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Matthew 5-7 – Do We Trust God Enough to Be Like God?
From Revelation back to Genesis one recurring theme is that the “all-everything,” perfect God enters into partnerships with His imperfect creation. These partnerships are called covenants from a legal perspective, or more personally, fellowship. These partnerships have at least one commonality, that God does what human beings cannot, but demands that we do all we can, including what He commands. Sometimes what we can do is useless, but still required, such as marching around a city to make the walls fall down (Josh.6). At times, the partnership involves required rituals which seem baffling or banal such as cutting off skin (Gen.15). Ultimately, every command is for our good, such as requiring us to forgive others in order to be forgiven (Mt.6). This process of forgiving is our process of being perfected, or matured and completed into God’s character (Mt.5:48). From Revelation back to Genesis God asks, “Do you trust Me enough to obey Me?” In the Sermon on the Mount the question is the same, but suggests this intriguing motivation, “Do you trust Me enough to become like Me?”
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