Saturday, December 27, 2014

What does God require of you?

Perfection.


God requires you to be perfect.


Jesus said it: "Be perfect as your heavenly father is perfect."


As God loves His enemies, His children are to love theirs. 
As God the Father is, His heavenly children should be.


The Apostle Peter said it, "Be holy as God is holy."
We are to be as perfect and holy as God.


How?


Our faith should express itself in love, and our love should express itself in obedience.
Our faith should express itself in obedience to God's commands.


What are His commands?


Love God supremely.
Love people impartially.


According to Jesus, those two commands summarize and epitomize God's law, or God's will, for you and me. Our faith in Jesus should express itself in supremely loving God and loving people impartially, even our enemies.


These two commands are reasonable and aren't burdensome.
They make sense, and they aren't hard to obey, once you believe in Jesus.


God wants you to love Him with all of your heart and soul and strength.  He doesn't expect more because He can't expect more.  You can't give more than you have, but you shouldn't give less than you have.


God wants you to love people like you love yourself, to treat people like you want to be treated.
He doesn't expect you to love people more than you love yourself, but He also doesn't expect you to love them less than you love yourself. 


All God requires is love as expression of your faith.


If you meet His requirement, not striving for more, nor settling for less, you will be perfect.


Let no one deceive you.
God accepts nothing less. 







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