| Re: Be ye therefore perfect [message #295 is a reply to message #283] |
Wed, 20 April 2011 22:06   |
Seeker
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It seems that "perfect" is also mis-used/understood. If I did a perfect painting, then it couldn't be improved upon. But if someone else was looking at my perfect painting, they might not like it and suggest changes to the color or shapes or just think it was ugly.
What makes the picture perfect? It is perfect because it is exactly what I wanted it to be. If it wasn't then I could change it until it was perfect to me. Meaning that it had become exactly what I wanted it to be. Even though someone else didn't like it doesn't make it imperfect. As long as it is what I want it to be it is perfect.
Someone else might say, this is perfect for our dinning room. And it is because it adds exactly what they want to the dinning room.
I think God is perfect because he is exactly what he wants to be when he wants to be whatever it is that he wants to be. Every situation is different and God changes according to the situation. Sometimes harsh and angry and sometimes soft and pleasant. Perfect to his own standards and according to his own knowledge and understanding, but not so much according to everyone else's. That is why they could kill Christ who was perfect by his own standard, but not by the standards of others.
~ Seeker
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