Today we will discuss the issues of not being perfect in the light of the Holy Bible. We always try to be perfect in life but the Word of God teaches us something else about this. We are human so we have mistakes in our actions and thoughts and because of our mistakes we hurt God.
Moses was God’s chosen leader but he doubted God. He had seen many wonderful works of God with his own eyes before but he could not be perfect. On the other hand if we discuss his physical constitution then we will see that God used him a lot but he had an obstacle in speaking. In this case he was not physically perfect either.
If we think about King David then we will see that he was a man after God’s own heart but he also made mistakes. You sinned against God by committing adultery.
Dear brothers and sisters let us never suffer unnecessarily in our hearts about our imperfections or mistakes. None of us can be perfect in this world today but in our journey of faith we will try to glorify God with our utmost.
Dear friends, now let’s look at the following Bible scriptures that talk about not being perfect.
Romans 12:2 : —
“Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, acceptable, perfect, will of God”
Romans 3:10 : —
“As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one”
Romans 3:23 : —
“For all have sinned, come short of the glory of God”
Romans 5:8 : —
“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us”
Romans 7:18 : —
“For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not”
Romans 8:1 : —
“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit”
Romans 8:37 : —
“Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us”
Philippians 1:6 : —
“Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ”
Philippians 3:12 : —
“Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus”
Philippians 4:13 : —
“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me”
James 3:2 : —
“For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body”
James 4:10 : —
“Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, he shall lift you up”
Ecclesiastes 7:20 : —
“For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, sinneth not”
Psalm 103:14 : —
“For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust”
Psalm 130:3-4 : —
“If thou, Lord , shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared”
Psalm 139:14 : —
“I will praise thee; for I am fearfully wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; that my soul knoweth right well”
Psalm 51:5 : —
“Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; in sin did my mother conceive me”
Proverbs 20:9 : —
“Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?”
Proverbs 3:5-6 : —
“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; lean not unto thine own understandingIn all thy ways acknowledge him, he shall direct thy paths”
Galatians 2:16 : —
“Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified”
Galatians 5:16-17 : —
“This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, ye shall not fulfil the lust of the fleshFor the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, the Spirit against the flesh: these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would”
Galatians 5:22-23 : —
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faithMeekness, temperance: against such there is no law”
Galatians 6:1 : —
“Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted”
Colossians 1:28 : —
“Whom we preach, warning every man, teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus”
Colossians 2:10 : —
“Ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality power”
Colossians 3:13 : —
“Forbearing one another, forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye”
Ephesians 1:4 : —
“According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy without blame before him in love”
Ephesians 2:8-9 : —
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; that not of yourselves: it is the gift of GodNot of works, lest any man should boast”
Ephesians 4:2 : —
“With all lowliness meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love”
Isaiah 40:31 : —
“But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, not be weary; they shall walk, not faint”
Isaiah 55:8-9 : —
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LordFor as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, my thoughts than your thoughts”
Isaiah 64:6 : —
“But we are all as an unclean thing, all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; we all do fade as a leaf; our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away”
Matthew 19:26 : —
“But Jesus beheld them, said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible”
Matthew 5:48 : —
“Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect”
Matthew 9:12-13 : —
“But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sickBut go ye learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance”
Hebrews 10:10 : —
“By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all”
Hebrews 10:14 : —
“For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified”
Hebrews 13:20-21 : —
“Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenantMake you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever ever. Amen”
Hebrews 4:15 : —
“For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin”
Titus 3:5 : —
“Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, renewing of the Holy Ghost”
John 15:5 : —
“I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing”
John 1:14 : —
“The Word was made flesh, dwelt among us, (we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace truth”
John 3:16 : —
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life”
Luke 18:19 : —
“Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God”
Jude 1:24 : —
“Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy”