Far from Perfect

[TheCHammer]

Nobody's perfect. We all make mistakes. I'm only human.
Any of these sound familiar? Chances are we have all said them. Some of us, and I'm guilty of this, over use them.
The fact of the matter is, that while these are true, God does expect us to be perfect. He made us in His image (Gen 1:27),is He not perfect? We were created to be like him, therefore the expectation is that we live up to it (Matt 5:48).
Here's the kicker, this isn't going to happen while we are on earth. The perfect human was a one time position held by Christ, none of us can ever measure up to that (Rom 3:23).
Everything we do on earth, just leads up to what we will do in His kingdom. We will make mistakes. We will fail. We will fall on our face. Don't be discouraged. Get up, shake it off, and move on in faith (Prov 24:16).

 

[Mcrfan343]

Indeed.

 

[Norah63]

How can you be 'in the kingdom' and not of it?

 

[1watchman]

Nobody's perfect. We all make mistakes. I'm only human.
Any of these sound familiar? Chances are we have all said them. Some of us, and I'm guilty of this, over use them.
The fact of the matter is, that while these are true, God does expect us to be perfect. He made us in His image (Gen 1:27),is He not perfect? We were created to be like him, therefore the expectation is that we live up to it (Matt 5:48).
Here's the kicker, this isn't going to happen while we are on earth. The perfect human was a one time position held by Christ, none of us can ever measure up to that (Rom 3:23).
Everything we do on earth, just leads up to what we will do in His kingdom. We will make mistakes. We will fail. We will fall on our face. Don't be discouraged. Get up, shake it off, and move on in faith (Prov 24:16).

HERE ARE SOME FUNDAMENTALS: A true "born again" believer in the Lord Jesus Christ is forgiven and made a "child of God" by the indwelling and sealing of the Holy Spirit. If one then sins they need to confess it (1 Jn. 1:9-10). A child of God is not kicked out of the family for failures, and one cannot be unborn if they have been "born again". So, we need to be humble and repentant before God and our Lord Jesus.

It is important to understand that a saint (child of God) has a perfect STANDING before God, but can have a carnal (worldly) STATE in sins in our lifestyle. One needs to repent of that. The Word of God teaches us the difference between standing and state.