The Christian’s eternal state of glorified perfection is beyond his reach in this temporal life. We are not promised it—oh, that we were!—nor is it expected of us. Only one Man in all of history was perfect during His earthly sojourn. Only He attained the pinnacle—indeed, was born perfect, and that perfection never wavered, even under a fierce barrage of temptation from His foe. No, no man of this earth will ever stand astride that pinnacle in this life.
But if we cannot reach that pinnacle, we should still climb the mountain.
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