Perfection

I am the sister of Princess Gerty, the engineer of this blog. I have been thinking about what I can add to this blog. I have so many experiences that would be great to share, but I chose one to share today.

I teach an early morning religion class to high school students that are Mormon. We call this class seminary. We start at 6 a.m. every morning. This year we are studying the New Testament. It is awesome. I love studying so in depth about our Savior's mortal ministry. I think that one of my favorite teachings that we have gone over so far, is the Sermon on the Mount.

Here's a little background. You can find Christ's Sermon on the Mount in the book of Matthew chapters 5-7. It is the first of many great discourses the Savior gave. It was taught near the shores of the Sea of Galilee. The reason why I love it is because Jesus presents a higher level of living for His followers.

Jesus tells us within these three chapters, how we can find joy in this life and after. He teaches us how to become perfect. We can not attain perfection in this life, but we can start down the road to perfection. The ONLY way we will achieve complete perfection is through Jesus Christ and His atonement. He makes it possible.

The Sermon on the Mount lists many qualities that each of us can develop. These are all "puzzle pieces" to the puzzle of becoming like our Father in Heaven.

We believe that we can one day become like our Father in Heaven, because we are all His children. This is because we are His offspring and offspring have the ability to grow up and become like their parents.

If you want a road map in following Jesus Christ, to become Christlike, I believe the Sermon on the Mount has enough in there to last a lifetime.