“Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.” Matthew 5:48
What does the law of God require of us? In Leviticus 19:2, God says, “Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.” Jesus taught, “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.” God’s commandments require not just a good effort but perfect and complete obedience in our thoughts, desires, words, and actions. We all come short. We are all condemned sinners. That is why we look in faith to Christ’s holy life and His innocent sufferings and death on the cross for our salvation!
We are guilty, O God. We have not kept Your holy commandments. Grant us pardon for our sins and a place in Your everlasting kingdom for the sake of the holy life and atoning sacrifice of Christ Jesus, our Savior. Amen.
[Scripture is taken from the Revised Webster Version of the Bible.]