PERFECT
CHRISTIAN?
Memorise
Be
ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Matthew 5:48
Read
Job 1:5-8
1:5 And it
was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and
sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings
according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have
sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
1:6 Now there
was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and
Satan came also among them.
1:7 And the
LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and
said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
1:8 And the
LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none
like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and
escheweth evil?
MESSAGE
When we compare two things and we say one is better
than the other, it may not necessarily mean that either of the two is
desirable. But when we say something is perfect, it means that it is good in
itself and there is no evil complaint about it. It also means that it is so
good that there is no need to improve on it. This is the definition of the
perfect Christian. A perfect Christian is a Christian that is without blemish –
a Christ-like individual indeed. There are different categories of Christians.
There are those who have been saved but not sanctified. These ones easily get
annoyed. They cannot be described as perfect Christians. Some Christians are
saved and sanctified. These ones do not get annoyed. There was a time we were
rehearsing a drama that was to be staged in our church. A part required that
the actor should become very annoyed. Our main actor could not bring himself to
be angry. We could not even get someone among us to teach him how to be angry.
May you be sanctified to perfection in Jesus’ Name.
“Elect
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the
Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto
you, and peace, be multiplied.”
1 Peter 1:2
To become a perfect Christian, you must first and
foremost be Holy Spirit filled. The Holy Spirit is indispensable in the life of
any Christian. Without the Holy Spirit, it is not possible to have any of the
dimensions of the fruit that the Holy Spirit causes a Christian to bear which
makes a Christian perfect (Galatians 5:22-23). For one to be a perfect
Christian, some things must manifest in the fellow’s life. First, all things
have to be done according to how God Himself would do them. You must aspire to
please God in all that you do. Before doing anything, no matter how trivial,
first ask how you think God would do it. Knowing that God can only do things
perfectly, you will see to it that it is perfectly done. Secondly, a perfect
Christian will aspire to get to where God wants him to reach. He will never
stop or rest until God’s purpose for his life is accomplished. Many Christians
backslid because they had thought that their position was the highest spiritual
height they could attain and as a result, they became contented and stopped
striving higher. May the Lord bring you to perfection this season in Jesus’
Name.
Prayer
Point
Father, make me as perfect as you want me to be in
Jesus’ Name.
BIBLE
IN ONE YEAR
Acts 20:17-22:21
Song of Solomon 5:10-6:9
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