Matthew 5:48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Perfection is the agenda of God for every one of us because in the beginning everything he created was perfectly made, there was no record of him going back to correct anything. Genesis 1:31 (And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day). When sin entered the world, corruption was born and the issue of correction started until Jesus came to the world. The blood of Jesus is our correction fluid that erases every error that man made and once it is applied nothing can be done to make it visible again. The work of the correction fluid is to make it possible for the person to re-write his or her original intention. When we plead the blood of Jesus on our lives and ask him to wipe out all our iniquity; he will not just wipe it out; he will also make it possible for his original purpose for our life to become obvious for all to see.
Colossians 2:13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; 14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
When Adam and Eve sinned they hid themselves from God; He could not see them even though they were there (Genesis 3:1-12). What sin does is to hide you away from the glaring view of the Living God because He says that be ye holy because He is Holy and also that His eyes cannot behold your iniquity (1 Peter 1:16, Habakkuk 1:13). Matthew 27:50 (Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;)
The sacrifice of Jesus removes the veil that sin has used to separate us from God; if He is not seeing you how would he know your situation and even to make an attempt to change your story. God created a perfect man but sin has turned man into a monster that even God himself despises the appearance of what he has created. Genesis 3:3 (But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die). Their original image that made them perfect and put them in the class of God died when they disobeyed God´s instruction. To be made alive again blood needs to be shed and that is why God killed animals and used the skin to cover Adam and Eve so that he could manage them but that was not enough. To be made perfect again Jesus Christ has to come as a sacrifice for the atonement of our sin. It would be an error not to take advantage of what God provided for our perfection. Hebrews 10:4 (For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. 5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: 6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. 7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God). The blood continues to clean us until we get that perfect image of Him that He created us to be in the first place. To be able to do the will of God you need the blood of Jesus as a defense against the spirit of disobedience which is Satan himself.
Hebrews 10:19 (Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; 21 And having an high priest over the house of God; 22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) 24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works):
The blood of Jesus is what gives us boldness to appear before God because we know that he has wiped out our iniquities and we can be presented as a virgin undefiled to God. The journey towards perfection is a choice and it starts from knowing that you need salvation; you need a change of heart; that you want to make things right and be close to God. God will not force you to do anything without your will; there must be a willing heart of repentance because without repentance there is no forgiveness of sin and without forgiveness of sin there is no change of story. Friends, the blood of Jesus is available to blot out the evil handwriting that is against you but you need to ask him for forgiveness first by praying this salvation prayer below and be cleansed forever, in Jesus name.
Lord Jesus, I come to you today, I am a sinner, and I cannot help myself, forgive me my sins, and cleanse me with your precious blood. Deliver me from sin and Satan to serve the living God. Lord Jesus, I accept you as my Lord and saviour. Now I know I am Born Again, Amen.
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