” Open my eyes that I may see the wondrous things from your law. I am a stranger in the earth, do not hide your commandments from me ” ( Psalm 119:18-19)
So it is that on the 1st June, 2024 the Lord directed His team to disabuse the minds of His people of the age old notion that Perfection is not attainable,” Perfection is attainable “says the Lord.
The Lord went ahead to give ten areas of life or things in which man can attain perfection.
- Our Walk with God (Genesis 17:1, Galatians 16:25)
- Holiness (2 Corinthians 7:1, Hebrews 12:14)
- Our ways (2 Samuel 22:22, Psalm 18:32)
- Peace (Isaiah 26:3)
- Unity (John 17:23, 1 Corinthians 1:10).
- Good works ( Hebrews 13:21, 2 Timothy 3:17)
- Doing God's will (Romans 12:1-2)
- Patience ( James 1:4)
- Faith (James 2:22)
- Love (1 John 2:5, 1John 4:17-18)
Indeed scriptures describe some men as Perfect in their dispensation.
In Job 1:1 , There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And that man feared God and feared evil.
In Genesis 6:9, the word of God tells us that,Noah was a just man, perfect in his generation. Noah walked with God.
It is instructive to note that of Enoch and Noah it is written that they walked with God. ( Genesis 5:24, Genesis 6:9)
Abraham moved from an idolatrous background and with an imperfect Faith to a Mature Faith and the Father of all Faith(Genesis 12-13, Genesis 18-25).
In his first Epistle to the Thessalonians, Apostle Paul prayed ” Now may the God of Peace Himself sanctify you completely and may your whole spirit, soul and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Again, the scriptures tell us in Colossians 1:28 ,we preach Jesus Christ warning every man and teaching, every man in all wisdom, that we may persevere every man perfect in Christ Jesus
The Command ".....let us go in to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God (Hebrews 6:1).
PERFECTION.
Perfection is defined in the complete tropical guide to the Bible as the state of completion and total self sufficiency,characterized by an absence of any flaw or fault.
This Perfection is found in God and is the ultimate goal of the christian life.
Divine perfection – Only God is absolutely perfect.
He is perfect in His nature and character- (Deuteronomy 32:4), Perfect in His word (Psalm 12:6), Perfect in His morality ( Habakkuk 1:13), Perfect in His will and providence (2 Samuel 22:31), Perfect in His knowledge ( Job 37:16) and also in His Faithfulness (Isaiah 25:1)
In His Perfection,He created everything perfectly and affirm their perfection throughout – Genesis 1:1-31
HUMAN PERFECTION: That is human wholeness in the image and likeness of God given at creation.
Humanity was created perfect.
Then God said “let us make man in our own image according to our likeness,let them have dominion over the fish of the sea,over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth”.So God created man in his own image.In the image of God he created him, male and female,He created them” – Genesis 1:26-27
PERFECTION LOST THROUGH SIN – This perfection was lost through sin.”For all have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God – Romans 3:23
THE JOY.
Dear brother and sister,the Joy is that “You who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked words,yet now He has reconciled in the body of His flesh through Death to present you Holy and Blameless above reproach in His sight – Colossians 1:21-22
Your redemption has been completed. All you need to do is to “continue in the faith grounded and steadfast,and not be moved away from the hope if the Gospel which you heard which was preached to every creature under Heaven – Colossians 1:23”
PERFECTION IS ATTAINABLE AND THAT IS THE GOAL OF EVERY CHRISTIAN.
THE STRIVE.
JUST JOIN THE TEAM GOD’S MANDATE AND BELIEVERS ALL OVER THE WORLD TO STRIVE FOR THE ULTIMATE PERFECTION.
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