you haven't looked up that word as used in the verse yet? perfect
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1Thess521
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Context:
How much righteousness does God expect from His followers? Jesus has demonstrated in one example after another that truly godly righteousness, the kind that would earn a person eternal salvation, is well beyond what they had been taught by the Jewish religious leaders (Matthew 5:20). It is far more righteousness than Jesus' listeners were expecting of themselves.
Jesus clearly teaches that the heavenly standard of righteousness is absolute. You must be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect. That doesn't mean salvation is only offered to those who are "good enough," mostly because no one is ever "good enough" (Romans 3:10). That's why God offers salvation by grace through faith (John 3:16–18; Titus 3:5).
Two things follow from Jesus' teaching in this chapter and in this final sentence. First, simply following the law of Moses as it was taught by Israel's religious leaders was not nearly good enough. Those who would follow Jesus' teaching, His disciples, must live out righteousness which begins with their inner lives (Matthew 5:21–22, 27–28). That righteousness means surrendering personal rights for the good of others (Matthew 5:31–32, 33–37, 38–39). This extends even to the point of loving and praying for their enemies (Matthew 5:43–47).
Second, it quickly becomes clear that it is absolutely impossible for sinful human beings to live up to God's standard or righteousness in our own power. That's why the Apostle Paul will famously state in his letter to the Romans, "None is righteous, no, not one" (Romans 3:10). He and Matthew and the rest of the New Testament writers will make it clear that perfect righteousness as Jesus has described it in this chapter can only be received as a gift from God through faith in Jesus (Romans 3:23–25).
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1Thess521
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nope I doubt YOUR interpretation of the reason it was said
"Clearly there must be a way to be perfect as our heaven Father is perfect, or Jesus wouldn't have commanded it."
this is mine
"Lord, Lord, I can't do this; I can't be perfect; save me"
so. are you perfect:
who alive today is perfect?
Arch Stanton
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a baptized infant [sinless]
1Thess521
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Arch Stanton
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the rcc has already taught catholics to do that.
1Thess521
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let me help you out
Jesus was not talking about baptized infants
He just laid out that even your thoughts will condemn:
He just set a standard so high; that no one can achieve it.
this statement
"Clearly there must be a way to be perfect as our heaven Father is perfect, or Jesus wouldn't have commanded it."
is false
Arch Stanton
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let me help you out.... when you ask a question that is not specific to a verse, expect a wide variety of answers.
Your sprinkling of water does absolutely nothing.
Arch Stanton
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false, it cooled me down.... I just sprinkled water on myself because it is pretty hot
Yes showing once again a disrespect for others and an inability to answer the questions. You wish to divert.let me help you out.... when you ask a question that is not specific to a verse, expect a wide variety of answers.
Oh you remember amazing.
1Thess521
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let me help you out.... when you ask a question that is not specific to a verse, expect a wide variety of answers.
but it was specific to Pilgrim's posts
YOU jumped into a conversation about Matthew 5:48 with Pilgrim
One of the greatest tragedies of life is the murder of a beautiful theory by a gang of brutal facts.
-Ben Franklin
Arch Stanton
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that's right, you have never added your two cents into any conversations -- my bad
1Thess521
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that's right, you have never added your two cents into any conversations -- my bad
I always do
But I don't avoid context like you just did
Your snarky emoticons won't hide that
Arch Stanton
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and yet, sometimes you forget discussing 'authority - laying on of hands'
The laying on of evil hands is a total waste of time. It just passes on evil. Your leaders are very good example of that fact. The evil fruit just keeps on growing in the RCC.
Arch Stanton
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of hands.... biblical
Clean hands maybe, but not the unclean hands of your leaders.of hands.... biblical