Be You Therefore Perfect
 
1. Higher than the highest human thought could ever reach,
Is God's standard for His children, unto which they seek.
"Be you therefore perfect as your Father is in heav'n."
This command is a promise, which is waiting to be giv'n. 
 
2. In redemp tion's plan, provision has been made for all,
To completely heal us from the ruin of man's fall;
Unto us, God's Spirit comes, to save from Satan's pow'r;
And to keep us from sinning, ev'ry day and ev'ry hour. 
 
3. Therefore do not think that there is one excuse for sin,
Or that God is pleased when there's deformity within;
For a holy temper and a Christlike life is near,
Always within the reach of ev'ry penitential pray'r. 
 
4. As our Saviour was in His life, so we are to be:
Perfect in our lives both now and in eternity.
Jesus took our nature, but He walked in sinlessness,
Showing us how to follow Him in perfect holiness. 
 
Text: based on The Desire of Ages, p. 311