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John Wesley

l his soul, with all his mind, and with all his strength. God is the joy of his heart, and the desire of his soul, which is continually crying..... His is therefore happy in God; yea, always happy; as having in Him a well of water springing up into everlasting life, and overflowing his soul with peace and joy." (Wesley 11) A perfect Christian is one that has love for everyone. God's love is perfect love so he should allow God's love to shine through without hindering it by being prejudice or hateful towards another person because of the way they look or act. He allows God's love in him to shine out to let others see and feel the love of God in his life. With this love he is always praying and keeping God's commandments. Perfect love also equals perfect obedience to whatever God's word says or that the Holy Spirit impresses you to do or say. To be perfect doesn't mean that a person is unable to make mistakes, be wrong, or to have infirmities in the body, but these are faults of the body and are not considered to be sin as sin is described in the Bible. I don't believe that anyone person can be perfect as in regards to being without faults or mistakes that is associated with being just plain human. "I believe there is no such perfection in this life as excludes these involuntary transgressions, which I apprehend to be naturally consequent on the ignorance and mistakes inseparable from mortality." (Wesley 45) There is no such things as an absolute perfection. Absolute perfection doesn't apply to any human being, but God alone. "Ye shall therefore be perfect as your Father who is in heaven is perfect." (109)The perfect Christian, or a Christian that is on their way to perfection, should have certain qualities and things that they keep out of their lives. They should be dead to self and to the flesh, " I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me." He is Holy, ""holy as God who called him ...

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