BE PERFECT
I. Read Matthew 5:48
What is the context?
B. What light do the following passages shed?
1. 1 Peter 1:13-16
2. Leviticus 19:2
C. What is Jesus saying here?
II. How do the following passages apply to the admonition to be perfect?
Matthew 7:5
B. Matthew 5:21-22
C. Matthew 5:27-28
III. Read 1 Peter 2:9.
What kind of people are we called to be?
B. How can we truly be a holy people?
IV. How are we made holy, or perfect?
Hebrews 10:10
B. Hebrews 10:14
V. What encouragement is found in 1 Peter 2:21-22?
VI. What comfort might we find in Romans 7:14-20
VII. Questions to ponder.
What is the difference between being perfect and being a perfectionist?
What does this lesson teach us about the dangers of hypocrisy?