Is Perfection Possible?

 Matthew 5:48 "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect." Bible.com Does Jesus give us a command that is impossible? If so, can we really be punished if we can't keep his command? Matthew was not the first place where we are commanded to be perfect. Deuteronomy 18:13 "Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God." Bible.com King David says in Psalms 101:2 "I will behave myself wisely In a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart." Bible.com We know that David was not a perfect man.  Psalm 37:37 "Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright:  For the end of that man is peace."  Bible.com So how do we get there?  David also says in 2 Samuel 22:33 "God is my strength and power: And he maketh my way perfect."  Bible.com James 1:4 "But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing." Bible.com  Galatians 3:3 "Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? 6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness."   Bible.com  2 Timothy 3:16 "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 that the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works."  Bible.com  Jude 1:24 "Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, 25 to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen."   Bible.com  In the end of time this will be said about God's people. Revelation 14:12 "Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus."  Bible.com It is the work of the Holy Spirit through the reading of God's Word to convict us of sin and to lead us. John 16:7 "Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. 8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:" Bible.com 

Waiting on God

 My father called my generation the "microwave" generation. Generally speaking, we don't like to wait for anything.  We don't even like to wait for the microwave to stop. God understands us. He knows our weak and helpless condition.  Jeremiah 1:5 "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations." bible.com 1 Peter 1:24 “For All flesh is as grass, And all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:" bible.com Psalm 103:14 "For he knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust.” bible.com  Galatians 6:9 "And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." bible.com  Hebrews 12:3 "For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds." bible.com Luke 18:1 "And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;" bible.com Elijah, a man who was taken up into heaven, was subject to discouragement just like everyone else in this world. 1 Kings 19:4 "But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers." bible.com Isaiah 40:31 "but they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint." bible.com Isaiah 30:15 "For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not."  bible.com These are the lessons that God is teaching me: WAIT, BE PATIENT, REST, GOD'S GOT THIS!

Psalm 23 enacted by Jesus

 Psalm 23:1 “The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.” https://bible.com/bible/1/psa.23.1.KJV Matthew 14:19 “And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. 20 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.” https://bible.com/bible/1/mat.14.20.KJV

Christ mass

Christ-mas is actually about Catholic mass. So what is the Catholic Mass? "According to church teaching, Christ’s sacrifice is not only recalled in the mass, it is also made present. In the eucharistic prayer, the priest asks God the Father to send the Holy Spirit upon the bread and wine on the altar so that, by the power of the Holy Spirit, they may become the very body and blood that Christ offered on the cross (see transubstantiation). That change having occurred, Christ is offered anew to God the Father, and the church unites with him in that offering."  https://www.britannica.com/topic/mass-Christian-religious-service The priests believe that they are literally changing the wafer and wine into Jesus' actual body and blood every single time that they perform the service.  

what do the colors red and green represent

Quick Answer

Red primarily represents intensity, urgency, and passion, symbolizing love, danger, aggression, and vitality.  It is the color of blood, stop signs, and warnings, but also signifies good luck and prosperity in Chinese culture and romance in Western contexts. 

Green represents nature, growth, and balance, symbolizing life, fertility, healing, and renewal.  It is psychologically calming, associated with safety (e.g., "go" signals), money, and environmentalism, though it can also denote envy or inexperience in some Western contexts. 

Together, these complementary colors create a high-contrast dynamic often associated with Christmas (representing the blood of Christ and eternal life), energy and rejuvenation in branding, and the duality of action versus harmony. When mixed, they produce neutral earth tones like brown or gray, reflecting their opposing natures. 

Do they have meaning in occult practice

Meaning of red and green in occultism

Yes — both colors carry specific correspondences in occult and magical traditions:

Red

Element: Fire (South)

Planet: Mars

Chakra: Root (Muladhara)

Key meanings: Passion, courage, physical vitality, will, action, love/lust, protection, strength

Common uses: Love and seduction spells, protection workings, boosting energy and assertiveness, removing obstacles

In Satanic witchcraft specifically, red also covers anger, revenge, and aggressive magic 

Green

Element: Earth (North)

Planet: Venus

Chakra: Heart (Anahata)

Key meanings: Prosperity, growth, fertility, abundance, healing, balance, new beginnings

Common uses: Money and career spells, fertility work, plant magick, physical healing, attracting luck 

Practical timing (in candle/ritual work): red is often burned on Tuesday (Mars's day), green on Friday (Venus's day), to amplify the intended effect. 

Some magical systems also use red and green together as complementary "flashing" colors to create a heightened energetic or optical effect in ritual space.      https://search.brave.com/ask?q=Do+they+have+meaning+in+occult+practice&conversation=09aca59bf6d83084d88b91fb27fd2a3de075

More on Faith

 Hebrews 11:1 "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him."  Bible.com   Matthew 8:5 "And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, 6 and saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. 7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. 8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. 9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. 10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. 11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. 12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour." Bible.com  Who is modern "Israel"? Galatians 3:29 "And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise." Bible.com A Roman centurion had more faith than all of the supposed people of God. Do we have faith in God's Word? Romans 10:17 "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." Bible.com 2 Timothy 3:14 "But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; 15 and that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 that the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works." Bible.com  Matthew 4:4 "But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God."   Bible.com  Romans 12:3 "For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith." Bible.com   Titus 1:2 "in hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;" Bible.com Hebrews 6: 18 "that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:" Bible.com Numbers 23:19 "God is not a man, that he should lie; Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and shall he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?" Bible.com Isaiah 55:11 "so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it." Bible.com  God has many precious promises in His Word. Do we believe them? When we read God's promises in prayer and ask God to honor His Word, then He will. "God never leads His children otherwise than they would choose to be led, if they could see the end from the beginning and discern the glory of the purpose which they are fulfilling as co-workers with Him." MH 479.2  https://egwwritings.org/read?panels=p135.2520&index=0  link to first blog on faith:

https://iodtiger.blogspot.com/2016/05/walking-by-faith.html