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Can You Really Be Perfect?
Pastor Zach tackles one of Jesus' most uncomfortable commands: "Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect" (Matthew 5:48), exploring the tension between an impossible calling and God's impossible grace.
THE GREEK WORD:
Teleios means: complete, mature, fully developed, whole, brought to its intended end. It can mean perfect, and honestly, it probably does here.
THE PROBLEM:
Jesus calls us to perfection. Every New Testament author echoes this command. Yet we all fail constantly. So what gives?
THE PARADOX:
You're called to live perfectly, but you're saved by someone else's…
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