Become Perfect - As Your Heavenly Father is Perfect

Be perfect as your Father is perfect - according to the definitions and meanings of English words a call to perfection is obviously an impossible task. It’s a weakness of our desire to have a word for word translation of scripture rather than to discern the concept. The original word doesn’t necessarily mean perfection as we mean perfection today.

Dig in with a word study here and you see that the concept/idea Jesus is voicing here is to become complete, mature, tempered and tested, well developed for the purpose you were designed for… which is to become like God… a creation in His own image and likeness… as it has been from the very beginning. Paul fleshes out the idea well in Ephesians 4:13-16.

Putting on the mind of God, developing the character of God means having the commandments of God written on your heart, to become your way of thinking, your motive, and your actions. So…
1️⃣ Know the commands of God
2️⃣ Discern the spirit behind them
3️⃣ Practice them in a way that conforms to the spirit

This is a clip from a more in-depth message about the Sermon on the Mount which you can access here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upriwyzq6CM

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