Be Ye Perfect

Be Ye Perfect We are a group of Christians who are so excited about what Jesus has done for us that we can’t help sharing this message with you. http://www.beyeperfect.org

Knowing that we are completely forgiven right now and worthy before God because of Jesus fills us with tremendous joy.

06/09/2026

As you read 1 Samuel 16 this week, remember that God sees what others cannot.

"The Lord looks on the heart." (1 Samuel 16:7)

Our hope is not found in ourselves, but in the Savior who gives us a new heart.

Take a close look at this picture.What’s the first thing you notice?Some people say they see judgment.Others see protect...
06/04/2026

Take a close look at this picture.

What’s the first thing you notice?

Some people say they see judgment.
Others see protection.
Others see sacrifice.

A few questions we often ask when we show this picture:
• What do you think the firestorm represents?
• What do you think the cross represents?
• What do you think it means to be protected by Jesus like that?

The Bible talks honestly about our situation before God. Because of sin, we stand under God’s judgment. But it also tells us something astonishing about what Jesus did at the cross.

Before we say more, we’d love to hear from you.

👇 What do you think this picture is trying to communicate?

When life gets hard, where do you run?When everything feels uncertain, what do you trust to hold you up?Ruth left behind...
06/03/2026

When life gets hard, where do you run?

When everything feels uncertain, what do you trust to hold you up?

Ruth left behind everything familiar to seek refuge in the Lord. After loss, famine, and uncertainty, she traveled with Naomi to Bethlehem, leaving behind her homeland, her people, and even her gods. She trusted the God of Israel instead.

That trust shaped the rest of her story.

As a foreigner, Ruth gleaned in the fields of Boaz, a man who showed her unexpected kindness. Later, Boaz became her redeemer and husband, preserving Naomi’s family line. And through Ruth came something far greater than she could have imagined.

From this outsider came King David… and eventually Jesus.

Ruth’s story shows something beautiful about God. He welcomes the outsider. He cares for the lowly. He keeps His promises.

And ultimately, He provided the true Redeemer.

Boaz pointed forward to Jesus, who came to redeem sinners completely. Through His death and resurrection, Jesus restores what sin destroyed and brings us into God’s family. Because of Him, we are made righteous before God—not because of our background, worthiness, or record, but because of His grace.

That’s why Ruth’s story matters.

It reminds us that real refuge isn’t found in comfort, familiarity, or control. It’s found in the Lord who keeps His promises and welcomes those who trust in Him.

And that refuge is worth leaving everything behind for.

If you stood before Heavenly Father and he asked you this question…“Why should I let you into eternal life with me?”What...
06/02/2026

If you stood before Heavenly Father and he asked you this question…
“Why should I let you into eternal life with me?”

What would you say?
Would you talk about the life you tried to live?
Your faith?
Your efforts to be a good person?
Or something else?

Take a moment and look at this picture.
What do you think the firestorm represents?
What do you think the cross is doing in the middle of it?

We’re asking people in our community these same questions because they get to the heart of what we believe about God, sin, and eternal life.

We would genuinely love to hear your thoughts.

👇 Share your answer in the comments:

If God asked you, “Why should I let you into eternal life with me?” what would you say?

Here’s a question we’ve been asking people lately:On a scale from 1–10…How confident are you that you would have eternal...
06/01/2026

Here’s a question we’ve been asking people lately:

On a scale from 1–10…

How confident are you that you would have eternal life with God?

And what makes it that number?

Most people say their confidence comes from things like:
• Trying to live a good life
• Having faith
• Doing their best
• Hoping God understands their intentions

But the Bible points us to something very different.

It says eternal life with God is connected to what Jesus has already done for us.

That’s why this picture is so powerful.

👇 We’d love to hear from you:

What gives you confidence about eternal life with God?

06/01/2026

Ruth had every reason to stay where she was.

Instead, she left behind the familiar and placed her future in the hands of the Lord. Her confidence wasn't in what she could do or what she could offer. It was in who God is.

Boaz saw that faith and said she had come to take refuge under the wings of the Lord.

The same invitation remains today.

So where is your refuge? In what you do for God—or in who He is and what He has done for you?

05/29/2026

The book of Judges shows a repeated cycle:
sin, suffering, rescue… and failure again.

Every judge was flawed.
Every deliverer was temporary.

But Judges points us to the true Deliverer.

Jesus alone saves completely and forever.

Am I worthy of love?Do you ever feel unworthy of love? Maybe someone has shown you incredible kindness—something you did...
05/27/2026

Am I worthy of love?

Do you ever feel unworthy of love? Maybe someone has shown you incredible kindness—something you didn’t deserve, didn’t earn, and maybe didn’t even respond to well. And instead of just feeling grateful, you feel a little guilty too.

Do you ever feel that way about God?

The book of Judges is full of people who can relate.

Judges isn’t a story of people becoming worthy of God’s love. It’s a story of a God who rescues the unworthy.

Israel falls into a cycle. They turn away from the Lord. They chase after other gods. They suffer. Then they cry out. And again and again, God raises up judges to rescue them.

But they don’t get better.

They fall deeper into sin. They forget the Lord. They do what is right in their own eyes.

If their rescue depended on their worthiness, there would be no rescue at all.

And honestly, the same is true for us.

We chase after our own idols—comfort, control, approval, success, even self-righteousness. We have not loved God with all our heart. We have not loved others as ourselves.

If our rescue depended on our worthiness, there would be no rescue.

But Judges 2 shows something beautiful.

The Lord sees their suffering. He hears their cries. And He is moved with compassion.

He rescues them—not because they earned it, but because He is merciful and faithful.

Still, those judges were temporary.

They point us to a better Deliverer.

Jesus.

He didn’t come for worthy people. He came for sinners. He lived the life we have not lived and went to the cross to bear what we deserve. And in exchange, He gives us what we could never earn—His righteousness.

So don’t walk away thinking, “I need to become worthy.”

Instead, look to the One who makes you worthy.

If salvation is a gift… why does the Bible still talk about works?That’s a question a lot of people wrestle with.We hear...
05/25/2026

If salvation is a gift… why does the Bible still talk about works?

That’s a question a lot of people wrestle with.

We hear that eternal life is by grace—but then we read about obedience, fruit, and doing good. And it can quietly leave us wondering:Do my works play a role after all?

The Bible gives a clear and comforting answer.

“For by grace are ye saved through faith… it is the gift of God: not of works…” (Ephesians 2:8–9)

Salvation is not something you earn. It’s something God gives.

But the very next verse says we are “created… unto good works” (Ephesians 2:10).

So where do works fit?

Not at the root—
but in the fruit.

Jesus describes it like this: “I am the vine, ye are the branches… he that abideth in me… bringeth forth much fruit” (John 15:5).

A branch doesn’t produce fruit to become connected. It produces fruit because it already is.

That’s the relationship between faith and works.

Faith receives what Jesus has done.
Works flow from that faith.

When we reverse that—when we start relying on our obedience as the basis for acceptance—we lose peace. We begin to wonder if we’ve done enough, changed enough, or become enough.

But when our confidence rests on Christ, everything changes.

We don’t obey to earn God’s love.
We obey because we already have it.

“We love him, because he first loved us” (1 John 4:19)

So the question isn’t just, “Do works matter?”

It’s this: What are you relying on?

Because faith rests in Jesus.
And works follow from that.

https://beyeperfect.org/what-is-the-relationship-between-faith-and-works/

“You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone. In the same way, was not even Rah...
05/21/2026

“You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone. In the same way, was not even Rahab the pr******te considered righteous for what she did…? As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.”
James 2:24-26

The Righteous Pr******te

In James 2:25, James calls Rahab the pr******te righteous. At first glance, that sounds like an oxymoron. A simple definition of righteousness is being right with God. So how can someone known for sexual immorality be called righteous?
Scripture is clear about sin. Apart from Christ, Rahab’s sin would exclude her from God’s kingdom just as surely as ours would. So was she declared righteous because of one good deed? Did saving the spies somehow cover over her sin?

That can’t be the answer.

James is addressing a different question: What kind of faith actually saves? He writes, “What good is it… if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them?” His concern is not about earning righteousness, but identifying real faith. A faith with no fruit is not alive.

So when James points to Rahab, he is not saying her works made her righteous. He is showing that her works revealed her faith. She trusted the true God, and her actions made that faith visible.

The question, then, is not “Have I done enough?” but “Do I have faith?”

Because that is what mattered for Rahab. And that is what matters for us.
We are not saved by what we do, but by faith in Jesus Christ. And that faith is never alone. It produces fruit. It acts. It loves. But those works are evidence, not the basis of our standing before God.

Rahab was a righteous pr******te because she had a living faith.

And in Christ, we can say the same:
Righteous sinners.

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