2010-08-12T10:44:57-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/perfection/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hindrances/the-dark-closet-6148 2010-08-12T10:44:57-05:00 You've hidden it, but the sin and the price and the guilt continue to grow behind that door. It's going to be tough to open that closet and deal with what's in there. But it's going to be a whole lot tougher not to. It's haunted you. It's shamed you. It's shackled you long enough. Jesus is right there with you to help you open that door, and to once and for all get rid of the awful secret behind it. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philippians%203:12-14&version=NIV 2009-10-05T16:02:14-05:00 The Christian life is described here as a journey. Although we face pressure from all sides, we are to always press on towards our ultimate goal: Jesus Christ. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Corinthians%2013:11&version=NIV 2009-07-28T10:40:49-05:00 In Paul's concluding statement to 2 Corinthians, he urges us to aim for perfection. Perfection can only be attained through the God of love and peace, who will be with us as long as we are of one mind and live in peace. http://cqod.com/index-04-03-09.html 2009-07-02T15:00:31-05:00 George MacDonald shows how God's perfection covers our defects http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=5491 2008-01-06T12:39:29-05:00 Our Lofty Idealism would argue that all Christians should be perfect, but a blunt realism forces us to admit that perfection is rare even among the saints. The part of wisdom is to accept our Christian brothers and sisters for what they are rather than for what they should be...