Doctrine of Being Perfect as Jesus Commanded

One Doctrine of being “PERFECT” as Jesus commanded and its relevance to eternal salvation: Here are some precepts and Holy Scriptures:

“Without Holiness no man shall see God!”

Jesus said, “Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.” As Jesus said to purify our hearts. Husbands have the extra spiritual duty of help guarding the issues of the hearts of their wives. However in government for Christians to give place in their hearts to other gods is forbidden as the First Commandment in the Ten Commandments in government results in more difficulty in seeing God as idols and gods block Christians’ vision to see the face of God.

1Pe 1:15* but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior;
1Pe 1:16 because it is written, “YOU SHALL BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY.”

Matthew 5:48
“Therefore you are to be PERFECT, as your heavenly Father is PERFECT."

"PERFECT" Strongs 5046. teleios; from 5056; having reached its end, i.e. complete, by ext. PERFECT: —complete(2), mature(4), more PERFECT(1), PERFECT(12).

24 Jesus said to them, “Is this not the reason you are mistaken, that you do not understand the Scriptures or the power of God? 25 “For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven."

Angels have free will. Man was created in the image and likeness of God, therefore God has a free will. God's will never changes. Free-Will will always be free will in heaven. For some to say that "free will" is "frozen" or "actualized" is to do violence to the Scripture and is error against the Word of God.

One sees a progression of steps or sequence of events before Lucifer fell from Heaven. First Lucifer allowed pride to fill his heart and was full of pride. Secondly Lucifer turned a third of the angels against God which must of taken some time as God creates huge numbers of everything as the universe full of stars indicates. Finally Lucifer moved to begin his ascent to the visible throne of God, made so angels could relate to an infinite CREATOR as Lucifer was naive enough to want to replace God rulership with his own.

The same example of sequence of events of the apostasy of angels and men which can be expected in Heaven in eternity as God NEVER changes. Therefore it will NOT be "once saved, always saved" in Heaven in eternity. Men will always have the option to turn away from God and be thrown into the Lake of Fire.

Therefore the final estate or position of Christians is relative to their want and actions to draw near to the face of God. God will not force anyone to become close to Him as He has ordained the free will of each man, woman and child is involved.

Isa 58:2 “Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that did righteousness and did not forsake the ordinance of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments, they delight to draw near to God.”
Heb 7:19* “(for the law made nothing PERFECT); on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.”
Heb 7:25* “Consequently he is able for all time to save those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.”
Heb 11:6* “And without faith it is impossible to please him. For whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.”
Jas 4:8* “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you men of double mind.”

God invites us to draw near to Him, if we want to and will it so, and we have to repent of our sins and put our idols away forever. Otherwise we cannot draw near to God in those areas of our hearts and lives that idols occupy. For example “do not give the devil a place.” As the BIRDS of the air make their place in the tree of heaven. Satan is titled “the prince and power of the air.”

Matthew 13:31* Another parable he put before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field;
32* it is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the BIRDS of the air come and make nests in its branches.” (Note: Christians are allegorically birds such as “eagles” and the Holy Spirit as a “dove.”

Just as ancient Israel was spiritually unfaithful so the United States is seducing the nations with Hollywood and to make the United Nations World Government their government, including the coming “Shock and Awe” of the consequences of diabolical free trade in the financial markets and central banks so a broken and ruined world economy will cry to be unified under the United Nations World government nations’ and unified central banks, when the Bible FORBIDS making treaties with God’s enemies and selling your nation to foreigners. The United States as Revelation has written is “selling the minds, souls and bodies of men” as in television advertising and even sinning selling the airwaves themselves to sin. Predatory Capitalism is a forbidden religion where it hurts people and turns people from God to the idolatry absolute capital accumulation in Revelation 18. The USA is becoming the prison of every “hateful bird” and demon as the forbidden pantheon of all religions and their devils. God Almighty and the Holy Spirit says, “Islam is an abomination,” as an example and not to be encouraged in a Christian nation as God desires the United States to be.

Revelation 18:1
After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was illumined with his glory. 2 And he cried out with a mighty voice, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a dwelling place of demons and a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful bird. 3 “For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the passion of her immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed acts of immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich by the wealth of her sensuality.”
Romans 6:13* Do not yield your members to sin as instruments of wickedness. Every place we give to sin is a place we cannot give to the Holy Spirit and hinders those who wish to draw close to God.

As the early American colonies were all Christian by law to some extent, it remains God's will for Christians today to repent and invite God and Jesus as King of Kings to rule the nation. Jesus said "if you love Me, you will obey Me." Many Christians tacitly say "we hate you Jesus in government and government schools” and deny "Jesus is Lord" and refuse to obey God and Jesus in government and public schools. As a result the Christians are going to be silenced by their enemies in government. It is NOT that Jesus is somehow wrong for government, it is the Christians who have said "we will NOT obey you Jesus in government" or simply Christians say they hate Jesus in government and are ashamed of Him in the United States Government. According to a Gallup Poll 94% of K-12 students do not believe the Bible by the time for them to graduate high-school. Christians who send their children to public school usually hate God and Jesus in government and as a result they usually also hate their children by sending them to have their souls eternally damned by the public school. The sins of unbelief and willing ignorance cannot be excused as Hebrews 3 has written “if we go on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for their sins.”

The Christians need to mobilize for God and Jesus back in government instead of serving the "New Religion of Civil Government" as Thomas Jefferson put it. It is truly a choice of serving a "Demonocracy versus a Theocracy for the United States government where all Christians may serve according to their free will and conscience. The ONLY solution now to repent of opposing God’s Kingdom on Earth is to advocate the Christian America Constitutional Amendment.

It is Not God's Fault why America is an antichrist nation, rather Christians are to be blamed for apathy and sometimes active opposition to God and Jesus in government. Christians actually oppose a Christian theocracy in their rebellion and unbelief to Jesus our Lord. As a result of rejecting Jesus King of Kings ruling in government and public schools, Jesus has turned America over to be ruled by our enemies in the United Nations World Government and sold lot, stock and barrel to foreign nations which is forbidden in the Old Testament also as God never changes. When Christians pray "Thy Kingdom Government Be On Earth" they usually mean as a fairy tale in their hearts and NOT in physical government and spiritual reality for the most part.

Philippians 3:12
“Not that I have already obtained it or have already become PERFECT, but I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. 13 Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward CALL of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let us therefore, as many as are PERFECT, have this ATTITUDE; and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that also to you; 16 however, let us keep living by that same standard to which we have attained.

The Holy Scripture says Jesus is our example, NOT our impossible example. As a result putting Jesus Christ on the pedestal as an impossible idol of PERFECT that we cannot attain to. One should exhort each other daily, though Apostle Paul had not attained all that Jesus wanted for him, Paul still tried and so should we.

John 17 has written that Jesus prayed, that we all become “one” and attain to the same relationship He has with our heavenly Father.
Joh 17:11 “And now I am no more in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name, which thou hast given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.”
Joh 17:22 “The glory which thou hast given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one”

To the Church of Philadelphia God makes plain His will is for Christians to love one another in order to be a pillar in His presence. The Angel Gabriel stands in the presence of God and Gabriel means “God is my warrior.” The closer Christians get to the face of God the more God's power is present. That is one of the reasons why we are commanded daily to seek His face. God wants warriors with zeal for His House, Christians wearing the Armor of God written in Ephesians in His presence and not wimps. “You are the house (temple) of God” and it is written, “Zeal for Your House consumes me!”

Christians who are unwilling to obey God and Jesus in government of the United States are probably unwilling to obey God’s will in government in heaven. As a result their remaining in Heaven for eternity is at risk as God will not always sinning, as the time for Judgement approaches and being cast into the Lake of Fire as the result of rebellion against the leading of the Holy Spirit of God.

Just as the stars differ in glory so shall the saints differ in glory in heaven. That means different rewards for different saints based upon levels of obedience and acts of faith and how many areas their members have given over to sin. Rebellion against God’s Kingdom on Earth in government as it is in Heaven is one example why not all saints shall be the same distance from God. Hebrews 11: 35* “Women received their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, that they might rise again to a better life.” Better righteous works and more righteous works results in a better reward in eternity.

Jesus acknowledged there was variation on rewards in heaven from the greatest to the least in Matthew 18:1-4.

Simply, if Christians do not want to be up close as possible to the Face of God through Jesus, then as a result they want to be further away because it makes them uncomfortable to be in the presence of God and Jesus as they prefer their idols. Or as Corinthians warns, Christians love to eat at the table of the Lord and at the table of demons. Christians love their demons in government, or they would repent and love God and Jesus in government enough to do something as the “hand finds to do.”
1Jo 4:18* There is no fear in love; but PERFECT love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not PERFECTed in love.

For best results in Heaven, God’s Doctrine of being PERFECT is to be taught and obeyed. Amen

Matthew 5:47
“If you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? 48 “Therefore you are to be PERFECT, as your heavenly Father is PERFECT.
Matthew 6:1
“Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.
Acts 3:15
but put to death the Prince of life, the one whom God raised from the dead, a fact to which we are witnesses. 16 “And on the basis of faith in His name, it is the name of Jesus which has strengthened this man whom you see and know; and the faith which comes through Him has given him this PERFECT health in the presence of you all.
Acts 3:17
“And now, brethren, I know that you acted in ignorance, just as your rulers did also.
Romans 12:1
“Therefore aI urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and PERFECT.”
Romans 12:3
For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.
1Corinthians 13:9
“For we know in part and we prophesy in part; 10 but when the PERFECT comes, the partial will be done away. 11 When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things.”
Philippians 1:5
“in view of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now. 6 For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will PERFECT it until the day of Christ Jesus. 7 For it is only right for me to feel this way about you all, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers of grace with me.”
Philippians 3:11
“in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.”
Philippians 3:12
“Not that I have already obtained it or have already become PERFECT, but I press on so that I may clay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. 13 Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let us therefore, as many as are PERFECT, have this attitude; and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that also to you; 16 however, let us keep living by that same standard to which we have attained.”
Colossians 3:13
“bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you. 14 Beyond all these things put on love, which is the PERFECT bond of unity. 15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in bone body; and be thankful.”
Colossians 4:11
“and also Jesus who is called Justus; these are the only fellow workers for the kingdom of God who are from the circumcision, and they have proved to be an encouragement to me.” 12 “Epaphras, who is one of your number, a bondslave of Jesus Christ, sends you his greetings, always laboring earnestly for you in his prayers, that you may stand PERFECT and fully assured in all the will of God. 13 For I testify for him that he has 1a deep concern for you and for those who are in Laodicea and Hierapolis.”
1Timothy 1:15
“It is a trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, among whom dI am foremost of all. 16 Yet for this reason I found mercy, so that in me as the foremost, Jesus Christ might demonstrate His PERFECT patience as an example for those who would believe in Him for eternal life. 17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.”
Hebrews 2:9
“But we do see Him who was made for a little while lower than the angels, namely, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.”
Hebrews 2:10
“For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to PERFECT the author of their salvation through sufferings. 11 For both He who sanctifies and those who bare sanctified are all from one Father; for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren.”
Hebrews 5:8
“Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered. 9 And having been made PERFECT, He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation, 10 being designated by God as a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.”
Hebrews 7:18
“For, on the one hand, there is a setting aside of a former commandment because of its weakness and uselessness 19 (for the Law made nothing PERFECT), and on the other hand there is a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God. 20 And inasmuch as it was not without an oath”
Hebrews 7:27
“who does not need daily, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people, because this He did once for all when He offered up Himself. 28 For the Law appoints men as high priests who are weak, but the word of the oath, which came after the Law, appoints a Son, made PERFECT forever.”
Hebrews 8:1
“Now the main point in what has been said is this: we have such a high priest, who has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,”
Hebrews 9:8
“The Holy Spirit is signifying this, that the way into the holy place has not yet been disclosed while the outer tabernacle is still standing, 9 which is a symbol for the present time. Accordingly both gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot make the worshiper PERFECT in conscience, 10 since they relate only to food and drink and various washings, regulations for the body imposed until a time of reformation.”
Hebrews 9:11
“But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things to come, He entered through the greater and more PERFECT tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation; 12 and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.”
Hebrews 9:28
“so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him.”
Hebrews 10:1
“For the Law, since it has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the very form of things, can never, by the same sacrifices which they offer continually year by year, make PERFECT those who draw near. 2 Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, because the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have had consciousness of sins?”
Hebrews 11:39
“And all these, having gained approval through their faith, did not receive what was promised, 40 because God had provided something better for us, so that apart from us they would not be made PERFECT.”
Hebrews 12:1
“Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,”
Hebrews 12:22
“But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, 23 to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who bare enrolled in heaven, and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made PERFECT, 24 and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks better than the blood of Abel.”
James 1:3
“knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 4 And let endurance have its PERFECT result, so that you may be PERFECT and complete, lacking in nothing.”
James 1:5
“But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and bit will be given to him.”
James 1:16
“Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren. 17 Every good thing given and every PERFECT gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow. 18 In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we would be 1a kind of first fruits among His creatures.”
James 1:24
“for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was. 25 But one who looks intently at the PERFECT law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in what he does.”
James 1:26
“If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless.”
James 3:1
“Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing that as such we will incur a stricter judgment. 2 For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a PERFECT man, able to bridle the whole body as well. 3 Now if we put the bits into the horses’ mouths so that they will obey us, we direct their entire body as well.”
1Peter 5:9
“But resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren who are in the world. 10 After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself PERFECT, confirm, strengthen and establish you. 11 To Him be dominion forever and ever. Amen.”
1John 4:17
“By this, love is PERFECTed with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment; because as He is, so also are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but PERFECT love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not PERFECTed in love. 19 We love, because He first loved us.” Amen

Grace, Respect and Love Always in God and Jesus.
Rev. William Burk