We're on the homestretch of our study of God's attributes. Today, we will be looking at God's perfection. When talking about God being perfect, we could also use the word complete. By this we mean that God posseses all the excellent qualities that He needs and does not lack in any desirable qualities.
Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Matthew 5:48
- The Greek word here is teleios which means
- brought to its end, finished
- wanting nothing necessary to completeness
- perfect
- By "brought to it's end, finished", we can infer that God is not growing, God is not getting better, because there's nothing for God to improve on.
- In baseball, if a pitcher throws a perfect game, he gets all 27 batters that he face out. He can't get any more batters out (in a 9 inning perfect game) because there are no more batters for him to face. There is no more room for improvement and he has brought the game to it's perfect end just like God is perfect.
- The second sense of this definition implies God's completeness and lack of nothing. If God needed anything, would He be perfect?
- This verse we read tells us to be perfect. Do you think you are perfect?
- Because of our sin, we are not perfect.
- It is interesting to me to note the tense of the verbs in this verse. When it tells us to "be perfect" it is in future tense - recognizing that we are not perfect now. When it says that God is perfect it is in present tense - meaning that it is true now.
- How do we become perfect?
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