As we near the end of our week of forgiveness, today we're going to look at a more foundational aspect of forgiveness, living without expectation of perfection. The goal today isn't to adopt

a pessimistic way of looking at the world, but to actually see others the way that God does.

God isn't surprised by our sin, but he looks at us with

eyes of hope and love. When we gain his perspective today and the peace and joy

that accompany it as we spend time in his word and his presence.

Welcome to the First of Team Podcast. Oh, Our virtue today comes from Romans 323 which says,

For all of sin and falls short of the glory of God. One of the most vital aspects of offering

continual forgiveness is living without expectation of perfection from others.

You will never meet a perfect human.

All of us suffer from the same sinful, broken condition.

And as believers, our lives are a reflection of God's grace transforming what was once

holy sinful into pictures of His love. Even in this reflection, we will never experience perfection until we pass from this world

to the next and live in perfect, uninhibited relationship with our Heavenly Father.

Some 103, 10 through 14, offers us insight into the expectations of God in regards to our sin.

May the perspective of our Heavenly Father be our model for forgiveness.

God's word says, he does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are

above the earth, so great is this steadfast love toward those who fear him, as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our

transgressions from us. As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him,

for he knows our frame. He remembers that we are dust. God offers us continual love, grace, compassion, and forgiveness, because he knows that we've come

from dust and will return to dust once again. He knows the sins and symptoms of brokenness that

entangle us. And he offers us forgiveness for our sin and grace to live rightously in the future. If we are ever going to live in the

fullness of life available to us, we must learn to be like our father. We must learn to live without an expectation of perfection from anyone.

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