By Pr. Chen
But the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath; and he said to the crowd, “There are six days on which men ought to work; therefore come and be healed on them, and not on the Sabbath day.” The Lord then answered him and said, “Hypocrite! Does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water it?
Luke 13:14-15 NKJV
http://bible.com/114/luk.13.14-15.NKJV
→ The reason why Jesus call those people who pursuing perfection as hypocrite is that they neglect love, empathy and compassion when pursuing the goal.
The Lord will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy, O Lord , endures forever; Do not forsake the works of Your hands.
Psalms 138:8 NKJV
http://bible.com/114/psa.138.8.NKJV
Who are you to judge another’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. Indeed, he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.
Romans 14:4 NKJV
http://bible.com/114/rom.14.4.NKJV
→We often think that God wants us to be perfect, but actually, God just wants us to do our best. So don't limit ourselves in those perfection. We need to learn to accept imperfections.
What is crooked cannot be made straight, And what is lacking cannot be numbered.
Ecclesiastes 1:15 NKJV
http://bible.com/114/ecc.1.15.NKJV
And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
II Corinthians 12:9 NKJV
http://bible.com/114/2co.12.9.NKJV
→Sometimes, we want to do great things with our limited strength. But that makes us frustrated. The time we win something, is also the time we lose other things. God allows us to have imperfections, but that makes us to rely on Him more. All we do is just to cast the burden upon God.
But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.
Genesis 50:20 NKJV
http://bible.com/114/gen.50.20.NKJVs
→ Joseph had a journey with tears, but he realized that God meant it for good.
Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.
Philippians 3:12 NKJV
http://bible.com/114/php.3.12.NKJV
→ God placed a thorn in Paul. And that enabled Paul to enjoy the process when he was pursuing the goal. We should also press on and strive to the goal.
But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty;
I Corinthians 1:27 NKJV
http://bible.com/114/1co.1.27.NKJV
And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years—on that very same day—it came to pass that all the armies of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt.
Exodus 12:41 NKJV
http://bible.com/114/exo.12.41.NKJV
→ We belong to Jesus, and we should performance but not perfection. We should improve ourselves day by day and year by year.
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