Peculiar, you could say, (Deut 14:2)
His laws within their heart, (Deut. 11:18)
They walk in all His ways, (Deut 5:33)
Resisting the devil, (James 4:7)
While drawing nigh unto Him, (James 4:8)
Desiring to be His express image,
No longer a servant to sin (Romans 6:17)
"Be ye perfect," (Matt 5:48)
Jesus said on the mount,
As your Father in heaven is perfect,
Leaving no room for any doubt,
David's heart was perfect, (I Kings 11:4)
Desiring all God's holy ways,
Striving to live in mercy
And love in all his days
"Nobody's perfect"
The world will always say,
If that is your hope, ( Hebrews 11:1)
Perfection you'll not obtain
Striving for imperfection??
An achievement you can surely make,
God wants our goals set higher,
Our whole life perfection takes.
I Chr 16:29
Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name : bring an offering , and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness .
Deut 14:2
For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God , and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth
Deut. 11:18
Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul , and bind them for a sign upon your hand , that they may be as frontlets between your eyes .
Deut 5:33
Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live , and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess .
James 4:7-8
Submit yourselves therefore to God . Resist the devil , and he will flee from you .
Draw nigh to God , and he will draw nigh to you . Cleanse your hands , ye sinners ; and purify your hearts , ye double minded .
Romans 6:17
But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for , the evidence of things not seen .
Matt 5:48
Be ye therefore perfect , even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect
I Kings 11:4
For it came to pass, when Solomon was old , that his wives turned away his heart after other gods : and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God , as was the heart of David his father .
Psalm 138:8
The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
Deut 15:5
Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day.
Ephesians 4:12-13
For the perfecting of the saints , for the work of the ministry , for the edifying of the body of Christ :
Till we all come in the unity of the faith , and of the knowledge of the Son of God , unto a perfect man , unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ :