Living Without Expectation of Perfection
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🗓️ 20 August 2022
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Summary
As we near the end of our week on 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 around us, but to actually see others the way that God does. God isn’t surprised by our sin, but looks at us with eyes of hope and love. May we gain his perspective today, and the peace and joy that accompany it, as we spend time in his word and his presence.
Our Scripture for today comes from Romans 3:23, and today's worship is Gracefully Broken by Tasha Cobbs Leonard.
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| 0:00.0 | As we mere the end of our week of forgiveness, today we're going to look at a more foundational |
| 0:09.1 | aspect of forgiveness, living without expectation of perfection. |
| 0:14.1 | The goal today isn't to adopt a pessimistic way of looking at the world, but to actually |
| 0:18.5 | see others the way that God does. |
| 0:21.3 | God isn't surprised by our sin, but he looks at us with eyes of hope and love. |
| 0:26.5 | When we gain His perspective today, and the peace enjoy that accompany it, as we spend |
| 0:31.6 | time in His Word and His Presence, welcome to the first of team podcast. |
| 0:47.0 | Our verse of today comes from Romans 3.23, which says, |
| 0:51.0 | for all of sin and false short of the glory of God. |
| 0:57.2 | One of the most vital aspects of offering continual forgiveness is living without expectation |
| 1:02.9 | of perfection from others. |
| 1:05.9 | You will never meet a perfect human. |
| 1:08.8 | All of us suffer from the same sinful, broken condition. |
| 1:13.3 | And as believers, our lives are our reflection of God's grace, transforming what was once |
| 1:18.8 | holy sinful in the pictures of His love. |
| 1:23.0 | Even in this reflection, we will never experience perfection until we pass from this world |
| 1:28.3 | to the next and live in perfect, uninhabited relationship with our Heavenly Father. |
| 1:35.2 | Some 103 10-14 offers us insight into the expectations of God in regards to our sin. |
| 1:42.7 | May the perspective of our Heavenly Father be our model for forgiveness. |
| 1:48.5 | As the Word says, He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according |
| 1:54.2 | to ouriquities. |
| 1:56.3 | For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His steadfast love toward those |
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