James 1:4Let perseverance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and perfect, and that you may lack nothing. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV) Hebrews 2:10 For it is he for whom all things are, and through whom all things, bringing many children to glory, to perfect the author of their salvation through suffering. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) The law is only a shadow of the good things that happen – not the realities themselves. For this reason, through the same sacrifices that are repeated endlessly year after year, she can never perfect those who approach worship. (VIN) Hebrews 5:9After He was perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation for all who obey Him (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Philippians 1:6 I am convinced that He who has begun a good work in you will perfect it in preparation for the day of Jesus Christ. (WEY ASV NAS) A key New Testament verse for understanding perfection in the Christian life is 2 Corinthians 12:9: “And he said to me, `My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is perfected in weakness.` Believers are perfect to the extent that they participate in the cross-shaped grace that God offers in Christ. Christ was perfected by the labors of a righteous life in the midst of the bloody realities of an unjust world. The means and constant symbol of perfection he has acquired is the cross. His disciples know perfection when they dwell in the bright shadow of the same sign. God told Abram to .” Go before Me (literally “in Face”) and be “perfect” (TAH-MEEM).
Nowhere in Scripture do we find that God gives Abram a list of rules and guidelines to follow in order to attain “perfection.” So how can Abram “TAH-MEEM” “do” face God without “doing” anything? Let me say that Abram would have to do a lot before he was known as Abraham. Or rather, much should be done with Abram before he became known as Abraham. But Abram doesn`t necessarily have to “do” anything. Rather, it was the idea of “not doing” that was to be its defining characteristic. Abram should stop trusting Abram and completely get rid of all attempts to be righteous before God. What for? Because, “. All our justice (yes, the word is plural) is like dirty rags. [Isaiah 64:6] Or more literally: “. Our justice is like menstrual wipes.
I hope this doesn`t shock you beyond the point where you hear this message. But God is very sharp and direct about how He sees our efforts to be pure and acceptable through our religious activities. You have never been and you will never be able to make yourself more or less righteous before God. That has never been your job. He reserved this responsibility to himself. Your job — and my job, because I really preach to myself — is just us.” believe God,” as Abram did, and apply justice by believing what God has already said about us. “Abraham believed in God, and this was attributed to him as righteousness.” [Romans 4:6] Leviticus 23:18 And you have gathered together seven lambs, perfect, sons of one year, and an ox, a son of the flock, and two rams; they are a burnt offering to Jehovah, with their presence and libations, a fiery offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah. (YLT) John 7:23 If a child is circumcised even on a Sabbath, are you bitter against me for making a person perfectly healthy on the Sabbath? (WEY) Hebrews 9:9 is a symbol of the present age, where gifts and sacrifices are offered which, in terms of conscience, are incapable of making the worshipper perfect; (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV) 5052. telesphoreo — Bear fruit to perfection, so wear . To bear fruit to perfection, that is, to give birth to perfect offspring. Part of speech: Verb Transliteration: telesphoreo Phonetic notation: (tel-es-for-eh`-o) Short.
strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5052.htm – 7k In this chapter we learn that Jesus “perfectly. by suffering” (v. 10). This suffering also included the suffering of temptation: “He himself was tempted in what he suffered” (v. 18). Because he uses our nature as “flesh and blood” (V. 14), He was therefore subjected to the same temptations and pressures of sin as we were, but He constantly triumphed over sin and remained free from sin. He established His liberation from sin by His costly but decisive victory over it. Leviticus 1:10And if his sacrifice “is” taken out of the flock – sheep or goats – for a burnt offering, a male, a perfect, he draws near (YLT) Leviticus 5:15 If anyone commits offense and has sinned against Jehovah`s holy things out of ignorance, then he has brought his offering of guilt to Jehovah, A ram, a ram, perfect, of the herd, According to your estimate “in” money – shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary – for a debt offering. (YLT) Perfection (30 occurrences).
