Be Perfect.

Grace and Peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our LORD. Today is day number two (2). You are doing very well. Remember, drink all the water you can today and have one bowl of soup after 3 PM. Let’s take a look at today’s scripture. 

Matt. 5:48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. (KJV)

Matt. 5:48 ¶ “In a word, what I’m saying is, Grow up. You’re kingdom subjects. Now live like it. Live out your God-created identity. Live generously and graciously toward others, the way God lives toward you. (Message Bible)

If we are going to move on toward perfection, we owe it to ourselves to do it on purpose. Remember, our theme for the year of Moving on toward perfection comes to us from the text in Hebrew 6:1. Since we need at least two texts to form a doctrine, let’s look at this text in Matthew as a reference. What is God saying? 

Matthew 5:48 Be ye Perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. (KJV) 

Again, the word in Greek for perfect is the word τελειος. Be mature, complete, an achiever, perfect as your God is perfect, complete, mature, an achiever. 

In the Message Bible, it is iterated in four mandates for us.

1. Grow Up.
2. You’re Kingdom subjects- Live like it. 
3. Live out your God-created identity.
4. Live generously and graciously toward others. 

Then he tells us the reason why we should, because it is “the way God lives towards you.”

I will take the time to deal with each of these iterations on Sunday, so don’t miss church, but I will take the time to just say this. I need to consider how God lives towards me and remember that this Christian Life is not a joke. I need to do better, and I will. 

Not just in my prayer life but in my business life. Imagine if I approached my entire life as if I wanted to honor God with my life. Are you seriously honoring God with your whole life? How did God live toward you? 

I’ll wait. 

Yours Because I am His,

Leo Colon, D. Min., M.Div. 

Pastor