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NASB | Matthew 5:48 "Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 5:48 "You, therefore, will be perfect [growing into spiritual maturity both in mind and character, actively integrating godly values into your daily life], as your heavenly Father is perfect. [Lev 19:2] |
Bible Question: Why do you think in Bible in Mt 5:48 is written that we should be like God when God knows (and also everyone knows) that we cannot be like a God. Because we do sins every day, so we are not able to be like Him. Why is it so in Bible on that place? |
Bible Answer: One can also reference Paul's encouragement to imitate him as he imitates Christ, I think it's in 1 Cor 4:14-17. Here Paul endorses the pattern of imitating Christ by identifying those who are mature in their spiritual growth toward God's standard in His Son. If we share our weakness and our strengths with our fellow christians, we build up the body of our Lord. Soul mates can build up tremendously valuable brotherhood in this way. Our Lord and Father wants to draw closer and closer to us but we have to do our part in this process. In order for us to get comfortable in spending eternity in Heaven in the presence of God, we need to get used to being more and more like God ourselves. That means we need to grow and discard our sinful nature more and more. It's a growth process. Our Father is a spirit and we will be all spirit and discard our physical bodies after dying. God bless. |