most people christian or not believe some imagined form of perfection what does the Bible say&what does it truely mean?
2007-10-14 02:58:54 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No one can claim to be perfect in this old system of things. Only Jesus was perfect amongst mankind during his life here. What he was saying however, was that true Christians need to follow the principles and guidelines set out in the Bible as best as they can. Principled love and caring for our fellowman was a priority. Jesus knew his father very well. He existed with him in heaven for eons of time. Obviously he knew that no man could live up to the perfection that only can be attributed to God. The day will come when God will restore his Kingdom on this earth and all of righteous mankind will be made perfect as what was originally intended in the first place. So, try to live your life according to God's will and you can find out what that is by a detailed study of the Bible.
2007-10-14 03:08:35 · answer #1 · answered by Gail B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone (even God) expects humans to make mistakes (we are all sinners). However, we should encourage each other to do our best and strive for perfection.
Perfection is a relative term as different religions have differing ideals. Even within Christianity, there are varying ways to get in to heaven. Some believe it only requires faith, some require good works, and others require only the grace of God. One thing that seems apparent to me is that you can't have one without the others. If you do have faith, you will also do good works and vice-versa is also true.
You need to speak with a theologian or a minister, pastor, etc. about what defines perfection in your religion. If your religion is based on strangers answers on yahoo answers I will keep going....
Perfection would be 100% compliance with the 10 commandments and the golden rule. There are other verses and phrases found throughout the bible. Stewardship over the animals and natural resources, care for the sick and poor, etc.
Personally, I have internal conflicts with seeking perfection. Do I support the war because I think Sadam Hussein was an evil man doing the devil's work or do I forgive him and become an antiwar protestor? The Bible contains references to both fighting/resisting the Devil and all his ways as well as references to forgiveness. Which one is perfect? Nobody can know for certain.
2007-10-14 03:14:54 · answer #2 · answered by MrWiz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wasn't Jesus saying this when he spoke of how his Father loved all, wicked and righteous, by providing all with their needs.
If God truly wanted to, he could easily deprive someone of anything decided upon -- light, water, food, money -- whatever.
In this sense, Christians are supposed to emulate their Father by loving even their enemies (those hating Christians) by preaching the Good News to these so that all may have a chance to be saved.
There may be more to this discussion, however, sound logic also has a front seat here.
2007-10-14 03:07:20 · answer #3 · answered by Fuzzy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means complete. Be complete in your love , faith and obedience. We know that it is impossible to be absolutely perfect like Jesus was , but we can be as near perfect as possible. We do this through the Holy Spirit. Paul talks about the law of sin and death , and the law of the Spirit in Romans 7& 8 . It is like gravity and flying. The law of gravity says that when we jump off a cliff we will fall and crash, likewise the law of sin and death says that we can not avoid sin because we were born into it. Now the law of aerodynamics says that we can fly if we use an air foil (wing) therfore the law of gravity is superceeded by the law of aerodynamics. In the same way the law of the Spirit of God superceeds the law of sin and death and we can conquer our sin.
Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
When we have the law of the Holy Spirit working to superceed the law of sin and death we are complete in Christ and therefore perfect. Thank you Lord for your Holy Spirit
2007-10-14 03:19:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word "perfect" means mature and complete in it's original form.That means CHRIST like and it is a FAR cry from what the person was when they started following JESUS.It means they do not give in to their sin nature as they once did but have grown spiritually and produce the fruit of the HOLY SPIRIT, and by walking IN the SPIRIT they have put to death the old carnal (sinful fleshly desires) nature and have it under control.
2007-10-14 03:02:52 · answer #5 · answered by Joe F 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
jesus means messiah; a holy man or god in human form to lead the people in a good path.
in kuran it's different: alllah married a woman and lived. his face or figure not shown or not accepted to be shown. in hindu religion, rama and krishna were believed that they were gods in the human form. they all preached the same: 1.be kind to poor, children and ladies 2. spend the money and wealth for good causes 3. if it is the matter of war and justice, do not be linient or partial to friends and relatives.
2007-10-14 03:09:50 · answer #6 · answered by chieftrafficwarden 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
(John 14:23) Jesus answered and said to him,
If a man loves Me,
.........he will keep My Word.
And My Father will love him,
and We will come to him
and make Our abode with him.
How about..... Some More....verses.......!
KNOWING GOD... AND.... LOVING GOD.... Means that You OBEY HIS WORD...!
(John 8:55) Yet you have not known Him, but I know Him. And if I should say I do not know Him, I would be a liar like you. But I know Him and I keep His Word.
AND....
(Luke 6:45-46) A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth the good. And an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth the evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
(Luke 6:46) And why do you call Me [JESUS] = = Lord, Lord, = = and do not do = = what I say?
AND....
(James 1:22) But become doers of the Word, = = and not hearers only, = = deceiving your own selves.
AND....
(Ecclesiastes 12:13-14) Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter. Fear God, and keep His commandments. For this is the whole duty of man.
(Ecc 12:14) For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it is good, or whether evil.
AND....
(Galatians 5:16-to-26) I say, then, Walk in the Spirit and you shall not fulfill the lusts of the flesh.
(Gal 5:17) For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh. And these are contrary to one another; lest whatever you may will, these things you do.
(Gal 5:18) But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law.
(Gal 5:19) Now the works of the flesh are clearly revealed, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lustfulness,
(Gal 5:20) idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, fightings, jealousies, angers, rivalries, divisions, heresies,
(Gal 5:21) envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revelings, and things like these; of which I tell you before, as I also said before, that they who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
(Gal 5:22) But the fruit of the Spirit is: love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,
(Gal 5:23) meekness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
(Gal 5:24) But those belonging to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.
(Gal 5:25) If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
(Gal 5:26) Let us not become glory-seeking, provoking one another, envying one another.
Thats what...... THAT REALLY... MEANS!
Thanks, RR
2007-10-14 03:11:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think He was conveying the message to strive to be perfect; we can attempt to mimic the holiness and goodness, mercy, love and compassion of God, but no matter how hard we try we will always do so in a manner that is imperfect.
2007-10-14 03:04:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perfect: in the gospels this word occurs only in Matthew, here and in Matthew 19:21. The Lucan parallel (Luke 6:36) demands that the disciples be merciful.
"Be merciful, just as (also) your Father is merciful."
Merciful - that's what it means to me when taking the surrounding verses in context.
2007-10-14 03:05:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That verse is part of where Jesus took all the rules people used to value in those days much, much further. By doing it he was showing us how desperately we fall short when it comes to God's high standards. If we were to try to please God we would have to be perfect.
It's why he had to die in our place. We were set free, even though we couldn't be perfect.
Edit: Paulo said the same as me, just shorter and better!
2007-10-14 03:12:17 · answer #10 · answered by Amelie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋