How many of you believe in perfection of character?

Question

Matthew 5:48 (King James Version)
48Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

Romans 4:25 (King James Version)
25Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.

Leviticus 11:44
For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

You know Enoch embarass us. He lived in a time where it was easier to sin. We have the knowledge that he didn't have and yet he lived a perfect life. The text there Romans 4:25 shows that he died so he could make us perfect.

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Amelie: Why Christ said that? Explain. I know you tell me

Answer 1

No human is perfect as of this moment, thou the passages which you have qouted means or depict a perfect obedience to the law of God. Job was declared by God perfect, righteous, and upright in his sight. This does not means JOb does not commit any mistakes, he does.

I do believe that perfections in character and obedient life can be attained through deligent study of the word of God and do and practice them.

The normal Christian life is supposed to be one of spiritual growth and progression. Starting out as "babes in Christ," we feed on the "milk of the word." Then as our spiritual senses are exercised to discern good and evil, we are able to progress to "solid food" (or meat). In this way we are able to "grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" (2Pet. 3:18). But not all of us grow as we should. And some of the indications of spiritual immaturity are: dullness of hearing, the inability to teach others, a diet of "milk" only, and the inability to discern between good and evil (5:11-14).

But if we do not grow spiritually as we should, so what? Is spiritual growth really that essential? Is there a "danger" in not progressing spiritually? Well, in Heb. 6:1-8 we find that indeed there is "The Peril of Not Progressing," and that it is possible for Christians to find themselves in a very precarious situation.

The perfection we seek is two-fold. First of all we should seek maturity in God knowledge as a means to an end. Peter said in 1Pet. 2:2 that we need the word of God in order to grow. And James says in Jas. 1:21 that by receiving the word with humility into our hearts, that it can save our souls. And so spiritual maturity is the means by which we are able to grow and save our souls.

But the development of spiritual maturity is also an end of its own, and that end is that we will be fruitful in the knowledge of Jesus Christ. When Peter was giving instructions for Christian growth in 2Pet. 1:5-8, he said that to faith and knowledge we must add the various qualities of a godly character. And as we develop this godly character, we truly come to know the Lord. And he says in v. 8, "For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ." And so, that is the end result that we should desire and strive to achieve by growing spiritually: to really know the Lord.

Answer 2

Absolutely not. Human character cannot be perfected and was never intended to be perfected. We are redeemed not rehabilitated.

I believe that Mat. 5:48 is exactly right and that perfection is a sure command. For hundreds of years various Protestants, claiming justification by faith, sanctification to holiness, and the baptism of the Holy Ghost, have been "going on to perfection."
And the whole thing now is more of a cesspool than it was before; amid the busy work of becoming holy and obtaining inner renewal. Throw in a good song service and do your best --- a recipe for feel good failure.

There is only one perfect life every lived and there will never be another. That life is imparted by grace and not by works.

I do not believe in unlawful and unscriptural striving for perfection; as human character is not capable of perfection, I believe in a death to human character and being perfected by faith as one is justified.

The only perfection possible is found in taking on both the life and mind of Christ; to say with St. Paul to live is Christ....and nevertheless, not I, but Christ liveth in me. In Him I am perfect and in obedience to Mat. 5:48.

Is there a going and a growing? No.
There is an ending and a knowing.

Answer 3

The Apostle Paul asked the Creator to make him perfect 3 times. And was told to chill out!
The Creator does not expect perfection. Man
is the none that demands perfection. Because he
himself cannot be perfect. And as The Christ
said, lay heavy burdens on men, impossible to bear. And shut the Gate of Heaven to men.
The Christ taught that salvation doesn't come from
becoming perfect. But from accepting our imperfections, and learning to forgive.

Answer 4

sure, why not? If there is such a thing as an imperfect character, there must be a perfect character.

What are they like? What do they do? How do they think?

They are smart, handsome, joyful, eager, helping, they do good, take care of, love, they think things through, they know what matters, they are controlled.

You know, all the positive characteristics above the negative ones.

Answer 5

listed below are some examples Proverbs 21:9 (New King James version) 9 more suitable positive to stay in a nook of a housetop, Than in a house shared with a contentious lady. Penneniah became advise a million Samuel a million (New King James version) a million Samuel a million The family members of Elkanah a million Now there became a particular guy of Ramathaim Zophim, of the mountains of Ephraim, and his call became Elkanah the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu,[a] the son of Tohu,[b] the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. 2 And he had 2 different halves: the call of one became Hannah, and the call of the different Peninnah. Peninnah had babies, yet Hannah had no babies. 3 This guy went up from his city each year to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. also both sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the clergymen of the LORD, were there. 4 And each and anytime the time got here for Elkanah to make an providing, he could supply parts to Peninnah his spouse and to all her little children. 5 yet to Hannah he could supply a double component, for he loved Hannah, regardless of the truth that the LORD had closed her womb. 6 And her rival also provoked her critically, to make her depressing, because the LORD had closed her womb. 7 So it became, year by technique of year, even as she went as a lot because the living house of the LORD, that she provoked her; hence she wept and did not eat. i recognize Solomon yet he had many many different halves and nonetheless became no longer chuffed. Jezebel is an party of one who will seduce you remote from the Lord. The bible warns us about drunkards and the sexually immoral. i does no longer choose any of that in a significantly better 1/2. i understand that there are a range of more suitable examples yet that is all i visit imagine of as we talk. thanks for asking this question. God bless.

Answer 6

"Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is good—except God alone. (Mark 10:18)

Answer to your question: I believe he said it as an example to us. Human beings shouldn't start believing they are perfect. It's dangerous.

The verses you quoted (I believe) serve to make us aware how far we fall short so we can realise how much we need salvation. Becoming more and more spiritually mature is a loooong process, will occupy us all our lives!

Answer 7

As an Atheist I know three people with a perfect, funny and smart character. Me myself and I

Answer 8

Perfection is a direction, not a place or thing.
The closest you can get to perfect is simple constant improvement.

Answer 9

Jesus is the only perfect one.If we were perfect you would be God and we are not.Follow Jesus and He will constantly perfect you.When we receive Jesus in our heart we are perfect in our spirit but not in our soul or body

Answer 10

It's simply impossible for a human being to be perfect.