Perfection

Matt 5:48 NKJV

Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

Do not assume that Jesus meant anything but perfect here. If we want to change the word perfect to mature as some do, then we are also implying we believe God is not perfect and had to mature. The Bible says in many places that God is perfect and He never changes. This includes the Law which Jesus continually stated was perfect like God throughout His sermon on the mount. He goes on further to state the Law demands perfection in thought, word and deed.

Jesus took the Law and magnified it to be beyond what sinful man could attain by his own works. We cannot do anything on our own power to be right with God. We get right with God by accepting Jesus as our Savior with nothing but faith knowing we are wretched sinners apart from God. Once we do this His righteousness covers us and He sends us the Holy Spirit to guide and empower us as lawful children of God. This is how we become perfect in God’s eyes.

Ps 19:7 NKJV

The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul;

The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.

We realize the truth of sin when we learn the fullness of the Law in all its strictness, extent and spiritual nature. It is a tool that our conscience cannot deny. Only the Law can reveal God’s true and righteous judgments to produce the fear of God that leads to repentance. We learn that the greatest issue we have is a separation from God and only accepting this will fill the void within us. He created us in His image and made us of a free will so we would relate to Him. We are liberated from the bondages of sin through faith in Jesus Christ. We become free to follow God’s way and live an assured life as His child. With Him we can overcome.

James 1:25 NKJV

But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.

The Law of God is both a light and a mirror to show us what is truly good and bad. If we are not willing to look, we cannot stand corrected by the Law. We will not learn how to become the child of God we were created to be without the Law. However, we cannot do the works of the Law on our own or to earn credits with God. We have the power to achieve the Law and the willingness to obey the Law because we accepted Jesus Christ. God’s love and grace through Jesus Christ gives us the power and also the blessing.

Indeed we can be perfect and blessed by connecting with God. The Law is there to let us know this, but it is not what makes us right with God. We must accept Jesus Christ who was sacrificed and rose again to give us the way. Will you reconnect today?