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2738.—Be Perfect

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Feb 17, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 7.

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2738.—Be Perfect.

Kindly explain Matt. 5:48: "Ye therefore shall be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect." W. G. T.
God never sets before His children a low standard. It would be absolute cruelty to us for Him to do this. He sets before us always that which is perfect, and His admonition is, "Ye therefore shall be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect." That does not mean perfect in wisdom as God is perfect, for we are finite; it does not mean perfect in knowledge as He is perfect; or perfect in power as He is perfect, because His sphere of being is infinitely above us. But it does mean that we should love Him perfectly with all the heart and mind and soul and strength. This is what God desires, "for the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward Him." 2 Chron. 16:9. Therefore we can be perfect in our sphere by His grace, even as God is perfect in His sphere. The one who has perfect love will certainly desire to render perfect service.