My all-time favorite description of God’s call to perfection, actually comes from a passionate, on-fire preacher who would probably say he doesn’t preach ‘perfection’. I heard him say that God has called us as Christians, to BECOME love! He absolutely NAILED it! THAT is what Matthew 5:48 is all about! “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” God is LOVE!
Perfection becomes not a goal to achieve, or something to prove, or commandments to keep… but a transformation to become like our heavenly Father… who IS LOVE. (See 1 John 4:8) That goes so far beyond keeping God’s commandments, that even the 2 greatest commandments… Love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength; and love your neighbor as yourself; no longer even feel like commandments. It’s just your NATURE! It’s who you ARE!
This is BEYOND trying to love everybody. This is love that MOVES you, because it’s your nature! Then you DO the works of Jesus, and greater, because you are MOVED with compassion… like Jesus was. You are OF God, and God is LOVE!
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