Perfection on Earth.

             

Ephesians 4:7-16 says;

"Each one of us has been given his own share of grace, given as Christ allotted it. 

It was said that he would:

When he ascended to the height, he captured prisoners,

he gave gifts to men.

When it says, ‘he ascended’, what can it mean if not that he descended right down to the lower regions of the earth? The one who rose higher than all the heavens to fill all things is none other than the one who descended. And to some, his gift was that they should be apostles; to some, prophets; to some, evangelists; to some, pastors and teachers; so that the saints together make a unity in the work of service, building up the body of Christ. In this way we are all to come to unity in our faith and in our knowledge of the Son of God, until we become the perfect Man, fully mature with the fullness of Christ himself.

  

Then we shall not be children any longer, or tossed one way and another and carried along by every wind of doctrine, at the mercy of all the tricks men play and their cleverness in practising deceit. If we live by the truth and in love, we shall grow in all ways into Christ, who is the head by whom the whole body is fitted and joined together, every joint adding its own strength, for each separate part to work according to its function. So the body grows until it has built itself up, in love."

 

Can Perfection be attained?

Yes! If we as Christians with our different gifts do unite in faith we can attain perfection, we can fully mature as Christians. Did you know perfection could be attained on earth? Mans perfection to God is different from Mans perfection to his fellow man. We do not see like God does.

So what is perfection to God?

If we live by the truth and in love, we shall grow in all ways into Christ, fully mature with the fullness of Christ himself.So the body grows until it has built itself up, in love.Hence love is perfection to God.

Are you living in love?