You can say that until you are blue in the face and I will never believe your position because it makes Gods word a lie and His promises untrue. Sinless perfection is not of God.
Question: "Is sinless perfection possible in this life?"
Answer: Ephesians 4:13 says that the spiritual gifts are given to build up the body of Christ “until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.” Some translations say that we will become “perfect” (instead of “mature”), and from this some people have mistakenly thought that we can reach sinless perfection in this life. The Bible teaches that, while we are in the flesh, we will always struggle with a sin nature (see
Romans 7:14–24). No one will be “perfect” (sinless) until we reach heaven.
The word translated “mature” in
Ephesians 4:13 is the Greek word
teleios. It is used throughout the New Testament to mean “perfect,” “complete,” “full-grown,” and “mature.” What
Ephesians 4:13 teaches is that, the more we grow in Christ, the stronger and more unified we will be as a church. The verse does not teach that we will stop sinning.
Another passage that people sometimes get confused about is
Colossians 1:28, which says, in some translations, that Paul wants to “present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.” Also, in
Colossians 4:12 Paul prays that we would “stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.” In both verses, the Greek word for
perfect should be understood to mean “mature” or “full-grown,” not “having no sin.”
As human beings we are bound under Adam’s nature in this world. No matter how hard we try not to, we will still sin against God. This holds true for everyone. The apostle Paul rebuked Peter for showing favoritism (
Galatians 2:11–13). Late in his ministry, Paul calls himself the chief of sinners (
1 Timothy 1:15). Peter, James, John, and Paul all admitted that they were imperfect. How could you or I claim anything different?
True perfection will not come until the
rapture of the church, when we rise to meet Jesus in the air (
1 Thessalonians 4:17). At that time the dead in Christ will be resurrected, and the bodies of the living will be changed (
Philippians 3:20,
21;
1 Corinthians 15:54). We will stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ (
2 Corinthians 5:10) where our works will be judged and rewards will be given (
1 Corinthians 3:9–15). Our redemption will be complete, and our sin will be gone forever. We will live and reign with Christ in sinless perfection forever.
It is true that the Bible calls us to be “perfect as [our] heavenly Father is perfect” (
Matthew 5:48). The Greek word for “perfect” here is
telios. It means “brought to its end, completed, or perfect.” So, to be “perfect” in this sense is not how perfectionists so often imagine it. Rather, it is to be completed in Christ.
Philippians 1:6 says that completion is the work of God. He created us, saved us, and is faithful to perfect us.
This is not to say that we have no responsibility to grow in our faith (
2 Peter 3:18). We must cooperate with God’s work in us (His perfection of us)—see
Philippians 2:12. We are called to live godly lives and to submit to God. But the focus of the Bible’s commands is not on others’ perception of us, as is so often the idol of the perfectionist. Instead, the focus is on our heart’s posture toward God. got?
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