What Does PERFECTION Mean?

 

6 But we are all as an unclean thing, 

and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; 

and we all do fade as a leaf; 

and our iniquities, 

like the wind, 

have taken us away.

Isaiah 64:6 

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Why the pursuit for perfection?

What is perfection?

How can we achieve perfection?

SCRIPTURE has the answers.

Why we have to be perfect:

48 Be ye therefore perfect, 

even as your Father 

which is in heaven 

is perfect.

Matthew 5:48 

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19 What? 

know ye not that your body is the temple 

of the Holy Ghost which is in you, 

which ye have of God, 

and ye are not your own?

20 For ye are bought with a price: 

therefore glorify God in your body, 

and in your spirit, 

which are God's.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 

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What perfection means:

7 Having therefore these promises,

 dearly beloved, 

let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness 

of the flesh and spirit, 

perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

2 Corinthians 7:1 

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11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves 

to be dead indeed unto sin, 

but alive unto God 

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 6:11 

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14 Wherefore, 

beloved, 

seeing that ye look for such things, 

be diligent that ye may be found of him 

in peace, 

without spot, 

and blameless.

2 Peter 3:14 

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How to be perfect:

12 I beseech you therefore, 

brethren, 

by the mercies of God, 

that ye present your bodies 

a living sacrifice, 

holy, 

acceptable unto God, 

which is your reasonable service.

2 And be not conformed to this world: 

but be ye transformed 

by the renewing of your mind, 

that ye may prove what is that good, 

and acceptable, 

and perfect, 

will of God.

Romans 12:1-2 

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11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation 

hath appeared to all men,

12 Teaching us that, 

denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, 

we should live soberly, 

righteously, 

and godly, 

in this present world;

Titus 2:11-12 

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21 Jesus said unto him, 

If thou wilt be perfect, 

go and sell that thou hast, 

and give to the poor,

 and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: 

and come and follow me.

Matthew 19:21 

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8 Blessed are the pure in heart: 

for they shall see God.

Matthew 5:8 

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Why we must sin no more:

26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received 

the knowledge of the truth, 

there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

Hebrews 10:26 

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19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, 

having this seal, 

The Lord knoweth them that are his. 

And, 

let every one that nameth the name of Christ 

depart from iniquity.

2 Timothy 2:19 

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8 Be sober, 

be vigilant; 

because your adversary the devil, 

as a roaring lion, 

walketh about, 

seeking whom he may devour:

9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, 

knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished 

in your brethren that are in the world.

10 But the God of all grace, 

who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, 

after that ye have suffered a while, 

make you perfect, 

stablish, 

strengthen, 

settle you.

1 Peter 5:8-10 

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What helps us become perfect:

16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, 

and is profitable 

for doctrine, 

for reproof, 

for correction, 

for instruction 

in righteousness:

17 That the man of God may be perfect, 

thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 

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12 For the word of God is quick, 

and powerful, 

and sharper than any twoedged sword, 

piercing even to the dividing asunder 

of soul and spirit, 

and of the joints and marrow, 

and is a discerner of the thoughts 

and intents of the heart.

Hebrews 4:12 

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Who helps us become perfect:

13 I can do all things through Christ 

which strengtheneth me.

Philippians 4:13 

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7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. 

Resist the devil, 

and he will flee from you.

James 4:7 

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26 But Jesus beheld them, 

and said unto them, 

With men this is impossible; 

but with God all things are possible.

Matthew 19:26 

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26 But the Comforter, 

which is the Holy Ghost, 

whom the Father will send in my name, 

he shall teach you all things, 

and bring all things to your remembrance, 

whatsoever I have said unto you.

John 14:26 

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19 But with the precious blood of Christ, 

as of a lamb without blemish 

and without spot:

20 Who verily was foreordained 

before the foundation of the world, 

but was manifest in these last times for you,

21 Who by him do believe in God, 

that raised him up from the dead, 

and gave him glory; 

that your faith and hope 

might be in God.

22 Seeing ye have purified your souls 

in obeying the truth through the Spirit 

unto unfeigned love of the brethren, 

see that ye love one another 

with a pure heart fervently:

23 Being born again, 

not of corruptible seed, 

but of incorruptible, 

by the word of God, 

which liveth and abideth for ever.

1 Peter 1:19-23 

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4 But let patience have her perfect work, 

that ye may be perfect and entire, 

wanting nothing.

James 1:4 

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God's way is PERFECT:

30 As for God, 

his way is perfect: 

the word of the Lord is tried: 

he is a buckler to all those 

that trust in him.

Psalm 18:30 

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Updated 23 January 2022

Why Turn to God?

 

How much do you know God?

Have you the heart to know Him?

To seek Him?

To love Him, with all your heart?

Here are verses showing what we can expect from sincerely seeking God:

1. God is our safe haven.

10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower: 

the righteous runneth into it, 

and is safe.

Proverbs 18:10 

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2. God heals our land.

14 If my people, 

which are called by my name, 

shall humble themselves, 

and pray, 

and seek my face, 

and turn from their wicked ways; 

then will I hear from heaven, 

and will forgive their sin, 

and will heal their land.

2 Chronicles 7:14 

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3. God frees us from captivity.

11 For I know the thoughts 

that I think toward you, 

saith the Lord, 

thoughts of peace, 

and not of evil, 

to give you an expected end.

12 Then shall ye call upon me, 

and ye shall go and pray unto me, 

and I will hearken unto you.

13 And ye shall seek me, 

and find me, 

when ye shall search for me 

with all your heart.

14 And I will be found of you, 

saith the Lord: 

and I will turn away your captivity, 

and I will gather you from all the nations, 

and from all the places whither I have driven you, 

saith the Lord; 

and I will bring you again into the place 

whence I caused you to be carried away captive.

Jeremiah 29:11-14 

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4. God shows us great and mighty things.

3 Call unto me, 

and I will answer thee, 

and show thee great and mighty things, 

which thou knowest not.

Jeremiah 33:3 

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5. God provides everything we need.

33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, 

and his righteousness; 

and all these things shall be added unto you.

Matthew 6:33 

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6. God gives us the wisdom we need.

5 If any of you lack wisdom, 

let him ask of God, 

that giveth to all men liberally, 

and upbraideth not; 

and it shall be given him.

James 1:5 

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7. God rewards the diligent.

6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: 

for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, 

and that he is a rewarder of them 

that diligently seek him.

Hebrews 11:6 

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8. God gives us contentment.

10 The young lions do lack, 

and suffer hunger: 

but they that seek the Lord 

shall not want any good thing.

Psalm 34:10 

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9. God gives us strength to keep going.

29 He giveth power to the faint; 

and to them that have no might 

he increaseth strength.

30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, 

and the young men shall utterly fall:

31 But they that wait upon the Lord 

shall renew their strength; 

they shall mount up with wings 

as eagles; 

they shall run, 

and not be weary; 

and they shall walk, 

and not faint.

Isaiah 40:29-31 

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10. God gives us rest and comfort.

28 Come unto me, 

all ye that labour and are heavy laden, 

and I will give you rest.

29 Take my yoke upon you, 

and learn of me; 

for I am meek and lowly in heart: 

and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

30 For my yoke is easy, 

and my burden is light.

Matthew 11:28-30 

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Updated 23 January 2022

Why is Life So Difficult on Earth?

 

Man and woman have to labor, for most everything. 

Sure, a few people have got it easy.

But many people, all over the world, suffer.

Why is this the case?

Let Scripture take us back into the beginning, where it all began.

1. Man was given everything.

15 And the Lord God took the man, 

and put him into the garden of Eden 

to dress it and to keep it.

16 And the Lord God commanded the man, 

saying, 

Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, 

thou shalt not eat of it: 

for in the day that thou eatest thereof 

thou shalt surely die.

Genesis 2:15-17 

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2. The serpent beguiles woman.

3 Now the serpent was more subtil 

than any beast of the field 

which the Lord God had made. 

And he said unto the woman, 

Yea, hath God said, 

Ye shall not eat of every tree 

of the garden?

2 And the woman said unto the serpent, 

We may eat of the fruit of the trees 

of the garden:

3 But of the fruit of the tree 

which is in the midst of the garden, 

God hath said, 

Ye shall not eat of it, 

neither shall ye touch it, 

lest ye die.

4 And the serpent said unto the woman, 

Ye shall not surely die:

5 For God doth know 

that in the day ye eat thereof, 

then your eyes shall be opened, 

and ye shall be as gods, 

knowing good and evil.

6 And when the woman saw 

that the tree was good for food, 

and that it was pleasant to the eyes, 

and a tree to be desired to make one wise, 

she took of the fruit thereof, 

and did eat, 

and gave also unto her husband with her; 

and he did eat.

7 And the eyes of them both were opened, 

and they knew that they were naked; 

and they sewed fig leaves together, 

and made themselves aprons.

Genesis 3:1-7 

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3. God finds out.

8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God 

walking in the garden in the cool of the day: 

and Adam and his wife hid themselves 

from the presence of the Lord God 

amongst the trees of the garden.

9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, 

and said unto him, 

Where art thou?

10 And he said, 

I heard thy voice in the garden, 

and I was afraid, 

because I was naked; 

and I hid myself.

11 And he said, 

Who told thee that thou wast naked? 

Hast thou eaten of the tree, 

whereof I commanded thee 

that thou shouldest not eat?

12 And the man said, 

The woman whom thou gavest 

to be with me, 

she gave me of the tree, 

and I did eat.

13 And the Lord God said unto the woman, 

What is this that thou hast done? 

And the woman said, 

The serpent beguiled me, 

and I did eat.

Genesis 3:8-13 

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4. God punishes them all.

14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent, 

Because thou hast done this, 

thou art cursed above all cattle, 

and above every beast of the field; 

upon thy belly shalt thou go, 

and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

15 And I will put enmity between thee 

and the woman, 

and between thy seed and her seed; 

it shall bruise thy head, 

and thou shalt bruise his heel.

16 Unto the woman he said, 

I will greatly multiply thy sorrow 

and thy conception; 

in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; 

and thy desire shall be to thy husband, 

and he shall rule over thee.

17 And unto Adam he said, 

Because thou hast hearkened 

unto the voice of thy wife, 

and hast eaten of the tree, 

of which I commanded thee, 

saying, 

Thou shalt not eat of it: 

cursed is the ground for thy sake; 

in sorrow shalt thou eat of it 

all the days of thy life;

18 Thorns also and thistles 

shall it bring forth to thee; 

and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, 

till thou return unto the ground; 

for out of it wast thou taken: 

for dust thou art, 

and unto dust shalt thou return.

Genesis 3:14-19 

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5. Man is driven out from the garden of Eden.

22 And the Lord God said, 

Behold, 

the man is become as one of us, 

to know good and evil: 

and now, 

lest he put forth his hand, 

and take also of the tree of life, 

and eat, 

and live for ever:

23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth 

from the garden of Eden, 

to till the ground from whence he was taken.

24 So he drove out the man; 

and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden 

Cherubims, 

and a flaming sword which turned every way, 

to keep the way of the tree of life.

Genesis 3:22-24 

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6. The world belongs to the fallen one.

2 Wherein in time past ye walked 

according to the course of this world, 

according to the prince of the power of the air, 

the spirit that now worketh 

in the children of disobedience:

Ephesians 2:2 

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7. But all is not lost -- we have JESUS.

33 These things I have spoken unto you, 

that in me ye might have peace. 

In the world ye shall have tribulation: 

but be of good cheer; 

I have overcome the world.

John 16:33 

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Updated 23 January 2022

How Did God Create Man?

 

Do you wish to know how God created man?

And eventually, woman?

Let Scripture tell you in exact terms.

26 And God said, 

Let us make man in our image, 

after our likeness: 

and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, 

and over the fowl of the air, 

and over the cattle, 

and over all the earth, 

and over every creeping thing that creepeth 

upon the earth.

Genesis 1:26 

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27 So God created man in his own image, 

in the image of God created he him; 

male and female created he them.

Genesis 1:27 

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7 And the Lord God formed man 

of the dust of the ground, 

and breathed into his nostrils 

the breath of life; 

and man became a living soul.

Genesis 2:7 

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18 And the Lord God said, 

It is not good that the man should be alone; 

I will make him an help meet for him.

Genesis 2:18 

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21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep 

to fall upon Adam, 

and he slept: 

and he took one of his ribs, 

and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

22 And the rib, 

which the Lord God had taken from man, 

made he a woman, 

and brought her unto the man.

23 And Adam said, 

This is now bone of my bones, 

and flesh of my flesh: 

she shall be called Woman, 

because she was taken out of Man.

Genesis 2:21-23 

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19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, 

till thou return unto the ground; 

for out of it wast thou taken: 

for dust thou art, 

and unto dust shalt thou return.

Genesis 3:19 

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13 For thou hast possessed my reins: 

thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.

14 I will praise thee; 

for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: 

marvellous are thy works; 

and that my soul knoweth right well.

15 My substance was not hid from thee, 

when I was made in secret, 

and curiously wrought in the lowest parts 

of the earth.

Psalm 139:13-15 

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Updated 23 January 2022

Why Are We to Focus on JESUS Alone?

 3 If ye then be risen with Christ, 

seek those things which are above, 

where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

2 Set your affection on things above, 

not on things on the earth.

Colossians 3:1-2 

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Why is it important we focus on Jesus alone, and not on the things of the world?

In progression (one verse leading to the other), this is what Scripture has to say:

14 I have seen all the works 

that are done under the sun; 

and, 

behold, 

all is vanity 

and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 1:14 

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8 Be sober, 

be vigilant; 

because your adversary the devil, 

as a roaring lion, 

walketh about, 

seeking whom he may devour:

1 Peter 5:8 

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12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, 

but against principalities, 

against powers, 

against the rulers of the darkness 

of this world, 

against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Ephesians 6:12 

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4 In whom the god of this world 

hath blinded the minds of them 

which believe not, 

lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, 

who is the image of God, 

should shine unto them.

2 Corinthians 4:4 

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2 And be not conformed to this world: 

but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, 

that ye may prove what is that good, 

and acceptable, 

and perfect, 

will of God.

Romans 12:2 

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19 And we know that we are of God, 

and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

1 John 5:19 

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7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. 

Resist the devil, 

and he will flee from you.

James 4:7 

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18 While we look not at the things which are seen, 

but at the things which are not seen: 

for the things which are seen are temporal; 

but the things which are not seen are eternal.

2 Corinthians 4:18 

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13 Jesus answered and said unto her, 

Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:

14 But whosoever drinketh of the water 

that I shall give him shall never thirst; 

but the water that I shall give him 

shall be in him a well of water 

springing up into everlasting life.

John 4:13-14 

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35 And Jesus said unto them, 

I am the bread of life: 

he that cometh to me shall never hunger; 

and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

John 6:35 

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6 Jesus saith unto him, 

I am the way, 

the truth, 

and the life: 

no man cometh unto the Father, 

but by me.

John 14:6 

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36 He that believeth on the Son 

hath everlasting life: 

and he that believeth not the Son 

shall not see life; 

but the wrath of God 

abideth on him.

John 3:36 

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28 Then said they unto him, 

What shall we do, 

that we might work the works of God?

29 Jesus answered and said unto them, 

This is the work of God, 

that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

John 6:28-29 

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Updated 24 January 2022