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Matthew 5:48 · BSB
5:48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
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…man sees, man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart. And the Bible says that God's standard is absolute perfection. InMatthew chapter 5, verse 48, Jesus is talking on the Sermon on the Mount, and he says, Be perfect as my Father in heaven is perfect. And if we stop to evaluate our lives,…
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…Adam and Eve in their sinful state? He provided a covering, didn't he? We also find, and I want you to turn over to this passage, if you will, inMatthew chapter 5, verse 48. Jesus is teaching on the matter. And in Matthew chapter 5, verse 48, he says this, You must therefore be perfect as your heavenly Father is…
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…and cannot look at wrong, God can never overlook or see and accept the wrong in people. In Ezekiel 18, it says, The soul who sins shall die. InMatthew chapter 5, verse 48, Jesus is talking and he says, Be perfect as your Father in heaven is perfect. That to be in the presence of God, we need to be perfect. That is…
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