Biblical Perfection

What in world does God want?   


We get 2 ditches: Legalism (Keep every law and be perfect) and
Libertinism (Jesus paid it all so I do nothing). Both are wrong.
    


Walk before me and be perfect (Gen 17:1) 


Be perfect, as your heavenly father is perfect (Matt 5:48)  


Tamim 


Shalem 


Righteousness 


Jesus and perfection  


Fulfilling the Law  


• The Hebrew and Greek terms we’ve looked at denote someone who
is whole, intact, mature, and wholehearted. In no instance do
they denote what our English word perfect communicates: flawless,
without error.  


• To Torah called for Israel’s faithfulness to God, for whole
heartedness in relation to God and his ways, and for
loving-kindness/mercy that reflected God’s character. This is
expressed in the idea of tamim, shalem, and telios.  


• What does God require? 12 And now, Israel, what does the LORD
your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in
obedience to him, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with
all your heart and with all your soul, 13 and to observe the
LORD’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your
own good? (Deut 10:12-13)  


Tamim/Telios is to be of a God Centered, allegiant, loyal life
and of God like impossible perfection.  It is about the
trajectory of your life- the consistent path.