PERFECT BELIEVERS: Part Two

PERFECT BELIEVERS: Part Two

Tuesday, July 01, 2014

 

Matthew [MKJV] 5:44-48 [Jesus said] . . . Therefore be perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect.

 

  On Friday, June 27, I aired a DT with ISBE study in response to challenge to identify some perfect believers.

  To understand what Jesus said we must do several things:

1. Be Berean diligent! Use ISBE, Strong’s, or some other study help to define “perfect” in original language.
2. Understand that “Therefore” necessitates reading and comprehending Jesus’ words recorded prior to His concluding as recorded in 5:48. Read the entire passage. What does Jesus say?
     Now I present you with two Bible characters, though with dissimilar lifestyle, pleased God.

• Job:  “Job 1:8  And Jehovah said to Satan, Have you set your heart against My servant Job, because there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil?” [MKJV Job 1:8]
• David: “… [God] raised up David to them to be their king; to whom He also witnessed and said, I have found David the son of Jesse to be a man after My own heart, who shall fulfill all My will.” [MKJV Acts 13:22]
    But however many Bible or other characters I highlight, other than they being examples of diversity loved and forgiven by the Father in Heaven . . . it really is personal so far as the perfect question is concerned.  EBB4