Saturday, March 12, 2011

Joseph Fielding Smith:

"I believe the Lord meant just what he said that we should be perfect as our Father in heaven is perfect.  That will not come all at once, but line upon line, and precept upon precept, example upon example, and even then not as long as we live in this mortal life, for we will have to go even beyond the grave before we reach that perfection and shall be like God.
"But here we lay the foundation.  Here is where we are taught these simple truths of the gospel of Jesus Christ, in this probationary state, to prepare us for that perfection.  It is our duty to be better today than we were yesterday, and better tomorrow than we are today. ...If we are keeping the commandments of the Lord, we are on that road to perfection."

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