We know Jesus was perfect.
Noah was called perfect in his generation(pre law given Moses pre flood)
But I don’t think the law makes someone perfect. We can only be considered perfect if God see Christ and not us when we are being judged. We need a Sacrifice, a Savior and Redeemer.
My interp on Christs message is this:
Jesus spent all of his time with imperfect people spreading the good news that you don’t have to be perfect to follow God. You should try, but the paradox is in trying for something that could never actually be achieve. Does it even matter if we try or not as “all have sinned”? I supposed it is still worth trying, even though on my own I could never achieve it. Enter Christ as Deus ex Machina
We can try to be perfect, and we will fail. We don’t have to be perfect to access God through the sacrifice of Christ.
I fundamentally agree with this.
As Christians our obedience should spring from our love for God and that's always been the case. Which is why Paul can say, examine yourself whether your in the faith.... Which is similar to words also among the first of Christ, Get the mote out of your own eye.
But telling unbelievers they have to be perfect, as many Gospel presentations do is that an accurate presentation of what's being said? Jesus isn't talking to unbelievers, but rather to believing Jews. He is not making a Gospel presentation. (Apologies to Ray Comfort, may God continue to bless his work.) I do think we should follow the Way of the Master but this was how he spoke to believers.
That's what this thread is/was about anyway. Thanks for chiming in.
God bless
So no creation gets to heaven by keeping the Law. Nor, does the law make one perfect.
Yet many Gospel presentations begin just like that, but even that is not what's being communicated when they take Matt 5:48 out of context.
So what's Jesus teaching? "You can perfectly keep the law."? What do you think?
Note: Jesus is and always was perfect: not made perfect.
