[JHavard]

Ok, this is the part that stumps me. Our flesh is sinful and regardless of how hard we try we still sin ( even if unintentionally)so how can we be perfect?

Ask yourself, the part of you that sins, is it your flesh, or the Spirit of Christ? The flesh will die, leaving only the Spirit of Christ that will be quickened to eternal life.

When you sin now, it only effects the flesh, not our Spirit that is now protected by Christ Spirit, which can not sin.

You seem to be considering your flesh as the heart of a person, but its simply a covering that will be discarded when you die, and it’s what pleasures in sin in us now. When your sinful flesh dies, it’ll have no effect on your spirit that Christ has indwelled in you.

The Jews also worried about the appearance of the outward flesh, over the inner heart, which was what God saw, not their outward righteousness.

We’ll never be able to truly distinguish between the two, flesh and spirit, until our fleshly body dies, and for the first time, that burden will be gone. We’ll see how easy it is to be perfect, with Christ mind in us, and our earthly body gone.

No longer will it be constantly yelling at us to do this, or do that, eat this, or smoke that, or drink this, or look at that.

JH :-)

[CindyDawg]

I understand this and agree but I still have concerns about Christians talking about being perfect. It's more the word than the intent. If I state that I have been saved and am now perfect and someone I witness to hears me say this then sees me do something un-perfect I worry that without understanding they might be completely turned off to knowing more.

[tHe AnTiLiB]

JHarvard, I guess this is just a thing that separates Protestants from Catholics. Although yes, your flesh will die, but those sins remain on your soul, so you'll be judged. Now I know we have the "Spirit of Christ," I simply call it the Holy Spirit, but that is only as strong in us as we make it to be.