| Re: Perfect Men [message #616 is a reply to message #615] |
Thu, 05 July 2012 00:18   |
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"Dragon"Too often we think of perfection in the gospel as fitting definitions 4 or 5. Yet if God once was as Man is now, and as God is now, Man can become, these two cannot be correct, because they remove the possibility or need for eternal increase.
I agree. I expect that the Holy Ghost, being a God, is perfect and yet he has not finished his progression. Hasn't even gained a body. The type of perfection that we need to focus on is not at all what people think. We can be perfect in this life.
As pointed out in this book by Elliaison, Christ was not the only one to become perfect in mortality.
Quote:"And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and scheweth evil?" - Job 1:8
Quote:"These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God." - Gen. 6:9
Quote:"Because he (Seth) was a perfect man, and his likeness was the express likeness of his father, insomuch that he seemed to be like unto his father in all things, and could be distinguished from him only by his age." - D&C 107:43
And the young rich man could have given all he had and followed Christ and he would have become perfect.
I also believe that the entire City of Enoch and people under Melchizedek had become perfect before being translated.
As Kenh said, this happens through Love. When we become Love like God is Love, then we have become perfect like God is perfect.
~ Seeker
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