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We are to be Perfect as Christ is Perfect, May 27
And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation
unto all them that obey him.
Hebrews 5:9
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Our Saviour took up the true relationship of a human being as the
Son of God. We are sons and daughters of God. In order to know how
to behave ourselves circumspectly, we must follow where Christ leads
the way. For thirty years He lived the life of a perfect man, meeting the
highest standard of perfection
Our work is to strive to attain in our sphere of action the perfection
that Christ in His life on the earth attained in every phase of character
To go forward without stumbling, we must have the assurance that a
hand all-powerful will hold us up, and an infinite pity be exercised toward
us if we fall. God alone can at all times hear our cry for help.
It is a solemn thought that the removal of one safeguard from the
conscience, the failure to fulfill one good resolution, the formation of one
wrong habit, may result not only in our own ruin, but in the ruin of those
who have put confidence in us. Our only safety is to follow where the steps
of the Master lead the way, to trust for protection implicitly to Him who
says, “Follow me.” Our constant prayer should be, “Hold up my goings in
thy path, O Lord, that my footsteps slip not.
Every faculty with which the Creator has endowed us should be culti-
vated to the highest degree of perfection, that we may be able to do the
greatest amount of good of which we are capable. In order to purify and
refine our characters, we need the grace given us of Christ, that will enable
us to see and correct our deficiencies, and improve that which is excellent
in our characters
The Son of God was faultless. We must aim at this perfection, and
overcome as He overcame, if we would have a seat at His right hand
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Letter 69, 1897
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MM 253
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The Signs of the Times , July 28, 1881
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The Pacific Health Journal, April, 1890
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Testimonies for the Church 3:336
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