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Chapter 20


Christ’s Victory Means
We Can Reach Moral Perfection



      The Spirit of God can enable them to reach this perfection of character. 5RH 547

      The Lord has instructed me to say to His people, Work for perfection. 5RH 59

      Lay aside every weight, and the sin that doth so easily beset, and run with patience the race set before you. Press on toward perfection. 5RH 219

      Christ imputes His perfection and righteousness to the believing sinner when he does not continue in sin, but turns from transgression to obedience of the commandments. 4RH 47

      It was His mission to bring to men complete restoration; He came to give them health and peace and perfection of character. 4ST 444

      He made an offering so complete that through His grace every one may reach the standard of perfection. 5RH 332

      The Lord gave Himself to die for us, that He might purify us from all iniquity. He will carry on His work of perfection for us if we will allow ourselves to be controlled by Him. 4ST 66

      Christ has given us no assurance that to attain to perfection of character is an easy matter. It is a conflict, a battle and a march, day by day. 6RH 33

      God would have us realize that as His delegated messengers we are to grow in grace and in the knowledge of Christ, until we perfect a character that is in entire conformity to His will. 4ST 59

      Perfection can be attained only through the grace given by God. He will be the efficiency of every soul who strives for clear, far-seeing moral faculties. 4ST 48

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      If man lays hold of the divine nature, working upon the plan of addition, adding grace to grace in perfecting a Christian character, God will work upon the plan of multiplication. He says in His word, “Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord.” 2Peter 1:2; 6T 148

      Christ is the greatest Teacher that the world has ever known. And what is the standard that He holds before all who believe in Him? - “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” Matt. 5:48. As God is perfect in His sphere, so man may be perfect in his sphere.

      The ideal of Christian character is Christlikeness. There is opened before us a path of constant advancement. We have an object to gain, a standard to reach, that includes everything good and pure and noble and elevated. There should be continual striving and constant progress onward and upward toward perfection of character. 8T 64

      By His perfect obedience He has made it possible for every human being to obey God’s commandments. When we submit ourselves to Christ, the heart is united with His heart, the will is merged in His will, the mind becomes one with His mind, the thoughts are brought into captivity to Him; we live His life. This is what it means to be clothed with the garment of His righteousness. COL 312

      The true, humble, earnest Christian will be receiving the mold of a perfect character, and his heart will ever be conforming to the image of Christ. 1RH 236

      We should daily obtain a deep and living experience in the work of perfecting Christian character. 3RH 444

      Opportunity is now given you to improve and become perfect this side of the Judgment. 1RH 92

      If we are connected with God, we shall humble our hearts before Him, and be very zealous in the perfecting of Christian characters. 5RH 517

      The human agent is to compare his life with the character of Jesus Christ, and through the grace which He imparts to all true believers, seek to reach the perfection of His example who lived the law of Jehovah. 3ST 338

      By repentance, faith, and obedience, he may perfect a righteous character, and through the merits of Christ, become a son of God. 3ST 330

      Christ came to the world that we might become new creatures,

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created after the similitude of His own character; that we might have purity like the purity of God, have perfection like His perfection. 3ST59

      The Lord has taken great care that everything should be grateful and pleasant to us, and yet how much greater effort He has made to provide us with that gift whereby we may perfect a Christian character, after the pattern of Christ. 3ST 47

      Through constant watchfulness and prayer, we may grow in grace, and perfect Christian characters. 1RH 426

      To those who love God it will be the highest delight to keep His commandments, and to do those things that are pleasing in His sight. 1SM 217

      Heaven’s perfection is to be your power. 9T 21

      Those who walk by faith are all the time seeking for perfection of character by constant obedience to Christ. 2RH 296

      We must have living faith in Him, and trust Him implicitly, so that we may reach the heights of wisdom and perfection that God would have us. 2RH 303

      He who fulfills the law in every respect, demonstrates that perfect obedience is possible. 2RH 506

      God has bidden you to go forward to perfection. 5T 71

      . . . many of those who claim to believe the truth are not striving as they should for perfection of character. 5RH 360

      He says to them, “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” And He says this because He knows that it is possible for them to reach perfection. 4ST 216

      Every day we may advance in perfection of Christian character. For this Christ clothed His divinity with humanity. For this He came to the earth, and lived a life of suffering and privation. 4ST 242

      The very image of God is to be reproduced in humanity. The honor of God, the honor of Christ, is involved in the perfection of the character of His people. DA 671

      When Christ would define the advancement possible for us, He said, “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” 4ST 344

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      When you look to Calvary it is not to quiet your soul in the nonperformance of duty, not to compose yourself to sleep, but to create faith in Jesus, faith that will work, purifying the soul from the slime of selfishness. When we lay hold of Christ by faith, our work has just begun. Every man has corrupt and sinful habits that must be overcome by vigorous warfare. 2SM 20

      Be no longer content to remain dwarfs in spiritual things. Let your aim be nothing short of perfection of Christian character. 2T 521

      Through the measure of His grace furnished to the human agent, not one need miss heaven. Perfection of character is attainable by every one who strives for it. 1SM 212

      The very image of God is to be reproduced in humanity. The honor of God, the honor of Christ, is involved in the perfection of the character of His people. 5RH 471

      Exact obedience is required, and those who say that it is not possible to live a perfect life throw upon God the imputation of injustice and untruth. 6RH 519

      We are not perfect; but it is our privilege to cut away from the entanglement of self and sin, and go on unto perfection. YI 421

      Christ says, “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect;” and He has the power to make us perfect. 4ST 143

      There is no safety nor repose nor justification in transgression of the law. Man cannot hope to stand innocent before God, and at peace with Him through the merits of Christ, while he continues in sin. He must cease to transgress, and become loyal and true. 1SM 213

      Precious assurance! Glorious is the hope set before the believer as he advances by faith toward the heights of Christian perfection! 6RH 281

      Perform faithfully the preparatory work in the perfection of Christian character, and you will gain a grand, eternal victory. 4ST 206

      By receiving Christ and being conformed to His will, man goes on to perfection. 4ST 94

      In humility we shall correct every fault and defect of character; because Christ is abiding in the heart, we shall be fitted up for the heavenly family above. YI 143

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      The time of probation is given us that we may perfect a character fit for eternity. 1SM 318

      For as God is perfect in His sphere, so man is to be perfect in his sphere. YI 118

      “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in Heaven is perfect.” As God is perfect in His sphere, so man may be perfect in his sphere. 4T 591

      God requires the homage of a sanctified soul, which has prepared itself, by the exercise of the faith that works by love to serve Him. He holds up before us the highest ideal, even perfection. AA 566

      The ideal of Christian character is Christlikeness. As the Son of man was perfect in His life, so His followers are to be perfect in their life. DA 311

      And while we cannot claim perfection of the flesh, we may have Christian perfection of the soul. 2SM 32

      Great light has been given to the people of God. Let our people awake, and go forward to perfection. 2SM 47

      The disciples of Christ are to bring the perfection of His character into their characters. 4ST 150

      Perfection of character is offered to fallen man through the righteousness of Christ . . . Every power of the renewed soul must be put to the stretch that the character may be fashioned after the divine Pattern. 2ST 434

      Through the merits of Christ, through His righteousness, which by faith is imputed unto us, we are to attain to the perfection of Christian character. 5T 744

      The humble, self-sacrificing followers of Jesus will pass on to perfection, leaving behind the indfferent and lovers of the world. 1T 609

      Glorious is the hope before the believer as he advances by faith toward the heights of Christian perfection! AA 533

      If you make God your strength, you may, under the most discouraging circumstances, attain a height and breadth of Christian perfection which you hardly think it possible to reach. 4T 567

      Through repentance, faith, and good works, we may perfect a Christian character; and through the merits of Christ we may claim the privileges of sons and daughters of God. YI 441

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      Probation is soon to close, and God’s people need to humble their hearts before Him, seeking Him with humility of mind for grace to perfect a righteous character. 5RH 544

      You may attain to excellence and perfection of character; you may go through this world without being stained and blackened with the sins that taint and corrupt it; and when you are brought in contact with the evil of this world, you may escape them if you choose. 1ST 58

      The sense of sins forgiven will bring that peace that passeth all understanding. There will be an earnest striving to overcome all that is opposed to Christian perfection. YI 525

      Every day we should make advancement in gaining perfection of character, and this we shall certainly do if we press toward the mark of the prize of our high calling in Christ Jesus. YI 496

      . . . the servant of Christ must follow in the footsteps of his Master if he would reach to the perfection of this wonderful, glorious Pattern. YI 377

      In order to perfect Christian character, we must dwell upon the perfection of Christ, and as we behold His matchless charms, we shall desire to be like Him, and become changed, reflecting more and more of His spirit of love. 2ST 423

      . . . we need the blood of Christ to cleanse us from sin, the grace of God to bring us to perfection. 2ST 160

      The honor of Christ must stand complete in the perfection of the character of His chosen people. He desires that they shall represent His character to the world. 3ST 434

      The living God has given us in His law a transcript of His character, and this law He calls upon us to obey, saying, “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” As God is perfect in His high sphere of action, so man may be perfect in his human sphere. 3ST 335

      The injunction of Christ is, “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in Heaven is perfect.” He here shows us that we may be as perfect in our sphere as God is in His sphere. 4T 455

      Soon we shall be in our promised home. There Jesus will lead us beside the living stream, flowing from the throne of God, and will explain to us the dark providences through which on this earth He brought us in order to perfect our characters. 8T 254

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      The work of sanctification must go on, not by impulse, but by steady, healthful advances, progressing toward perfection. 3RH 235

      Christ is the light of life, and He designs that all who follow Him shall represent Him in character, and show His all-sufficiency and perfection. 3RH 125

      Only believe, only be doers of the word, and you may be able to touch every perfection of His being. You are one with Christ, as He is one with the Father. 3RH 74

      Moral perfection is required of all. Never should we lower the standard of righteousness in order to accommodate inherited or cultivated tendencies to wrong-doing. We need to understand that imperfection of character is sin. All righteous attributes of character dwell in God as a perfect, harmonious whole, and every one who receives Christ as a personal Saviour is privileged to possess these attributes. COL 330

      Living faith will be made manifest in a Christ-like character, and in perfect obedience to all His requirements. 3RH 73

      Here is the standard which all must reach who enter the heavenly city. The end of our faith is the perfection of human character the sanctification of the entire being. 4RH 339

      “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” Wonderful are the possibilities placed before us, and to these possibilities we may attain by studying and practising the truths of the Word of God. 4ST 336

      It was His mission to bring to men complete restoration; He came to give them health and peace and perfection of character. MH 17

      God designs that every one of us shall be perfect in Him, so that we may represent to the world the Perfection of His character. 2ST 460

      There is hope for every one of us, but only in one way, and that is by binding ourselves to Christ, and exerting every energy to attain to the perfection of His character. 5T 540

      By the wedding garment in the parable is represented the pure, spotless character which Christ’s true followers will possess. COL 310

      They (those that have been bought by the price of His life) are to increase in the knowledge of the divine will, and constantly improve in intellect and morals, until they shall attain to a perfection of character but little lower than that of the angels. 4T 563


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      As long as I am faithful in reproving sin, and in presenting before the people the perfection of Christian character, Satan’s enmity will be stirred against me. 1RH 361

      The law of God given from Sinai is a copy of the mind and will of the Infinite God. It is sacredly revered by the holy angels. Obedience to its requirements will perfect Christian character, and restore man, through Christ, to his condition before the fall. 1RH 288

      (Not all members of the church) realize that it is their privilege and duty to reach the high standard of Christian perfection. 5RH 239

      Temptations will come, and it will be only through constant trust in his Redeemer that perfection of Christian character can be attained. 3ST 27

      Every day we may advance in perfection of Christian character. MH 503

      God desires us to reach the standard of perfection made possible for us by the gift of Christ. He calls upon us to make our choice on the right side, to connect with heavenly agencies, to adopt principles that will restore in us the divine image. MH 114

      True religion will lead its possessor on to perfection. 3T 538

For Further Study:
1RH 52
1RH 235
2RH 310
2RH 621
3RH 20
3RH 374
4RH 120
4RH 235
4RH 351
5RH 29
5RH 56
5RH 117
5RH 127
5RH 339
5RH 416
6RH 229
6RH 280
2ST 44
2ST 96
3ST 236
3ST 355
4ST 189
4ST 214
4ST 261
4ST 243
4ST 472
YI 516
YI 636
AA 530
COL 315
1SM 375
1SM 240
1SM 334
2SM 161
2T 228
2T 505
4T 520



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