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     • God expects you to be perfect, yes. But not because you can be—because Jesus has been, is, and always will be perfect. He imputes his holiness to you as a beloved child of God. He gives you his Spirit, who works obedience within you to bring Christ glory.
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   Does God expect us to be perfect?

   • But then, rather than assuring us that this gracious God doesn’t expect us to be perfect, Peter challenges us: As he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” (vv. 15–16) This is serious. Peter allows no wiggle-room here. We can’t interpret the verse in a halfhearted way.

   Yes, Actually, God Does Demand Perfection - The Gospel Coalition

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   What does the Bible say about being perfect?

   • One viewpoint of this focal passage, “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect,” is that perfect actually means maturing or be in the progress of becoming. If this is true, it should take the pressure off, so to speak. Maturing in one’s faith is a process, it takes time. With time comes experience and wisdom.

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   Can We be perfect like God?

   • The idea that we can be perfect like God seems hyperbolic. Moreover, the Bible clearly states that we are not perfect. We are all sinners and have fallen short of God’s standard (Romans 3:9–20; 1 John 1:8; Ecclesiastes 7:20; Psalm 14:2–3).

   What does it mean to be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect

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   Does God require sinless perfection?

   • While it’s true that the New Testament doesn’t teach that Christians will achieve sinless perfection in this age, it does teach that God requires perfection of us — that we “be perfect, as [our] heavenly Father is perfect.” So, we have a problem: God requires a moral perfection impossible for us to achieve. That’s a big problem.

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   Does God demand perfection?

   • God actually does demand perfection. There is no room in these commands for snapping at your kids during the Monday-morning rush. There is no exception for grumbling about the weather. There is no loophole for a moment’s lustful glance. There is no leeway for failing to worship. We can’t get around God’s requirement; the command is serious.

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   What does Paul say about perfection?

   • When speaking of the perfection we will experience in the resurrection, Paul says of himself, “Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own” (Philippians 3:12). The New Testament neither teaches nor provides models of sinless perfection in redeemed saints.

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   Aug 26, 2019 · God expects you to be perfect, yes. But not because you can be—because Jesus has been, is, and always will be perfect. He imputes his holiness to you as a beloved child of God.

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   Jul 13, 2021 · God is not trying to control us in a manipulative manner — instead, He wants us to have freedom in His truth. One viewpoint of this focal passage, “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect,” is that perfect actually means maturing or be in the progress of becoming.

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   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.

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   Jul 8, 2020 · It’s not our perfection that earns God’s love, but rather, God’s love at work within us that makes us perfect! So yes, God does command us to be perfect. But he also gives us the means to do so—his very self.

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   The Christian calling is not a calling to perfection. It is a calling to remain uncomfortably with our imperfections so that God’s glory can shine all the more powerfully. None of this solves the challenge of Matthew 5.48.

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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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    Jun 3, 2024 · The perfecting of Jesus isn’t some embarrassing reality to paper over. Instead, Hebrews insists that Jesus’s perfection was “fitting” — good, right, appropriate (2:10). We’re told, in fact, that had Jesus not been perfected, then God’s story wouldn’t be good news.