Welcome to the month of September 2018: Our Month of Perfection

Welcome to the month of September 2018: Our Month of Perfection

Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God Heb.6:1

Beloved, the gestation periods for humans when one conceives is usually averagely nine months. It is therefore not a coincidence that God has graciously named this ninth month of the year for us Our Month of Perfection. In bible parlance and drawing from our text scripture above, perfection means maturity or completion. I believe that all the great things that God has reserved for us for this year which He has been building us up for would come to fruition in this Month of perfection because God is really set to do great things using anyone who would make themselves available to Him.

From our text, the writer of the book of Hebrews is saying by the word of the Lord that it is time for us to move on from our lower levels of understanding unto maturity. He listed what he considers the principles of the doctrines meant for people just coming into the faith like repentance from dead works, baptisms, laying on of hands etc. The question this stirs up in our minds is; what is perfection? This is the quest we are going to be embarking on this moth because if we do not understand it we may not be able to benefit as God intends for us to do.

A close look at scripture would disclose to us that there is nothing greater in the word of God than to get to understand His nature and walk in it. In 2Pet.1:3-4, we learn that God has given unto us exceeding great and precious promises so that by them we can become partakers of divine nature. First what are these promises and second, what is divine nature?

This morning, after reading my bible, I held it close to my heart and it suddenly hit me that this is the greatest gift God has given to man after Jesus Christ. There is no question of your heart that does not have an answer in the bible. There is no problem that the bible does not provide a solution to. In fact there is really nothing that can weigh against the scriptures. We learn from 2Tim.3:16-17 and 2Pet.1:19-21 that the bible is the more sure word of prophecy and Holy men of God were moved by the Holy Spirit and given the contents of the scriptures to write. We also learn that the scriptures are profitable for doctrine and instructions in righteousness to enable us to mature and be equipped for every good work. This explains why everyone on earth today who receives and practices any provision of the scriptures benefits immensely from it.

Back to our questions about what these promises that enabled us to partake of God’s nature are; we can safely conclude that the promises are the word of God that has been reduced into writing in the form of the bible. In God’s goodness He has generously made the bible available to all. Anyone can buy a Bible and read from any part of the world and have their lives changed for the better. The beauty of this is that it is the most widely translated book on earth and still the most powerful. Anyone who adheres to it can become a partaker of divine nature. In other words, they can begin to behave like God.

For us to understand this, we want to ask what divine nature really is. From 1Jn.4:8, we learn that God is Love. In other words, divine nature is love. To enable us partake of this nature, God sent His only begotten son to die for us on Calvary’s Cross to free us from sin and make us God’s children because that is the only way we can really become like Him. The only commandment He has given to us after we embrace the new birth is that we walk in love. You will find this command and The Lord’s desire when He prayed for His disciples just before He went to the Cross in Jn.13:34-35 and Jn.17:20-26 respectively. As a matter of fact, in the second text, He actually said He desires that we be made perfect in one. Thus the proof of our maturity as believers is when we walk in unity being bound together by the love of God in our hearts.

The good news is that God answered the Lord’s Prayer when He tells us through Apostle Paul in Rom.5:5 where He writes that the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost.

In light of the above, this month, we are going to be learning more on the Love of God by looking at a series I want to call: “Understanding and walking in the Love of God.” walking in the love of God is actually the perfection of our faith and this is the state the Lord would like to find His Church when He returns because it is the love of God in the heart of any believer that guarantees that they would bear fruit for the Lord and be prepared for His soon return as a glorious Church without spot or wrinkle.

Meanwhile someone is reading this blog that would like to partake of this nature that has proven to be the healthiest and only one guaranteeing eternal life. I have good news for you. You can do so right away by saying the following prayer out loud in faith and you will be born again:

Heavenly Father,

Have mercy on me a sinner. Today, I believe that Jesus died for me and you raised Him from the dead for my Justification. I therefore declare that Jesus Christ is my Saviour and Lord and from today, I renounce the fatherhood of Satan and embrace Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord. Thank you for this father in Jesus’ name! Amen.

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