How To Be Perfect

To understand what Jesus means when he tells us to "be perfect", we need look no further than the doughnut hole.

Because in the same way that the doughnut hole does not exist without the dough, neither does our perfection exist without Christ.

• Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18  • 
 
• Psalm 119:33-40  • 
 
• 1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23  • 
 
• Matthew 5:38-48

Our Unchanging Savior

Everything else is constantly changing.  No person, theory or thing remains the same. The number of planets will change.

The number of food groups will change. The theories about global climate will change. But Christ remains yesterday, today and forever.

• Proverbs 25:6-7 and Psalm 112  • 
• Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16  • 
 
• Luke 14:1, 7-14

What Evil Fears Most

We’re not the Gerasene demoniac, but without Christ we’re like him.

Without the power of Christ in our lives, our natural tendency is to give into the self-destructive temptations of the world, the devil and our own sinful selves.

Apart from Christ, whether quick or slow, our lives devolve into a living hell.  But there is hope.

• 1 Kings 19:1-4, (5-7), 8-15a  •
•   Psalm 42 and 43   • 
 
• Galatians 3:23-29   •
   
• Luke 8:26-39