DAVEH: Are you addressing DM or DH, Lance? It seems to me that IF
God gave a commandment to be perfect like he is perfect, then you below
assumption is in error. Or...do you believe God gives commandments
that are unobtainable? Lance Muir wrote: EVERY MAN, DAVID, IS IMPERFECT EVEN AFTER REDEMPTION ONLY THE REDEEMER IS PERFECT, DAVID. We participate in that which He, the second Adam lived out from conception to ascension on our behalf. Our 'imperfections' are visible to ourselves and to those about us, though redeemed.----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org> Sent: July 05, 2005 14:24 Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Jesus of the BibleDAVEH: It seems to me that your below non-religious examples are illogical, DavidM. Let me give you an example. If I were to ask you, "Are you perfect before God?", you might answer from your perspective, "Yes." If on the other hand, I were to ask God, "Is DavidM is perfect?", he might view it differently. Do you see what I am getting at? If you ask the guy who had the car painted if it is perfect, while he may say "yes", the guy painting the car may have another contrasting perspective. God is not asking us if we are perfect, he is commanding us to be such. The question becomes what does perfection mean. Fortunately, he qualifies it so that we don't have to worry about what or how man has defined perfection. As stated in Matthew, whatever perfection there is in God, that is how he commanded us to become. David Miller wrote:Christianity has been enamored by Calvin's teachings and influence to portray every man as imperfect even after redemption. Look at the word "perfect" in non-religious contexts. Someone eats areallygood hamburger. They exclaim, "That burger was perfect! It could nothavebeen made any better." Someone pays someone to paint their car acertaincolor and has very exact requirements. He picks the car up and thepainterasks, "so, how do you like it?" The reply, "it is perfect!" On and on, we can come up with examples like this where we use the word perfect to mean that something is precisely according to our hopes and expectations, but when it comes to our morality and our walk with God, somehow the word "perfect" suddenly becomes taboo. Why, nobody can claim that they truly walk without sinning against their neighbor! This hasmoreto do with our culture walking in apostasy toward God and our desire to excuse that apostasy than any change in the language of Scripture. Ithasmore to do with our departure from what the Word of God teaches us aboutourcompleteness and perfection in Christ than with any change in the meaningofthe word "perfect." Peace be with you. David Miller. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you mayknow how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.orgIf you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to[EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dave Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.langlitz.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you wish to receive things I find interesting, I maintain six email lists... JOKESTER, OPINIONS, LDS, STUFF, MOTORCYCLE and CLIPS. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you mayknow how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.orgIf you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to[EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dave Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.langlitz.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you wish to receive things I find interesting, I maintain six email lists... JOKESTER, OPINIONS, LDS, STUFF, MOTORCYCLE and CLIPS. |
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