impossible standard Jesus is placing before us. How can we be as perfect as God? What did Jesus mean? Some people might view the command to be perfect as a proof text for sinless perfection.
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So what does this verse mean? The first thing to recognise is that this verse sums up Jesus’ teaching on the fulfilling of the law. Matthew 5.17 onwards sets out the new relationship of Jesus’ disciples to the law. And it’s no easy task. Jesus’ expectations of his disciples are of a whole life fulfilling of the law – not just squeaking through by n...
However (that word you’ve all been waiting for!), I don’t think that what Jesus was asking from us is perfection. He was asking a lot, but not that. It is interesting that all the translations stick with the word ‘perfect’ for Matthew 5.48. As someone pointed out to me recently, this is probably a legacy from the Vulgate which translates the Greek ...
But perfection is not what we are aiming for, far from it in fact. One of my favourite passages from Paul is 2 Corinthians 4.7 which says that ‘we have this treasure in clay jars, so that it may be made clear that this extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.' The extraordinary power that Paul has been talking about is God’s gl...
Can We Be ‘Perfect’ Like God? Introduction. ‘Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect’. Matthew 5:48. This question is based on the verse above from the ‘Authorized Version’, where the first four words suggest that ‘perfection’ is a goal which we are urged to attain.
Jul 30, 2024 · It’s wonderfully true that God doesn’t require us to achieve sinless perfection in order to be saved from his judgment against sin. But he does require of us “the obedience of faith” (Romans 1:5), which Paul describes above. The obedience of faith is not works-righteousness.
Jan 4, 2022 · The Bible expresses perfection in at least three different contexts: the perfection of God, the perfection of Christ, and the perfection of humans. Absolute perfection is a quality that belongs to God alone.
Aug 3, 2024 · 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. 11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. 12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know ...
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Jul 13, 2021 · It is not the lack of perfection; it is the choice to do something wrong. God is not trying to control us in a manipulative manner — instead, He wants us to have freedom in His truth and love. Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect (Matthew 5:48). At face value, this verse sounds confusing.
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