Article December 16, 1972 Issue

Can We Become Perfect?

[Original in Japanese]

YOSHIKAZU HOSHIMI

"Can we become as perfect as Jesus was?" asked a friend of mine. "Jesus was God's perfect Son. Then how can we become like Jesus? We are weak, and we succumb to temptation."

Very many people accept my friend's opinion. However, if Jesus alone could be perfect, why did he say, "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect"?^{Matt. 5:48;} Is the teaching of Jesus impractical?

Christian Science gives clear answers to these questions. It affirms that the real man is divine Mind's idea, a spiritual being formed in God's image and likeness (see Gen. 1:27). Therefore man actually is right now already perfect.

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