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We will not have PERFECT freedom from sin until we cross the great divide. That is the reality. Until then, sin will strike ANYONE, anytime at any moment.

You are living below the privileges that Christ died to give you, my friend.

Sin only has power over those who refuse to submit their wills to God and refuse to believe in the power and the truth of the Gospel.

There is a higher plain available to you my friend and Jesus stands willing and ready to lift you up to that plain.

Furthermore, why would Jesus command us "To be Holy as I am Holy" if he had not provided a manner in which to attain this state?

God is a loving, compassionate and faithful God. He does not command us to do things that with his help we are unable to do.

Jesus command us "To be Holy as I am Holy" if he had not provided a manner in which to attain this state?

You already admit that a great number of pastors are shaming Christianity because they have not attained this state.

I know of many pastors, priests, deacons and elders who tell me what their personal weaknesses are. Many struggle with it and pray about it. However, I am thankful that those I know do not ACT or COMMIT sin outwardly. Therefore, I do not conclude that even when I know that they have these struggles, they are therefore unqualified to serve ( you seem to be telling me that they should be disqualified on that basis).

Are you telling me that there is no huge difference between thinking about something and actually DOING IT ? That a person should be disqualified from a position of Christian leadership simply because he is struggling with something in his heart even when he is really praying for strength to overcome it?