Tuesday March 17th, 2026
« Some of you may say, ‘We are free to do anything that we want to do!’ But not everything is good for you to do. You may say, ‘We are free to do anything!’ But not everything helps you to be strong as a believer »
11 Some of you were once like that. But you were cleansed; you were made holy; you were made right with God by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
12 You say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but not everything is good for you. And even though “I am allowed to do anything,” I must not become a slave to anything.
Over the past six days we learnt that God first draws you to Him and if you yield, He saves you by cleansing you with His blood.
Sanctification and baptism in the Holy Spirit then follows, after which you receive the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit.
We will round off this study today by looking at how the Lord brings His children to perfection. Our Lord Jesus said in Matthew 5:48ESV
« You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect »
In this context, perfection can be easily understood as when you only do things that edify.
There are some things that may not be regarded as sin in themselves but then, they are not edifying.
The place of perfection is when you avoid such things.
- This is when you begin to see some things that, though lawful, are not expedient for you to do, 1 Corinthians 10:23.
For example, gossip may not be viewed as a sin, but does it edify you ?
Only a few people get to this stage in their walk with Christ – where they have gone beyond just what is sin and what is not, engaging only in things that edify them while avoiding things that don’t.
- One of the signs that a person is experiencing this work of grace is that the individual will pay attention to doctrine.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 tells us that all Scripture is given by the inspiration of God and is therefore profitable, amongst other things, for doctrine which will lead you to perfection.
Thus, even when you have been performing miracles, signs and wonders, you still need to pay attention to doctrine because, Psalm 119:89GWT
« O LORD, your word is established in heaven forever »
God is therefore saying to you, whatever level you are in now, “Come up higher”.
- Don’t just stay on the level of being cleansed of all your sins, move to being sanctified.
Don’t think that the moment you can speak in tongues, then you have arrived;
go on to receiving the gifts of the Holy Spirit and then ensure you also produce the fruit thereof, so that the gifts don’t destroy you.
And lastly, be amongst the rare set of people who are made perfect, Matthew 5:48.
You have to keep going higher until you become perfect, such that people would look at you and say that you are a true child of God.
Prayer focus – Father, I want to be perfect as You are; please take me to this level, in Jesus’ name.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Posted by Naomie Joseph
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