THINK TOGETHER
Are you perfect?
READ TOGETHER
The truth is that none of us is actually perfect are we? We all make lots and lots of mistakes. We commit lots and lots of sins. Even with Jesus we still make bad choices and get angry or do mean things. Sometimes we are so bad that we think God must be really, really mad at us. But he’s not.
In fact, one of the greatest promises that God makes to us is that when we trust in Jesus to take away our sins we are made perfect forever. Here’s how the book of Hebrews says it to us:
Hebrews 10:14. For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.
Who is the single offering? It’s Jesus. By offering himself on the cross for us he has “perfected us for all time.” All our sins and mistakes are taken away forever.
So are you perfect? Well in Jesus you are. Have you trusted in Jesus to take away your sins and come live in your heart? If you have then God counts you as perfect. He counts you as being just as perfect as Jesus is. No guilt. No shame. No debts left to pay. No disease left to cure.
But what if we still sin? Yes, we will all still sin. That is why the next part of our verse says those who are being sanctified. To be sanctified is to be made like Jesus. So our verse is saying that God sees us as perfect and he is still making us perfect like Jesus at the same time.
One of the most important things you need to learn as a Christian is that the only way to become more like Jesus is by trusting that God already sees you as being like Jesus. No matter how imperfect you act, God will always call you perfect as long as you trust Jesus’ perfection and not your own.
Because of Jesus we are perfect to God.
With Jesus we can know our sin doesn’t change how much God loves us.
DO SOMETHING TOGETHER
Look at your child’s homework together. Talk about how Jesus did our homework for us so that we could get the same grade he gets, A+. But now he is teaching us how to do the same homework too.
PRAY TOGETHER
Jesus, you have given me your perfection. Help me to trust your perfection and become more like you every day. Amen.
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