Christians Don't Need To Have It All Together?

Voice of Eden (episode 233)

Mon. 26th July 2021

𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫?

𝙹𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝟷:𝟸‭-‬𝟺 

𝙼𝚢 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚗, 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚓𝚘𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜; 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚝𝚑 𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔, 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚋𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚛𝚎, 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐.

𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝,

Perfection is not a destination but a journey through a path called Progress.  And this journey is made possible by a means called Patience.

Without a proper definition and understanding of the word Perfection, we would never attain it!!! Because we lack the understanding of it, we wait for it, hoping someday we would arrive at it but never knowing that we attain perfection every day we make progress.

There is a common misconception that believers should be perfect. Pretending to have our lives in order, many of us wear happy faces and speak words that sound acceptable and make us look perfect.

At times we’re ashamed to admit our shortcomings as if they should not exist. Salvation through Jesus, however, doesn’t change the fact that sin is present in the members of our bodies.

At new birth, our spirits are made new, but our minds are not. We have to continually renew our minds by the word of God.

In fact, striving for perfection actually can be a trap that pulls us away from living a godly life. Functioning in this way is a form of relying on our capability. 

Jesus said that He came to heal the spiritually sick because they recognized their weakness. 

With an awareness of our inadequacy comes the realization of our need for Jesus.

Jesus has not called us to be right but to be righteous. Righteousness is a product of a sincere and broken heart before God. So many times in the attempt to be right we become unrighteous. 

“Being a Christian demands constant progression, not perfection.” 

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