What does Ellen White write about...
Adventistische Schriften über: "Where did Jesus say that we should be perfect, as he was?"
Answer
Jesus says this in Matthew 5:48 in the Sermon on the Mount: “Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.” Here he explicitly names the Father as the standard. In the immediate context, Jesus speaks of loving even our enemies and thereby reflecting the Father’s love (Matthew 5:43–47). Ellen White connects this call with the example of Jesus: He modeled a perfect character, and through faith in him his followers are to grow in love and character.
Christ as our example and foundation
»How can we reach the perfection specified by our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ—our great Teacher? Can we meet his requirement and reach so high a standard? We can, or Christ would not have enjoined it upon us. He is our righteousness. In his humanity he has gone before us and wrought out for us perfection of character. We are to have that faith in him which works by love and purifies the soul.«
Reflecting God’s love in our own surroundings
»He tells us that we are to be perfect as he is, in the same manner. We are to be centers of light and blessing to our little circle, even as he is to the universe. We have nothing of ourselves; but the light of his love shines upon us, and we are to reflect its brightness.«
Original Sources (English)
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