If You Want To Be Perfect: Part 1

What does it truly mean to be perfect? In our new series "If You Want To Be Perfect," we explored Matthew 19 and the story of the rich young ruler -- a man with good intentions who walked away from Jesus because he could not surrender what defined him.

Jesus told him in Matthew 19:21 that perfection is not about moral achievement or good deeds. The Greek word for perfect, "teleos," means to be complete, whole, and mature. That kind of wholeness only comes through surrender, not effort.

The question Jesus asked that young man is the same one He is asking us today: What are you still holding on to that has defined you more than God has? The only way to truly live is to die to what we have built for ourselves.

Will you walk away sadly, or will you lay it on the altar?

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