You know, there are a few scriptures that can make you scratch your head. One such verse is Matthew 5:48 “Be perfect, just as your Heavenly Father is perfect”. Sort makes you go “yeah right” doesnt it.
Winston Churchill once said, “to improve is to change. To be perfect is to change often” My dad once said that if we keep doing the same things then will keep getting the same result. Great wisdom from a couple of great men.
Jesus spoke about perfection again later in Matthew – check out 19:21 where he says to a chap “if you want to be perfect then go sell your possesions and give to the poor, and you will have treasures in heaven, THEN come and follow me.” The guy didnt follow him by the way, he just couldn’t change, the cost was too high
In Hebrews 11 it talks about a bunch of super faithful people who didnt get what was promised. They didnt get it because God had something even BETTER for them. But they had to wait for others to do their work first hundred’s, even thousands, of years later, so that perfection may be achieved.
So go on; aim for perfection. If that means changing a few things, then for Gods sake change. If that means giving up some stuff that may trip you up from getting into heaven, then for Gods sake (and yours) give it up! In the end its only loose change.
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