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Originally Posted by Aquila
All the commandments and ordinances of the Lord? Like not wearing poly-knit clothing? That can't be the meaning.
The term "righteous" before God, that's important. But what is being "righteous"?
Pure of heart? That's also a good answer in my opinion... and I firmly believe that's part of it.
But I think Jesus meant something pretty down to earth here. The Greek word for "perfect" is "teleios". It is often translated "perfect", "man", or "full of age", "mature"; all in the sense of wanting nothing additional to complete us.
The Army put it this way, "Be All You Can Be".
But here's a secret most don't realize. You can't be all you can be unless you ditch the man made rules that shackle you from becoming who God made you to be. By obeying all the man made rules... you just become what men want you to be. And in that, you have your reward.
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Yes, but principled teaching should be consistent not everyone all over the place. That is what you see now. Also I find it interesting that everyone puts down God's law because they don't relate to it. Just an observation.
Which if you read my other post you would understand why I said complete! He is our completion our goal of which we are to reflect HIS glory in so that our very being in all manner speaks holy as a witness of who He is.
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