Be Ye Therefore Perfect—Eventually

Jeffrey R. Holland October 2017 Saturday Morning Session

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  1. Matthew 5:1

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    The scriptures were written to bless and encourage us, and surely they do that.

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  2. Matthew 5:48

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    “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father in heaven is
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  3. Judges 1

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    Around the Church I hear many who struggle with this issue: “I am just not good enough.” “I fall so far short.” “I will never measure up.” I hear this from teenagers.

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  4. Mosiah 3:19

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    So I believe that Jesus did not intend His sermon on this subject to be a verbal hammer for battering us about our shortcomings.

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  5. Ephesians 4:12

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    I hasten to say that focusing on the Father’s and the Son’s achievements rather than our failures does not give us one ounce of justification for undisciplined lives or dumbing down our standards.

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  6. Ephesians 4:13

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    I hasten to say that focusing on the Father’s and the Son’s achievements rather than our failures does not give us one ounce of justification for undisciplined lives or dumbing down our standards.

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  7. Moroni 10:32

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    “Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him … ,” Moroni pleads.

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  8. Matthew 18:24

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    Let me use one of the Savior’s parables to say this in a little different way.

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  9. Doctrine and Covenants 121:4

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    As a personal debt, that is an astronomical number—totally beyond our comprehension.

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  10. Doctrine and Covenants 93:13

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    I testify of that grand destiny, made available to us by the Atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ, who Himself continued “from grace to grace” until in His immortality He received a perfect fulness of celestial glory.

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  11. Luke 13:32

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    I testify of that grand destiny, made available to us by the Atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ, who Himself continued “from grace to grace” until in His immortality He received a perfect fulness of celestial glory.

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  1. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 17: The Sermon on the Mount

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    • Matthew 5:48

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      Relative Perfection.—Our Lord’s admonition to men to become perfect, even as the Father is perfect (Matthew 5:48) cannot rationally be construed otherwise than as implying the possibility of such achievement.

  2. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 34: The Trial and Condemnation

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    • Luke 13:32

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      Whatever fear Herod had once felt regarding Jesus, whom he had superstitiously thought to be the reincarnation of his murdered victim, John the Baptist, was replaced by amused interest when he saw the far-famed Prophet of Galilee in bonds before him, attended by a Roman guard, and accompanied by ecclesiastical officials.

  3. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 37: The Resurrection and the Ascension

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    • Luke 13:32

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      In Jesus the Christ:
      Open paragraph (Luke 9:22; 13:32; 18:33)

      Precise Time and Manner of Christ’s Emergence from the Tomb Not Known.—Our Lord definitely predicted His resurrection from the dead on the third day, (Matthew 16:21; 17:23; 20:19; Mark 9:31; 10:34; Luke 9:22; 13:32; 18:33), and the angels at the tomb (Luke 24:7), and the risen Lord in Person (Luke 24:46) verified the fulfilment of the prophecies; and apostles so testified in later years (Acts 10:40; 1 Corinthians 15:4).

  4. The Articles of Faith

    Article 6

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  5. Jesus the Christ

    Chapter 18: As One Having Authority

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