SINLESS AND PERFECT

SINLESS AND PERFECT 

John 3:5-6 Jesus Answered, Verily, Verily, I Say Unto Thee, Except A Man Be Born Of Water And Of The Spirit, He Cannot Enter Into The Kingdom Of God. That Which Is Born Of The Flesh Is Flesh, And THAT WHICH IS BORN OF THE SPIRIT IS SPIRIT.

1 John 3:9 WHOSOEVER IS BORN OF GOD DOTH NOT COMMIT SIN; FOR HIS SEED REMAINETH IN HIM: AND HE CANNOT SIN, BECAUSE HE IS BORN OF GOD.

Romans 6:14 For Sin Shall Not Have Dominion Over You: For Ye Are Not Under The Law, BUT UNDER GRACE.

Romans 8:16 The Spirit Itself Beareth Witness With Our Spirit, That WE ARE THE CHILDREN OF GOD:

Romans 3:22 EVEN THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD WHICH IS BY FAITH OF JESUS CHRIST UNTO ALL AND UPON ALL THEM THAT BELIEVE: For There Is No Difference:

Romans 8:9 BUT YE ARE NOT IN THE FLESH, BUT IN THE SPIRIT, IF SO BE THAT THE SPIRIT OF GOD DWELL IN YOU. NOW IF ANY MAN HAS NOT THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST, HE IS NONE OF HIS.

2 Corinthians 5:17 THEREFORE IF ANY MAN BE IN CHRIST, HE IS A NEW CREATURE: OLD THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY; BEHOLD, ALL THINGS ARE BECOME NEW.

Romans 8:29 For Whom He Did Foreknow, He Also Did Predestinate To Be Conformed To The Image Of His Son, That He Might Be The Firstborn Among Many Brethren.

Now I wrote all of these Holy Scriptures so that you can see that after Salvation we become New Creatures In Christ Jesus. We are sinless in The Eyes Of The Holy GOD! 

Being sinless is how The Holy Spirit can work in our lives and makes us be conformed to The Image Of His Son, to be Christ-like. After Salvation, The Spirit Of Christ Comes Into Us And LIVES, He Makes Us ALIVE IN GOD. The Holy Spirit makes changes in us that are pleasing to GOD. The only way we know what pleases GOD Is By The Holy Spirit. 

That is the Sinless explanation.

I wrote all of that so you will understand that there is however a difference between Sinless and Perfect.

Now for Perfect.

1 Corinthians 13:10 But When That Which Is Perfect Is Come, Then That Which Is In Part Shall Be Done Away.

Philippians 3:11-12 If By Any Means I Might Attain Unto The Resurrection Of The Dead. Not As Though I Had Already Attained, Either Were Already Perfect: But I Follow After If That I May Apprehend That For Which Also I Am Apprehended Of Christ Jesus.

This Perfect is talking about Heaven, our lives there. Paradise where everything is Perfect. Here on this earth surrounded by evil and sinfulness, we have not attained our full Inheritance that is to come.

There are other Scriptures that mention the word Perfect, let's look at them now.

1 Corinthians 2:6 Howbeit We Speak Wisdom Among Them That Are Perfect: Yet Not The Wisdom Of This World, Nor Of The Princes Of This World, That Come To Nought:

Galatians 3:2-3 This Only Would I Learn Of You, Received Ye The Spirit By The Works Of The Law, Or By The Hearing Of Faith? Are Ye So Foolish? Having Begun In The Spirit, Are Ye Now Made Perfect By The Flesh?

Hebrews 10:14 For By One Offering He Hath Perfected For Ever Them That Are Sanctified.

These Scriptures are talking about us being Perfect Now, Through Christ Jesus, which will seem like a contradiction when the next Scriptures are read, so I will write these now and explain afterward.

Hebrews 6:1 Therefore Leaving The Principles Of The Doctrine Of Christ, Let Us Go On Unto Perfection; Not Laying Again The Foundation Of Repentance From Dead Works And Of Faith Toward God,

1 Peter 5:10 But The God Of All Grace, Who Hath Called Us Unto His Eternal Glory By Christ Jesus, After That Ye Have Suffered A While, Make You Perfect, Stablish, Strengthen, Settle You.

Hebrews 13:21 Make You Perfect In Every Good Work To Do His Will, Working In You That Which Is Wellpleasing In His Sight, Through Jesus Christ; To Whom Be Glory For Ever And Ever. Amen.

See how some of The Scriptures are saying ARE MADE PERFECT AND SOME ARE SAYING YOU WILL BE MADE PERFECT? Some get all of these Scriptures confused, or they try to link them together, but let's look at them as separate thoughts, like the writers intended. 

Like I said before, The Holy Spirit is conforming us in The Image Of Christ Jesus, so we are being Perfected, but if we died right now we would go to Heaven because we are Perfect through The Sacrifice Of Christ Jesus. There is a work that The Holy Spirit does, and that Work is  conforming us to The Image Of 

Christ. The longer we are on this earth, the longer The Holy Spirit has to Perfect us from dead works. The dead works are the works of The LAW, which some people believe that if they keep The LAW they will be Perfect In The Eyes Of GOD. We Are Perfect Only Through Faith In Christ Jesus And His Sacrifice Alone.

Hebrews 7:19 For The LAW Made Nothing Perfect, But The Bringing In Of A Better HOPE DID; By THE WHICH We Draw Nigh Unto God.

THAT HOPE IS JESUS THE CHRIST AND JESUS IS HOW WE DRAW NEAR TO GOD!!!

Donna K Purifoy

12/26/2021