The Eye Opener
Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013
In Matthew's account of the Sermon on the Mount, he quotes Christ as saying, "BE YE THEREFORE PERFECT, EVEN AS YOUR FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN IS PERFECT."
Our first reaction is that that is impossible. Christ either did not say this or else He did not mean it.
If He didn't say it, then the Bible is inaccurate. If He did and did not mean it, then Christ drops below Divine stature. No, He said and meant it. For man to aspire to less is a direct rejection of His order.
To cry that we are circumscribed by human limitations is to deny the God in us which makes all things possible.
We probably will never arrive at that state of perfection but we can, one day at a time, strive to attain that goal.
Hazelden Foundation
Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013
In Matthew's account of the Sermon on the Mount, he quotes Christ as saying, "BE YE THEREFORE PERFECT, EVEN AS YOUR FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN IS PERFECT."
Our first reaction is that that is impossible. Christ either did not say this or else He did not mean it.
If He didn't say it, then the Bible is inaccurate. If He did and did not mean it, then Christ drops below Divine stature. No, He said and meant it. For man to aspire to less is a direct rejection of His order.
To cry that we are circumscribed by human limitations is to deny the God in us which makes all things possible.
We probably will never arrive at that state of perfection but we can, one day at a time, strive to attain that goal.
Hazelden Foundation
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