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 A YEAR:
Acts 20:17-22:21 & Acts 21
AUTHOR:
Pastor E.A. Adeboye
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