"Hope in the Horizon"
President Harold B. Lee taught the importance of following the example of the Savior as we strive for perfection:
"I am convinced that the Master was not merely thinking relatively when he said, 'Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.' (Matthew 5:48)...Would you suppose the Savior was suggesting a goal that was not possible of attainment and thus mock us in our efforts to live to attain that perfectness? It is IMPOSSIBLE for us HERE in MORTALITY to come to that state of perfection of which the Master spoke, but in this life we lay the FOUNDATION on which we will build in eternity; therefore, we must make sure that our foundation is laid on truth, righteousness and faith. In order for us to reach that goal we must keep God's commandments and be true to the end of our lives here, and then beyond the grave continue in righteousness and knowledge until we become as our Father in Heaven... "(The Apostle Paul) pointed to the course by which perfection comes. Speaking of Jesus, he said, 'Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; and being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him.' (Hebrews 5:8-9)... "...Let then no day pass but that we learn from the great lesson book of (Christ's) life his way to a perfect life and walk therein to our eternal goal." (Decisions for Successful Living (1973), Pages 40-41, 44.)
"I am convinced that the Master was not merely thinking relatively when he said, 'Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.' (Matthew 5:48)...Would you suppose the Savior was suggesting a goal that was not possible of attainment and thus mock us in our efforts to live to attain that perfectness? It is IMPOSSIBLE for us HERE in MORTALITY to come to that state of perfection of which the Master spoke, but in this life we lay the FOUNDATION on which we will build in eternity; therefore, we must make sure that our foundation is laid on truth, righteousness and faith. In order for us to reach that goal we must keep God's commandments and be true to the end of our lives here, and then beyond the grave continue in righteousness and knowledge until we become as our Father in Heaven... "(The Apostle Paul) pointed to the course by which perfection comes. Speaking of Jesus, he said, 'Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; and being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him.' (Hebrews 5:8-9)... "...Let then no day pass but that we learn from the great lesson book of (Christ's) life his way to a perfect life and walk therein to our eternal goal." (Decisions for Successful Living (1973), Pages 40-41, 44.)
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