Synonyms: replica, copy, representation, mock-up, dummy, imitation, double, duplicate, lookalike, reproduction, prototype, stereotype, archetype, type, version, style, ideal, paragon, perfect example, specimen, perfect specimen, fashion model, supermodel, mannequin, sitter, poser, subject, artist's model, photographic model, design, mark, configuration, variety, kind, sort, original, original design, exclusive, toy, miniature, facsimile, prototypical, prototypal, archetypal, illustrative, perfect, exemplary, classic, flawless, faultless, consummate, impeccable
Antonyms: deficient, imperfect
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Sermon
Billy D. Strayhorn
... wrapped in the swaddling clothes of God's love for us. And we are held like a mother holds a newborn babe, safe and secure in the arms of God our Lord and our Creator. When we come to partake of the Sacrament, we realize just how Important and Perfect this gift from God is. This Greatest Gift Of All is the Light of the World, who pushes back the darkness and changes everything with His love. 1. I think the original version of this was written or included in a collection of stories by Norman Vincent Peale.
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Billy D. Strayhorn
... will take place in the life of those, who this day will confess their faith in Christ as Lord and Savior of their lives, we can no longer look at them the same. They have been changed. And they will continue to change and be perfected, just as we continue to change and be perfected under the hand of the Master Craftsman who is shaping and molding our lives through the Fire of the Holy Spirit. Today, these people come to put their lives into the hand of the Master Craftsman to be Shaped by the Fire. I want ...
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Billy D. Strayhorn
... will take place in the life of those, who this day will confess their faith in Christ as Lord and Savior of their lives, we can no longer look at them the same. They have been changed. And they will continue to change and be perfected, just as we continue to change and be perfected under the hand of the Master Craftsman who is shaping and molding our lives through the Fire of the Holy Spirit. Today, these people come to put their lives into the hand of the Master Craftsman to be Shaped by the Fire. I want ...
Sermon
Maxie Dunnam
... . Now, because of sin, the will was under bondage. People chose to do evil rather than good. Salvation therefore meant restoring the image of God and freeing the will to do God’s will. By grace, men and women could will to serve God. Thus, the highest perfection in Christian experience is to serve God with the whole mind, heart and will. And a passage typical of many others, Wesley says that true Christianity is “the love of God in our neighbor; the image of God stamped on the heart; the life of God in ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... a just fear of living in sloth and idleness and in the neglect of such virtues as they will want at the day bf judgment. It is to excite them to an earnest examination of their lives, to such zeal and care and concern after Christian perfection as they use in any matter that has gained their heart and affections. Responsibility and grace are the twin pillars that support the foundation of the Christian life. At times, we will be tempted to shirk responsibility. At other times, we may forget about grace. The ...
206. Matthew 5:38-48
Matthew 5:38-42
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... with great incrimination and a pointed finger. Of course, the dog doesn’t get “shame.” But the dog does eventually get the tone of voice, the displeasure, the “idea” that somehow he/she is “in the doghouse.” Parents work hard to perfect this tone, to instill a “shame on you” sensibility in their children. “Shame” is one way kids learn to distinguish right and wrong actions and attitudes. But sometimes “shame on you!” can go too far. In ancient near eastern cultures, the rules ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... when flood waters brought neighbors into your living room or snow storms turned your family room into a refugee camp. Is Christmas morning with the normal suspects or Christmas day with unwanted strangers more memorable? The first Christmas is so far from the perfect Christmas story . . . so far from “once upon a time.” The entire Christmas story is so ridden with the unexpected and the unwanted that it seems comprised of out-takes. Christmas is a story strung together from unwanted scenes strewn on the ...
208. Put on Some Clothes
Colossians 3:1-17
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... voice can ever achieve. “The Voice” is all about the ultimate solo. The Colossians author has no interest in solo spots. The harder achievement of harmony is the focus of today’s text. Creating harmony within a community of faith doesn’t take perfect pitch. It doesn’t take a great ear. It doesn’t take even the ability to blend. Creating harmony within a community takes only one thing. Those who would call themselves members of the Body of Christ must “clothe themselves” in a new wardrobe ...
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James Merritt
... church.” The pastor said, “Well, if you ever find it, please don’t join it. If you do, you will ruin it.” No, there is no such thing as a perfect church, but as you study the first church in the Book of Acts, it seems to be absolutely perfect. You cannot help but read about the church in the first several chapters of the Books of Acts and then look at the church today and ask, “What’s wrong with this picture? Why can’t our church be like that church?” So far, the church has enjoyed smooth ...
Eulogy
Alfred Lord Tennyson
... divinely sang, And round us all the thicket rang To many a flute of Arcady. XXIV And was the day of my delight As pure and perfect as I say? The very source and fount of Day Is dash’d with wandering isles of night. If all was good and fair we met ... present state, That sets the past in this relief? Or that the past will always win A glory from its being far; And orb into the perfect star We saw not, when we moved therein? XXV I know that this was Life, the track Whereon with equal feet we fared; And then, as ...
Understanding Series
Arthur G. Patzia
... made up before the reproduction of Christ’s sufferings in Paul’s person is complete. Paul rejoices because in all that he is suffering on behalf of the Colossians he is reducing his unpaid balance, he is making the reproduction a little more like the perfect original” (pp. 87–88). Paul’s Proclamation of the Mystery 1:25 In this verse Paul continues to affirm his personal role in the events that he is describing: first, “I” became a servant of the gospel (1:23); then “I” am happy about my ...
Understanding Series
Norman Hillyer
... to be misconstrued as anti-social or even as treasonous. Peter expects Roman justice to be much more far-sighted than that of a mob. Yet should officialdom fail in its God-given duty, the apostle is confident that God himself will intervene in the interests of his perfect justice—even if this must await God’s final day of visitation (1:5; 2:12). 2:16 Peter’s emphasis on submission—a theme he will repeat a number of times (2:18; 3:1, 5, 22)—is at once balanced by his reminder that paradoxically ...
Understanding Series
Steven Tuell
... blood of the sacrifice to the lid of the ark at the very feet of God (Lev. 16:11–16). Ezekiel is a priest in exile; the temple lies in ruins; the ark itself has disappeared. Yet on this Yom Kippur, the Lord will take Ezekiel in vision into a perfect temple, fulfilling the purpose and promise of this sacred day. Apart from the appendix in 29:17–21 (dated two years after this vision), this is the latest date in the book. The latest date prior to this one is “the twelfth year, in the twelfth month on the ...
Teach the Text
C. Marvin Pate
... God at the final judgment depends solely on faith and not on works (so Rom. 1:16–17)? Not when one keeps in mind the overarching purpose of Romans 1:18–3:20, which is that Paul wants to show that acceptance before a righteous God is based on perfectly following his law, which, in fact, no one can do, not even Jews. Coming to grips with that reality, Paul hopes, will drive the sinner into the arms of God’s grace and mercy in Jesus Christ (see Rom. 3:21–4:25). Theological Insights A number of insights ...
Understanding Series
James R. Edwards
... died” (2 Cor. 5:14). “Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him” (6:8). The hope of life eternal with Christ begins by living for Christ in bodily existence. Holy in both its Greek and Hebrew originals does not mean “perfection” so much as “set apart,” i.e., the separation of something from its former allegiances and its devotion to God. No one is a person without a body and the things which pertain to it. Likewise, the body, or the whole person, is the visible and ...
216. Be Holy
1 Peter 1:13-2:3
Understanding Series
Norman Hillyer
... as “our Passover” (1 Cor. 5:7). Only the blood of the spotless Son of God could ever be sufficient to deal with the problem of sin (Heb. 9:11–14; Rev. 5:9) and thus pay the price of redemption. 1:20 The divine preparation of the perfect sacrifice had already been made before the creation of the world: it was no afterthought hastily produced in order to remedy a human situation that had gone unexpectedly wrong. The Son of God was chosen before the world came into being, and the course of his earthly ...
Sermon
Robert C. Cochran
... , I was very much an ARM. “ARM” stands for Anal-Retentive Mower, and you who are my fellow ARMs know who you are. On the first run, I would finish off all the oddly shaped corners of the yard. Then I could do the rest of the lawn in a perfect square. Basically, I took out the imperfections and the idiosyncrasies of the yard, allowing me to mow the middle part without exerting any brain power at all! You have a lot of time to think while mowing a yard, but you don’t want to have to think about anything ...
218. Do you need a Pharisectomy?
Matthew 9:27-34, Matthew 9:35-38, Matthew 12:15-21, Matthew 12:22-37, Matthew 12:38-45, Matthew 12:46-50
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Lori Wagner
... synagogues and in society. And he keeps getting the best of them. So, they start the low blows. Remember when you were in school and you didn’t know how to get the best of a guy who just was smarter than you and seemed to be utterly perfect? You attacked his hair or criticized his car or tried to discredit what he said as nonsense, since you really didn’t have a competing argument. That’s pretty much what’s going on here. But they make the grave mistake of foolishness –Jesus informs them that in ...
219. What Kind of Sheep Are You?
Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20, Ezekiel 34:1-31
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... Ezekiel: [Read the passage from Ezekiel.] Just as God, the Good Shepherd, made David his Shepherd King, so later would God send another Shepherd to call home the lost sheep of a new generation in a new way! Jesus. The Lamb of God, who would be both the perfect Lamb and the Good Shepherd that is God, seeking the lost sheep of Israel, and sorting out the gentle lambs from the stubborn and power-hungry rams. Jesus’ birth is a prophecy in itself, a renewed effort by God to make things right in the pasture of ...
220. When We Are Weak
2 Corinthians 12:7-10
Sermon
King Duncan
... to answer our every prayer and take away our every weakness. He could make our life as smooth and comfy as a velvet blanket. Why doesn’t He? Because our life is meant to be a reflection of God’s love and power. And God’s power is made perfect in weakness. May we have the faith to say with the apostle Paul, “Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in ...
221. Weeds
Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43
Sermon
William G. Carter
... knew there were a few. A weed-and-feed expedition earlier in the spring eliminated most of the dandelions. It seems other undesirables have invaded our plot of land. That is a big deal in the town where I live. Everybody wants a perfect yard. A perfect yard represents a perfect home. Some neighbors spend a lot of money to have professional chemists spray their soil. Most of these consumers want a guarantee that they will remain weed-free, even though such a guarantee is not worth the paper it is written on ...
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Harry N. Huxhold
... cannot understand the Hebrew Scriptures apart from what Jesus was saying. Jesus sat there as the proof positive of how it all hung together. Jesus died in the world of sin and death to atone for the sins of the world and to destroy death by his perfect death. It was a perfect death not because he died beautifully. His death could not have been uglier. He died as a victim of injustice and the wrath of God. He died of crucifixion, regarded by Romans as the absolute worst of death sentences. Yet his death was ...
Sermon
Richard Patt
... and clean my house is. Come and listen to my views and thoughts." Entertaining is hard, stressful, because through it we perpetuate the myth that we are perfect. We put up a facade saying that we manage our lives perfectly and that our children are perfectly disciplined and obedient. Hospitality is totally different. We do not seek to portray a "perfect" image; people can love us in our weakness, relax with us, and enjoy our company. An even deeper meaning of the word "hospitality" emerges when we realize ...
224. Proper 28
Judges 4:1-24, Proverbs 31:10-31, Zephaniah 1:7, 12-18, Malachi 2:1-9, Matthew 25:14-30, 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
Sermon Aid
Russell F. Anderson
... free unless she is a liberator. The same applies to men. We can only find personal freedom when we take the risk of freeing others. Old Testament: Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31 Sermon Title: A Portrait Of The Perfect Wife. Sermon Angle: This chapter contains one man's view of the perfect wife. It's not a pretty picture if you're looking for glamour and beauty. No sex object here. She's too busy caring for her family, making and selling clothes, buying and caring for her vineyard to consider her appearance ...
225. Target Practice
Romans 3:21-31
Children's Sermon
Wesley T. Runk
... fall short that he will take care of us. It is like getting the candy even when you are short on your shot. I am going to give you the candy I promised if you hit the ceiling so that you will remember that even when we fail to be perfect, God still loves us enough to share his world with everyone who loves and trusts in him. The next time you try to shoot a rubber band and you miss the mark, think about how much God loves you. When you think about that, you will remember how he forgives ...
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