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Everyone has heard the statement, “no one is perfect” and that statement is totally true. Just because people have a label, like Christianity, does not mean right when they become one they become perfect and never do anything wrong ever again. When you are reborn into a Christian, your goal is to follow the example of the perfect one, Jesus, but we will always fail to do so. Even though Christians strive hard to be like Him, we are still sinners which cause us not to be perfect.
My life is a perfect example of how Christians are not perfect. One thing is I am horrible sometimes at telling the truth. Perfect people, like Jesus, never lie. Lying is a sin. When I get put into a problem, like with my parents, I lie to get out of trouble. One time my friend and I got caught sneaking out of her house. Her parents ended up telling my parents of course and I got into a lot of trouble. When confronted about the situation, I did not want to get ground so I made up a total different reason why we did it. The real reason why we snuck out was because we really wanted to go to a party that we were told not to go to; I told my parents it was because we went to the party but just to get a friend who was drunk and we did not want her to drink and drive. I knew my parents would be proud that I did something bad for something good so that is why I lied. I did not get into as much of trouble as I should have been. As a Christian, we are taught that in order to more like Jesus, we should always be honest but in reality it is hard to do so because lying comes so easily. Why tell the truth and get into a lot more trouble when you can tell a little white lie and get off easy? That thought keeps Christians, like me, from striving to be perfect.
Another reason that stops me from being perfect, as well as other Christians, is always doing the right thing. Take the saying, “take the high road, not the low road,” that saying is so much easier said than done for everyone. Christians are told to forgive everyone who has done wrong to us and continue loving then. When someone hurts you in a way that words cannot describe, it is very hard to forgive that person. When I was in high school, I had a boyfriend for two and a half years on and off and he broke me down. He talked bad about me to my face, he called me names, and just made me feel lower than low. Trying to forgive him is the hardest thing I have ever had to do in my entire life. I am still really hurt and mad at him for everything he did to me but I am trying real hard to forgive him, even though he does not deserve it. It is a challenge but being perfect in the eyes of God is always going to be a challenge and you are going to have to face the hardest challenges without your spiritual life, liking forgiving the wrong.
The most important reason why Christians are not perfect is because we have a selfish mind. Everyone thinks about him or herself before others. As a Christian, you are supposed to put others before yourself without any questions. I try to do that every day but I will always, at the end of the day, think about myself. Throughout the bible, it is quoted that people on earth think only about themselves and that keeps them from becoming closer to God. Insert bible verse. In God’s eyes, we are put here to serve one another on this earth. How can someone serve another if he or she is always thinking about him or herself? It just does not work out like that. My church is involved with a lot of service projects which start early in the morning, and I enjoy my sleep so instead of thinking about the people that my church is helping out, I think about myself and how much I need my sleep and I do not attend. I do not get to do my job that God has sent me here to do. We are servants. Servants think about the masters before anything else. Christians need to do the same so we can become more perfect in the eyes of Jesus.
Christians have a long way to go before they can be even close to perfect. The honest fact is that no one will ever become perfect. There has only been one perfect person who has ever walked this earth and that is Jesus, and no one can ever be like Him, no matter how hard we strive and work. Sin is in us and there is nothing we can do but realize that and ask for forgiveness and learn from our mistakes. That is what separates Christians from everyone else. We have forgiveness for our sinners. We learn from our sinners. We may not be perfect, we may sin a lot but we will always have the love and blood of Christ to renew us and a reason to strive to be perfect.