Onwards and UpwardsBeing Perfect

Isaiah 46:5, 9

Isaiah 46

5 “To whom will you compare me or count me equal?

To whom will you liken me that we may be compared?

9 Remember the former things, those of long ago;

I am God, and there is no other;

I am God, and there is none like me.

Perfection

99.9999%

• 40 unsafe plane landings at Heathrow per month• 3000 prescription drugs wrongly dispensed per day• 32000 missed heartbeats per person per year

99.9%

“The true work of art is just a shadow of divine perfection”

Divine Perfection (whole, complete, zero defect)1. God’s Nature He is the Rock, his

works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he. Deuteronomy 32:4

Divine Perfection

1. God’s Flawless Nature

2. God’s Words And the words of the

Lord are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified seven times. Psalm 12:6

Divine Perfection

1. God’s Flawless Nature

2. God’s Flawless Words

3. His Perfect Knowledge Do you know how the

clouds hang poised, those wonders of him who is perfect in knowledge? Job 37:16

Divine Perfection

1. God’s Flawless Nature

2. God’s Flawless Words

3. His Perfect Knowledge

4. God’s Perfect Morality Your eyes are too pure

to look on evil; you cannot tolerate wrong. Habakkuk 1:13

Divine Perfection

1. God’s Flawless Nature

2. God’s Flawless Words

3. His Perfect Knowledge

4. God’s Pure Morality

5. God’s Flawless Law “As for God, his way is

perfect; the word of the Lord is flawless. He is a shield for all who take refuge in him.” 2 Samuel 22:31

Divine Perfection

1. God’s Flawless Nature2. God’s Flawless Words 3. His Perfect Knowledge 4. God’s Pure Morality5. God’s Flawless Law

6. God’s Love Whoever does not love does not

know God, for God is love. God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him. 1 John 4:8-9

Divine Perfection

1. God’s Flawless Nature2. God’s Flawless Words 3. His Perfect Knowledge 4. God’s Pure Morality5. God’s Flawless Law

6. God’s Love

What about me?

God Has A Plan

What about me?

God: Perfectly Faithful

O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done marvellous things, things planned long ago. Isaiah 25:1

God Has A Plan

when perfection comes,

the imperfect disappears

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Perfect

Ascribe greatness to our God, the Rock,

His work is perfect and all His ways are just.

Ascribe greatness to our God, the Rock,

His work is perfect and all His ways are just.

A God of faithfulness and without injustice,

Good and upright is He;

A God of faithfulness and without injustice,

Good and upright is He.

Mary Lou King and Mary Kirkbride Barthow. Copyright © 1979 Peter West/ Integrity’s Hosanna! Music/ Admin. by Kingsway’s Thankyou Music. CCLI 6525