“As long as I remain imperfect and refractory, neither obeying God by practising the commandments nor becoming perfect in spiritual knowledge, Christ from my point of view also appears imperfect and refractory because of me. For I diminish and cripple Him by not growing in spirit with Him, since I am 'the body of Christ and one of its members' (I Cor. 12:27).” LongBodyChristianSpiritualSpiritChristPerfectViewsGrowingBecomingMembersPoint Of ViewOrthodoxImperfectCommandmentsDiminishObeyingCripplesBody Of ChristSpiritual KnowledgeObeying GodBecoming Perfect Author:Maximus the Confessor
“This is the highest honour of the Church, that, until He is united to us, the Son of God reckons himself in some measure imperfect. What consolation is it for us to learn, that, not until we are along with him, does he possess all his parts, or wish to be regarded as complete! Hence, in the First Epistle to the Corinthians, when the apostle discusses largely the metaphor of a human body, he includes under the single name of Christ the whole Church.” FirstsHumansDoeWholeBodyNamesWishChristChurchUnitedSonHighestMetaphorHonourImperfectConsolationHuman BodyApostlesCorinthians Author:John Calvin
“I would know any man as a Christian, would rejoice to know any man as a Christian, whom Jesus would recognize as a Christian; and Jesus Christ, I am sure, in these old days recognized His followers even if they came after Him with the blindest sight, with the most imperfect recognition and acknowledgment of what He was and of what He could do.” IfsKnowsMenSoulChristianJesusChristJesus ChristSightRecognitionFollowersImperfectRejoiceOld DaysAcknowledgment Author:Phillips Brooks
“I'm certainly an imperfect man. And it's only by the blood of Jesus Christ that I've been redeemed from my sins. So I know that God doesn't call me to do a specific thing, God hasn't given me a list, a Ten Commandments of things to act on the first day. What God calls us to do is follow his will. And ultimately that's what I'm going to try to do.” KnowsMenTryingFirstsJesusGivenChristSinBloodTenJesus ChristListsCall MeImperfectCommandmentsRedeemedTen CommandmentsPerfect ManBlood Of JesusImperfect Man Author:Scott Walker