Title Perfect in front of me
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be perfect in front of me
God came to Abram when he was 99 years old and told him to be perfect.
The perfection we think of is -
◈ Hellenistic perfection
Philosophical and cultural perfection - beautiful to look at, perfect in function, and free from logical contradictions.
This extreme point of perfection is called ideal.
Perfectionism is to assume the goal of perfection and say that if you do not approach it, you are incomplete.
◈ Hebraistic perfection / It is a concept of perfection in legal and ethical meaning.
“Love your neighbor and hate your enemies. Praise what is good and punish what is wrong."
It is just to hate sinners and treat them like dogs,
It is natural for the righteous to be exalted, respected, and loved.
They are trying to be perfect by doing the law.
The culmination of this perfection is called justice, and this is where legalism comes from.
These two are the perfect concepts we think of.
But this always causes us problems.
For ideal always demands qualification, and justice always demands judgment.
Therefore, the superior are arrogant and self-satisfied, and the inferior are frustrated.
There is no satisfaction, no love, no gratitude, only endless comparisons and reprimands and demands for mistakes.
Ideal and Definition/ These two are basically good things.
But no one can live in it.
Because perfectionism makes people tired, and legalism discourages people.
☞ So, what is biblical perfection?
First, graciousness is perfection/ Matthew 5:48.
Treating people with the principle of grace, not the principle of works.
God knows who is righteous, who is unrighteous, who is good and who is evil.
But in application, it is by grace.
Judgment is correct, but application is by grace.
Therefore, He has compassion on human imperfections and accepts them.
This is the grace of God and the perfection of God.
The one who owed ten thousand talents was forgiven by the king.
On his way out, when he met a person who owed him 100 denarii, he confirmed that he could not pay the debt and put the debtor in jail...