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this: If this cannot be done, why did God say it?
It's sort of like a passage in Matthew 5, verse
48, that says, “Be ye therefore perfect, even as
your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” Now,
we've got to get a definition of the word
"perfect." We say a lot of times, "Well, no man
is perfect," and we can use it that way. We're
not perfect creatures in that sense, but the
biblical definition of “perfect” has the idea of
maturity, coming into the faith. So if God said
it, then can it be done? You better not say no.
God said it, so it can be done. So if God says
that we're to be holy in our Christian walk, then
it can be done. That's my point with reading
this. It says in verse 16, “Because it is written,
Be ye holy; for I am holy.” This was written
about 60, 65 AD, written to New Testament
saints. You know, somebody would want to say
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