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Matthew 5:48 · BSB
5:48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
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…can actually alter our behaviour, making us more defensive and cynical in future interactions. Fortunately, there's some good teaching on this inMatthew chapter 5, verses 43 to 48. I'm going to read that now. You have heard that it is said, love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for…
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…you the same thing is true in your relationship with Jesus? Growth is expected and growth is natural. Matter of fact, Jesus said it this way inMatthew chapter 5, verse 48. He said, Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly father is perfect. Now, some of you, if you're honest, you're like, closing the notebook. I'm…
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…into heaven, it would compromise his holiness. And so perfection is the standard to get to heaven. And I'm not making this up. Jesus says inMatthew chapter 5, verse 48, you therefore must be perfect, because my heavenly Father is perfect. Well, the Bible says we've all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.…
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…kids' church. We all take turns to do kids' church here, and the passage um love has been the focus for for a while, and the passage this time wasMatthew chapter 5, verses 43 to 48, which talks about loving your enemies. And we all just assume, I mean, I grew up in the church, so and I assumed that I know this passage. And uh…
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…enemies reveals the character of God and demonstrates that God's kingdom operates by principles that are very different from those of the world.Matthew chapter 5, verses 43 through 48. And I realize I didn't read it, but I want you to keep your Bibles open. This particular portion is part of what you know as the Sermon on the…
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…be the sons of your father who is in heaven. For he makes his son to rise on the evil and on the good and sends rain on the just and the unjust.Matthew 5:48. You therefore must be perfect as your heavenly father is perfect. Matthew 6:1, "Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in…
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…to extend that grace to others. And is this just to people that we like? Let's look at Matthew. In Matthew chapter 5, verses 43 for 48 through 48.Matthew chapter 5, verses 43 through 48, you have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you,…
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…lot more basic than it usually is, but it will serve somewhat of a purpose as we work our way through the sermon this morning. But we're looking atMatthew 5, verses 43 through 48. Brian read that this morning for us. We're going to read it again as we enter into this message. Notice verses 45 and 48 as we make our way…
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…wicked world and we will never reach that peak of maturity. The King James version uses the word perfection in place of maturity. Jesus tells us inMatthew 5:48, "You therefore must be perfect as your heavenly father is perfect." But perfection is unachievable. That there was only one man perfect to ever…
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…comparing himself to God. No one can hide from God’s Law that does not change. We can’t counter “be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect” (Matthew 5:48) with “at least I am better than so-and-so.” God’s standard is not relative. He doesn’t allow a certain number of sins and then we can still call…
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…written by God, and He's given us His Spirit to help us understand, what does this have to do with me? And so let me just give you one example.Matthew 5:48. Therein, Jesus says this: "You shall be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect." A Christian and a non-Christian can both read that verse and…
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…going to deal with them. That God's going to deal with that. And that's his job. And I have to be at peace with however he decides to deal with it.Matthew chapter 5, verses 43 through 48. Jesus says this. But I say, love your enemies. Pray for those who persecute you. In that way, you will be acting as my true children, as true…
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…is that we will become mature and complete, lacking nothing. What exactly does that mean? Jesus used the same words in his Sermon on the Mount,Matthew 5 verse 48. Be perfect therefore as your heavenly Father is perfect. Let me tell you something that does not happen until we stand before Jesus. But in the…
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…You were just called to be accountable to what Jesus told you. And he said, Love those who hate you. Love your enemies. He goes on at the end ofMatthew 5, verse 48, he says, Jesus says, Therefore you shall be perfect just as your father in heaven is perfect. What that word perfect translates to is complete or…
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…Sinners' deeds will be measured, you know, against what? It'll be measured against God's perfect, holy standard, which Jesus actually defined inMatthew 5, verse 48, where he says, therefore, you are to be perfect as your heavenly father is perfect. In his first epistle, Peter actually wrote, like the holy one…
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…of perfection. Seven times he talks about perfection. Now, what do we make of that word? It's the same word Jesus used in the Sermon on the Mount,Matthew 5:48. He said, Be perfect as your Father in heaven is perfect. And wow. Oh, that comes, maybe that comes like a bucket of water. Be perfect. It has the…
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…satan lets them embrace their perversion, their theft, their envy, gossip, rebellion against God, and any evil. While God is perfection, and inMatthew 5:48, the Lord says, "You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect." And though it is impossible for humans to be perfect, with the…
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…sin against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For the Kingdom, the Glory, and the Power are Yours. Now and Forever. Amen.Matthew 5:43-48, 43 “You have heard the law that says, ‘Love your neighbor’ and hate your enemy. 44 But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you!…
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…respond to all of you all is that it wasn't I that set the standard. As a matter of fact, Jesus in his Sermon on the Mount declared as followsMatthew 5, verse 48, at the end of a powerful sermon about how we should live one another for one another, how we should love one another, how we should forgive one…
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…I told you that we would come back and we would examine this. God's standard is perfection and nothing less than that. Jesus Himself commands it.Matthew chapter 5, verse 48. Be perfect therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. It is here in the Decalogue that the Father reveals His perfection and His expected…
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