Biblical Perfection

What in world does God want?   

We get 2 ditches: Legalism (Keep every law and be perfect) and Libertinism (Jesus paid it all so I do nothing). Both are wrong.     

Walk before me and be perfect (Gen 17:1) 

Be perfect, as your heavenly father is perfect (Matt 5:48)  

Tamim 

Shalem 

Righteousness 

Jesus and perfection  

Fulfilling the Law  

• The Hebrew and Greek terms we’ve looked at denote someone who is whole, intact, mature, and wholehearted. In no instance do they denote what our English word perfect communicates: flawless, without error.  

• To Torah called for Israel’s faithfulness to God, for whole heartedness in relation to God and his ways, and for loving-kindness/mercy that reflected God’s character. This is expressed in the idea of tamim, shalem, and telios.  

• What does God require? 12 And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in obedience to him, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13 and to observe the LORD’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good? (Deut 10:12-13)  

Tamim/Telios is to be of a God Centered, allegiant, loyal life and of God like impossible perfection.  It is about the trajectory of your life- the consistent path.