Looking for love? Here are 7 things to look for in the perfect man:
One who is at peace with God (1 Kings 8:61; 11:4; 15:3)
One whose works completes his faith (James 2:22)
One who does not offend [stumble] in his words (James 3:2)
One who is mature (1 Corinthians 2:6; Ephesians 4:13)
One who is equipped unto all good works through the study of the scriptures (2 Timothy 3:14:17; Ephesians 4:12)
One who is blameless – “Mark the perfect man, and the upright: for the end of that man is peace” (Psalm 37:37) -- More references found in Genesis 6:9; Deuteronomy 18:13; Psalm 101:2, 6 and Proverbs 2:21.
One who is fearless in his love (1 John 4:18)
“Be thou therefore perfect, even as your Father which is heaven is perfect” (Matthew 5:48). This section of the Sermon on the Mount is summarized with the statement, Be ye therefore perfect. Since the New Testament is clear that even the believer is capable of sin, the term perfect (Greek teleios) is not to be taken as sinless perfection. Perfect here means “complete,” that is, possessing a complete love that, like God’s (v. 45), embraces those who love you as well as those who do not. (From the King James Study Bible, Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1988, pg. 1421)
In lieu of and in place of the perfect earthly man, God is more than enough --“He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he” (Deuteronomy 32:4)
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