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Now ! God Speak* h»s second word, “You are to become like I pin." This is a hard word. It means that the Christian is to love both the just and the unjust; he is to return good for evil, love for hate. He is always ready to show mercy and bestoqrforgiveness. He doe* this becauseptftis is the nature of God and the child wants to be like the Father. ' "Our response to God’s absolute requirement "to be perfect even n your heavenly Bather ts perfect,” is a constant striving. The Christian way is not a ibroyd and smooth highway that slope/gently up to heaven, lit is a narrow, rocky, winding trail. It takes some struggling to climb it. The men who conquered Mt.; Everest trained for. years, risking their lives with every climb. They battled sub-zero cold, winds that blasted the, face of the cliffs, avalanches*, and treacherous footholds where a slip meant injury arid death, j • *
To ijeach the towering peak of God's perfection! requires courage and struggle. But we do not sej out tojcimb that peak despairing that* we will ever reach it. Nor do es=sssssai*ssmas==ssss=sssB!k
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