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Perfection Versus Maturity

Perfection Versus Maturity

CR101 Radio - Podcast Network · R.J. Rushdoony

December 5, 20254m 37s

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This report clarifies that the Biblical idea of “perfect” (teleios) means maturity or full growth—not sinless flawlessness—contrasting sharply with modern misunderstandings that demand instant perfection. Eden was sinless but not fully developed; growth, work, and learning were necessary steps God ordained. Man’s original sin was to reject this gradual maturation, instead attempting to impose immediate, absolute control—“being gods” by fiat. Today, this temptation manifests as demands for instant solutions through legislation, leading to “tantrum legislation” that seeks quick utopias but results only in chaos and erosion of society. True perfection comes through faithful growth and work under God’s law, not through humanistic, tyrannical laws that reject divine authority and maturity.