Genesis 17:1 KJV
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine,
the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk
before me, and be thou perfect.
The command God places upon
Abraham is shocking. To walk before God is difficult enough, but the Lord adds
to it, “and be
thou perfect." This is a seemingly
impossible assignment. No one has done it previously, Abraham has not done it
to this point in his relationship with God and we know that no one but Christ
will ever do it. Is God asking Abraham to do something he knows he can't do?
This command is made after
Abraham's covenant of faith.
If we were to put it in New
Testament terms, after his salvation.
This command comes laid
upon the foundation of the power of God
Abraham will not be
required to accomplish this assignment in his own power.
Read the command as if it
were a destination.
This is the direction
Abraham wants to point his life. He won't get there quickly. But it is the port
where he will eventually, by the grace of God, arrive.
Gill
“…which though... not attainable in this life, is desirable,
and is to be had in Christ...
The Christian may press
toward this mark, confident of attaining the prize of perfection through the
perfect One, Jesus Christ.”
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