Over the past couple of weeks we've worked through the idea of being salt and light in the world, and then Jesus' re-interpretation of the words of the law seemed to raise the bar out of reach for most of us. This week, Jesus apparently raises it even further with his instruction to turn the other cheek, and carry the extra mile. He tops it all off in the final verse of Matthew 5: "Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect."We're left wondering what Jesus really means here? Is he really expecting that we can deliver perfection? Is this a ploy to make us feel like failures, to reinforce the fact that grace is the only way out for us? Or is there something else here?
Join us Sunday morning at 9:30 for worship as we struggle together with what it means to be perfect both as individuals and as a community.
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