Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect. Matthew 5:48, NKJV.
It means much to be a consistent Christian. It means to walk circumspectly before God, to press toward the mark of the prize of our high calling in Christ. It means to bear much fruit to the glory of Him who gave His Son to die for us. As sons and daughters of God, Christians should strive to reach the high ideal set before them in the gospel. They should be content with nothing less than perfection…. – Excerpt from {BLJ 355.2} Ellen G. White