My purpose in posting about being perfect was to illustrate the difference between True Christianity & Mormonism
Mormonism is MISSION IMPOSSIBLE!
Men are Morally BROKEN and can never be made Perfect, except by the subsitutionary Atonement of Jesus Christ. NOT by yoking up with Jesus as Blaine is attempting.
But to answer the question:
http://65.66.134.201/cgi-bin/webster/webster.exe?search_for_texts_web1828=perfect
NOAH WEBSTERS 1828
PER'FECT, a. [L. perfectus, perficio, to complete; per and facio, to do or make through, to carry to the end.]
Perfect chord,in music, a concord or union of sounds which is perfectly coalescent and agreeable to the ear, as the fifth and the octave; a perfect consonance.
A perfect flower, in botany, has both stamen and pistil, or at least another and stigma.
Perfect tense, in grammar, the preterit tense; a tense which expresses an act completed.
PER'FECT, v.t. [L. perfectus, perficio.] To finish or complete so as to leave nothing wanting; to give to any thing all that is requisite to its nature and kind; as, to perfect a picture or statue. 2 Chron.8.
-Inquire into the nature and properties of things, and thereby perfect our ideas of distinct species.
If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. 1 John 4.
Charles Perry Locke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have read that the word "perfect" in 1611 meant what "complete" means to
us today. Try rereading that verse with "complete" in place of "perfect" and
see if it sounds any different to you.
Do we have anyone on TT that can confirm what I have read regarding the
denotation of the word "perfect" in 1611? Languages evolve, as you all know,
and English is no excuse. Things today do not always mean what they did
almost 496 years ago.
Perry
>From: Terry Clifton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org
>To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org
>Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Jesus of the Bible
>Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2005 12:34:42 -0500
>
>Kevin Deegan wrote:
>
>>
>>...........
>>According to one LDS prophet: "In his Sermon on the Mount he made the
>>command to all men: "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is
>>in heaven is perfect." (Matt.5:48.) Being perfect means to *triumph over
>>sin*. This is a *mandate* from the Lord. He is just and wise and kind.
>>He would never require anything from his children which was not for their
>>benefit and which was not attainable. * Perfection therefore is an
>>achievable goal*."
>>Remember it says "BE" not future tense become perfect, how are you NOW?
>>Are you Triumphing? Are you perfect?
>>
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>
>When God gave Moses the law, He knew that it could not be kept. It was an
>impossible goal. Something to strive for, but never attainable. I see the
>command to be perfect in the same light.
>We strive to be perfect. Some come closer than others, but we all come
>short. It is an impossible goal. God knows that. It is to show us our
>shortcomings, our need for a Savior, who was perfect and took our place.
>Terry
>
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