Comments on: Perfection https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2005/06/25/perfection/ Thought-provoking commentary on life, politics, religion and social issues. Tue, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mike Clark https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2005/06/25/perfection/comment-page-1/#comment-769 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=167#comment-769 I have been told that Jesus did not use himself as an example of perfection in Matthew, but did so in 3 Nephi, because in Matthew he had not yet been resurrected and exalted, like his Father was, but in 3 Nephi that was then the case. In short, we cannot become perfect, like the Father, in this life, because our mortal condition is a perfect barrier to this, but the closest we can get to this will be adequate in attaining that state, through the grace of Christ.

I wish I could document that.

]]> By: nshumate https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2005/06/25/perfection/comment-page-1/#comment-770 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=167#comment-770 One other thing to remember is that, in the Synoptic gospels, Jesus often deflects questions as to whether he is the Messiah (scholars call this the “hidden messiah” subtext), and only reveals such things to his inner circle of disciples. It would have been out of character, then, for him to announce himself as a standard of perfection to the audience of, for instance, the Sermon on the Mount.

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