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Perfect in All His Ways, February 7
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is
perfect.
Matthew 5:48
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God’s work is perfect as a whole because it is prefect in every part,
however minute. He fashions the tiny spear of grass with as much care
as He would exercise in making a world. If we desire to be perfect, even
as our Father in heaven is perfect, we must be faithful in doing little
things. That which is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
God’s ideal for His children is higher than the highest human thought
can reach.... The plan of redemption contemplates our complete recov-
ery from the power of Satan. Christ always separates the contrite soul
from sin. He came to destroy the works of the devil, and He has made
provision that the Holy Spirit shall be imparted to every repentant soul,
to keep him from sinning.
The tempter’s agency is not to be accounted an excuse for one wrong
act. Satan is jubilant when he hears the professed followers of Christ
making excuses for their deformity of character. It is these excuses that
lead to sin. There is no excuse for sinning. A holy temper, a Christlike
life, is accessible to every repenting, believing child of God.
The ideal of Christian character is Christlikeness. As the Son of man
was perfect in His life, so His followers are to be perfect in their life....
He bids us by faith in Him attain to the glory of the character of God.
A well-balanced character is formed by single acts well performed.
One defect, cultivated instead of being overcome, makes the man im-
perfect, and closes against him the gate of the Holy City.... In all the
redeemed host not one defect will be seen....
Whatever your work may be, do it faithfully.... As you work in this
way, God will place His approval on you, and Christ will one day say to
you. “Well done, thou good and faithful servant.”
Matthew 25:21
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