Memorise: Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven
is perfect. Matthew 5:48. Continue...
When we compare two things and we say one is better than the other, it
may not necessarily mean that either of the two is desirable. But when we say
something is perfect, it means that it is good in itself and there is no evil
complaint about it. It also means that it is so good that there is no need to
improve on it. This is the definition of the perfect Christian. A perfect
Christian is a Christian that is without blemish – a Christ-like individual
indeed. There are different categories of Christians. There are those who have
been saved but not sanctified. These ones easily get annoyed. They cannot be
described as perfect Christians. Some Christians are saved and sanctified.
These ones do not get annoyed. There was a time we were rehearsing a drama that
was to be staged in our church. A part required that the actor should become
very annoyed. Our main actor could not bring himself to be angry. We could not
even get someone among us to teach him how to be angry. May you be sanctified
to perfection in Jesus’ Name.
“Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through
sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of
Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.” 1 Peter 1:2
To become a perfect Christian, you must first and foremost be Holy Spirit filled. The Holy Spirit is indispensable in the life of any Christian. Without the Holy Spirit, it is not possible to have any of the dimensions of the fruit that the Holy Spirit causes a Christian to bear which makes a Christian perfect (Galatians 5:22-23). For one to be a perfect Christian, some things must manifest in the fellow’s life. First, all things have to be done according to how God Himself would do them. You must aspire to please God in all that you do. Before doing anything, no matter how trivial, first ask how you think God would do it. Knowing that God can only do things perfectly, you will see to it that it is perfectly done. Secondly, a perfect Christian will aspire to get to where God wants him to reach. He will never stop or rest until God’s purpose for his life is accomplished. Many Christians backslid because they had thought that their position was the highest spiritual height they could attain and as a result, they became contented and stopped striving higher. May the Lord bring you to perfection this season in Jesus’ Name.
Prayer Point: Father, make me as perfect as you want me to be in Jesus’
Name.
Read: Job 1:5-8
5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that
Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered
burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be
that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job
continually. 6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present
themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. 7 And the LORD said
unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From
going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. 8 And the
LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like
him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and
escheweth evil?
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: ACTS 20:17-22:21 and SONG OF SOLOMON 5:10-6:9
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