God is Perfect (2)

We have seen that the tenth commandment, in distinction from all the others, addresses itself specifically to our inward life by forbidding the sin of covetousness. The tenth commandment is, therefore, a fitting conclusion to the law because it reminds us that the obedience which the law requires of us must be inward as well as outward: in other words, that our obedience must be whole and complete, or, in one word, perfect. This perfection is required of us, of course, because God Himself is...