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Matthew 5:8
King James Version
8 Blessed are the pure in heart:
for they shall see God.
Is it easy being born again?
What challenges us the most?
It's always been about one thing.
The battle a true Christian faces.
The battle against hypocrisy.
PERFECTION is the path.
Hypocrisy has no place in it.
That's the stumblingblock we face.
We can get so easily tripped by the enemy.
Especially if he detects pride in us.
Still, we must be blameless before the LORD.
Philippians 2:15
King James Version
15 That ye may be blameless and harmless,
the sons of God,
without rebuke,
in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation,
among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
For the enemy waits in ambush.
1 Peter 5:8-9
King James Version
8 Be sober,
be vigilant;
because your adversary the devil,
as a roaring lion,
walketh about,
seeking whom he may devour:
9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith,
knowing that the same afflictions
are accomplished in your brethren
that are in the world.
Constantly condemning us before GOD.
Revelation 12:10
King James Version
10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven,
Now is come salvation,
and strength,
and the kingdom of our God,
and the power of his Christ:
for the accuser of our brethren is cast down,
which accused them before our God
day and night.
Slyly setting traps for us.
Genesis 3:1
King James Version
3 Now the serpent was more subtil
than any beast of the field
which the Lord God had made.
And he said unto the woman,
Yea, hath God said,
Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
But we have JESUS.
John 16:33
King James Version
33 These things I have spoken unto you,
that in me ye might have peace.
In the world ye shall have tribulation:
but be of good cheer;
I have overcome the world.
Perfection is possible.
Matthew 19:26
King James Version
26 But Jesus beheld them,
and said unto them,
With men this is impossible;
but with God all things are possible.
For it is the LORD's command.
Matthew 5:48
King James Version
48 Be ye therefore perfect,
even as your Father which is in heaven
is perfect.
And because believers are "sons of God".
John 1:12
King James Version
12 But as many as received him,
to them gave he power to become the sons of God,
even to them that believe on his name:
And "children of light".
1 Thessalonians 5:5-6
King James Version
5 Ye are all the children of light,
and the children of the day:
we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others;
but let us watch and be sober.
GOD has given His children many gifts.
2 Timothy 1:7
King James Version
7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear;
but of power,
and of love,
and of a sound mind.
We can be perfect.
Through the GRACE of GOD.
Through the TEACHINGS of JESUS.
Through the GUIDANCE of the HOLY SPIRIT.
Holiness is perfection.
Because it has no hypocrisy.
That's the mark of a true born again.
The true believer in CHRIST.
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