Matthew 5:48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Talk about an impossible request, but as I said God is able to make us able. Some people actually argue that Jesus didn't mean what He said. They say He never meant we should be perfect, but mature in the Lord. However Jesus clarifies His statement by saying ''even as the Father in Heaven is perfect''. So if what they say is true then that means the Father is not perfect, but simply mature. Also if we are fully mature in Christ the we would be perfect, for our perfection is in Christ. Jesus was, and still is commanding us to live perfectly before Him.
However we still might forget to get bread and milk when we are at the store. To live perfectly before Christ is to be sinless in our actions, deed and thoughts. And yes God is able to purge us freeing us from ALL sin
Talk about an impossible request, but as I said God is able to make us able. Some people actually argue that Jesus didn't mean what He said. They say He never meant we should be perfect, but mature in the Lord. However Jesus clarifies His statement by saying ''even as the Father in Heaven is perfect''. So if what they say is true then that means the Father is not perfect, but simply mature. Also if we are fully mature in Christ the we would be perfect, for our perfection is in Christ. Jesus was, and still is commanding us to live perfectly before Him.
However we still might forget to get bread and milk when we are at the store. To live perfectly before Christ is to be sinless in our actions, deed and thoughts. And yes God is able to purge us freeing us from ALL sin