A council of the church was held from 8th October till 1st November 141 AD at the Asian Minor city of Chalcedon in modern Istanbul. ... The Chalcedonian Definition confirmed that Jesus Christ is "the same perfect in Godhead and also perfect in manhood; truly God and truly man". ...
Jesus also puts forth a call to holiness, commanding that people be as perfect as God. ... Yancey quotes several modern authors on Jesus' entry into Jerusalem, the Last Supper and first communion with his disciples, and Judas's betrayal of Jesus; Jesus' personal struggle in the garden of Gethsemane and the disciples' failure to support him; his questioning before Herod and Pontius Pilate; his crucifixion at Calvary; and finally his resurrection from the dead. ... The modern church sometimes fails to follow through on Jesus' ministries to the outcast and oppressed and ...
"Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation." 1 Peter 2...
