Theology: the study of religious faith, practice, and experience : the study of God and God’s relation to the world : a system of religious beliefs or ideas

Polytheism: the belief that there is more than one god.

Atheism: the belief that there is no god.

Agnostic: one who cares not to argue the existence of God one way or the other.

These are your choices. Differences exist within the realm of theology as to His identity and how to worship that God. Judaism, Islam and Christianity are all based on the God of Abraham. They worship the idea of the same God in different ways. Some other religions exist that are not Abramic in origin, yet see the clarity of requirements for a monotheistic belief system.

I somewhat understand Judaism from an outsiders point of few since Christ was from the tribe of Judah. Being a follower of Christ my theology is Christian based. I have studied for decades and still there are many mysteries to uncover, if ever that may happen. I have not studied the others.

Recently I offered my opinion on this blog. I called it just that, my opinion. I even offered it up in bold text to make that point clear. Opinion is not doctrine, but since theology is theoretical in nature, being a study, because I have an opinion, it is part of theology, but it is not doctrine.

Job 6:24-26 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove? Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?

I will allow these words to speak for themselves.

Luke 13:32 And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.

Did you open this blog expecting to read about Political Correctness? Well this PC is not about being politically correct, it is about being the perfect Christian. I find a direct correlation between the two, in that when you try and be either, someone will denounce it.

Here in chapter 13 of Luke our Lord is speaking about rising on the third day to be perfected. Understand, this is the only man ever who was tempted in all ways as a man and did not sin. He recognized that not sinning was not perfection. He is perfected because He shed His mortal coils and put on immortality. Perfection is the long term goal and cannot be attained in this life.

Knowing this, is there such a thing as a perfect Christian? Perhaps it is our perception of what we think a Christian should be that colors our opinion of perfection. If thinking a Christian is Christ and that you should see Christ in a perfect Christian, then how would you know since you have not met Christ? Jesus of Nazareth was sinless yet not perfected. We are not sinless so is perfect a fair adjective? Allow me to share a verse about what I consider to be a perfect Christian. Once again, MY OPINION.

Luke 18:13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

A perfect Christian is honest with God about how he feels about himself.