Moving Heavenward

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Moving Heavenward Matthew 548
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Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your
Father in heaven is perfect.
Matthew 548 (NKJ)
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Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is
perfect.
Matthew 548 (NIV)
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Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly
Father is perfect.
Matthew 548 (NAS)
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Moving Heavenward Matthew 548
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ACCEPTING THIS CHALLENGE
The demand
Unreasonable
_____________ ____________
Reasonable
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ACCEPTING THIS CHALLENGE
The understanding
new
Not _____
So be careful to do what the Lord your God has
commanded you do not turn aside to the right or
to the left. Walk in all the way the Lord your
God has commanded you Deuteronomy 532-33
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ACCEPTING THIS CHALLENGE
impossible
Not ___________
Jesus replied, What is impossible with men is
possible with God. Luke 1827
It is God who arms me with strength and makes my
way perfect. Psalm 1832
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ACCEPTING THIS CHALLENGE
sinlessness
Not ___________
This, then, is how you should pray forgive us
our trespasses (debts) Matthew 69,12
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IMPLEMENTING THIS CHALLENGE
The explanation
Other meanings
Fully devoted
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Blameless
Upright in the sight of God
As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart
after other gods and his heart was not fully
devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of
David his father had been. 1 Kings 114
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IMPLEMENTING THIS CHALLENGE
The process
choice
Make the right _______
But only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen
what is better, and it will not be taken away
from her. Luke 1042
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IMPLEMENTING THIS CHALLENGE
good
Believe God is ______
When Jesus heard this, He said to him, You
still lack one thing Luke 1822
completion
Focus on ___________
Not that I have already obtained all this, or
have already been made perfect, but I press on
for which God has called me heavenwards in Christ
Jesus. Philippians 312-13
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Moving Heavenward Matthew 548