are you perfect? I am not, I have not met anyone who is, and jesus himself said only God is good (perfect)
No.
Eteranl-gratful said:
so then how can anyone have fellowship with God? since no one is perfect? if your right
Through Christ!!!
Rom 3:22 "
Even the (1)righteousness of God which is (2)by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon (3)all them that believe: for there is no difference:"
1) righteousness of God
2) faith of Christ
3) all them that believe.
"All them that believe" (3) would include me.
The "righteousness of God" (1) is holy, sinlessly perfect.
So how can my imperfect, stinking belief have anything to do with God's holy, sinless, flawless righteousness?
By the (2) faith of Christ. Christ's faith was perfect, He sinlessly, perfectly, flawlessly did what His Father told Him to do therefore Christ's perfect faith is the basis for me being righteous before God.
Gal 3:27 "
For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ."
When I was water baptized I put on Christ with that phrase (put on) carrying the idea of putting on clothing, putting on a coat. When I put on Christ then I was in Christ and covered by His perfect righteousness and God sees me thru Christ's perfect righteousness.
If I become unfaithful and fall from Christ then I am no longer in Christ, no longer covered by Chris'ts perfect righteousness and am no longer seen as righteous by God being out of Christ.