IN JESUS.....THEY CAN'T DESCRIBE WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS....THEY MEAN THEY ARE DEITY.
ONCE FOR ALL, for those who care what God really said, not the NEW BREED who will wax worse and worse: and as Washer, Piper, Sproul and most MATURE christians on this site have tried to warn are DESTROYING lives and shipwrecking faith by TEACHING MAN BECOMING GOD.
they abuse Romans 8. they abuse every reference to COMMANDMENTS given by God Incarnate who KNOWS men will not be PERFECT until they are GLORIFIED and EVEN THEN WILL NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER BE DEITY
Be ye therefore perfect ... - The Saviour concludes this part of the discourse by commanding his disciples to be "perfect." This word commonly means "finished, complete, pure, holy." Originally, it is applied to a piece of mechanism, as a machine that is complete in its parts. Applied to people, it refers to completeness of parts, or perfection, where no part is defective or wanting.
Thus, Job J
Obadiah 1:1 is said to be "perfect;" that is, not holy as God, or "sinless" - for fault is afterward found with him
Job 9:20;
Job 42:6; but his piety was "proportionate" - had a completeness of parts was consistent and regular. He exhibited his religion as a prince, a father, an individual, a benefactor of the poor. He was not merely a pious man in one place, but uniformly. He was consistent everywhere. See the notes at that passage. This is the meaning in Matthew. Be not religious merely in loving your friends and neighbors, but let your piety be shown in loving your enemies; imitate God; let your piety be "complete, proportionate, regular." This every Christian may be; this every Christian must be...
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Be ye therefore perfect, as your Father,.... This perfection is to be restrained to the subject Christ is upon, love to men, and not to be referred to any, or every other thing; wherefore, in
Luke 6:36 it is, "be ye merciful, as your Father also is merciful"; and regards not a perfection of degree in that, but objects and quality: that is to say, not that men may, or can, or ought to be as perfect in love, as to the degree of it, as God is; that is impossible: the "as" here, is not a note of equality, but of likeness: such, who profess God to be their Father, ought to imitate him, particularly in their love to men, which ought to be extended to the same objects, as the divine goodness is; that, as he shows regard in a providential way to all men, good and bad, just and unjust, and his tender mercies are over all his works; so ought they to love all men with a natural affection, and hate no man, no, not their enemies: for he that loves only his friends, and not his enemies, loves imperfectly; he does not take in the whole compass of objects his love is to extend unto; and as God loves sincerely, and without dissimulation, so should they. To be "perfect", is to be sincere and upright: in this sense is the word often used, and answers to the Hebrew word which signifies the same: see
Deuteronomy 18:13 which is the passage Christ seems to refer to here; and the sense is, be ye sincere and upright in your love to all men, as your heavenly Father is hearty and sincere in his affections to them.
Gill
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48. Be ye therefore-rather, "Ye shall therefore be," or "Ye are therefore to be," as My disciples and in My kingdom.
perfect-or complete. Manifestly, our Lord here speaks, not of degrees of excellence, but of the kind of excellence which was to distinguish His disciples and characterize His kingdom. When therefore He adds, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect-He refers to that full-orbed glorious completeness which is in the great Divine Model, "their Father which is in heaven."
JFB
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Lastly, Our Saviour concludes this subject with this exhortation (v. 48), Be ye therefore perfect, as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. Which may be understood, 1. In general, including all those things wherein we must be followers of God as dear children. Note, It is the duty of Christians to desire, and aim at, and press toward a perfection in grace and holiness, Phil. 3:12-14. And therein we must study to conform ourselves to the example of our heavenly Father, 1 Pt. 1:15, 16. Or, 2. In this particular before mentioned, of doing good to our enemies; see Lu. 6:36. It is God's perfection to forgive injuries and to entertain strangers, and to do good to the evil and unthankful, and it will be ours to be like him. We that owe so much, that owe our all, to the divine bounty, ought to copy it out as well as we can.
MHC
I DO NOT KNOW HOW MANY TIMES WE MUST MAKE THIS DISTICTION BETWEEN THE PERFECTION OF THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE GOD ALIGHTY THE I AM and what Jesus expects of His peopele:
5046. teleios
teleios: having reached its end, i.e. complete, by ext. perfect
Original Word: τέλειος, α, ον
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: teleios
Phonetic Spelling: (tel'-i-os)
Short Definition: perfect, full-grown
Definition: perfect, (a) complete in all its parts, (b) full grown, of full age, (c) specially of the completeness of Christian character.
Cognate: 5046 téleios (an adjective, derived from
5056 /télos, "consummated goal") –
mature (consummated) from going through the necessary stages to reach the
end-
goal, i.e.
developed into a consummating
completion by fulfilling the necessary
process (
spiritual journey).
See 5056 (
telos).
[This root (
tel-) means "reaching the
end (
aim)." It is well-illustrated with the old pirate's telescope, unfolding (extending out) one stage at a time to function at full-strength (capacity effectiveness).]
Word Origin
from
telos
Definition
having reached its end, i.e. complete, by ext. perfect
NASB Word Usage
complete (2), mature (4), more perfect (1), perfect (12).
complete, perfect, mature
From
telos; complete (in various applications of labor, growth, mental and moral character, etc.); neuter (as noun, with
ho) completeness -- of full age, man, perfect.
