Matthew 5:48

Last night, I had a dream about this, and I thought it was significant enough to write about it.

Matthew 5:48 says, "Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect."

I think there are times this verse is taken out of context. It does not mean that we will never sin or that God expects us to never sin. It does not mean that we need to do or not do something in order to be perfect.

What it means is that as soon as we accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, God sees us through the lens of Christ; therefore He sees us through the perfection of his Son.

We are perfect because that's how God views His children. Hebrews 10:14 says, "because by one sacrifice He has made perfect those who are being made holy."

Perfection is not something we strive for. God's children are perfect because Jesus' sacrifice allows us to share in the perfection and holiness with our heavenly Father.