Message from Paul, found in The Gospel of God’s Love, on page 324.
” I was with you tonight at the meeting, and heard what the young man said about perfection, and I agree entirely with his ideas about the application of this concept to the lives of human beings. And when he said perfection is a relative term, he spoke the exact truth.
“No person can expect to have the perfection of the Father in quantity, but they may in quality, for the spirit of truth and love that enters into the soul of a human in response to prayer is a part of the divine nature of the Father – the essence is the same, so the quality must be the same. But of course, no person can obtain it to the extent of making them as perfect as the Father. Even we, who live in the high Celestial Heavens, have not that perfection which the Father has.
“But let humans know that, even while on earth, they can obtain this inflowing of the Love, conveyed by the Holy Spirit, to such an extent that sin and error will be entirely eradicaated. I say this is possible, but few people attain to such a state of perfection, because the worldly affairs and natural appetites which belong to mortals are always interfering to prevent the workings of the spirit in human’s, so that perfection may take possession of them. But notwithstanding this difficulty, humans should have this perfect ideal before them always, and strive to obtain the possession of it.
“I was much interested in the discourse, not only because it was founded on a text attributed to me, but because of the right conception and explanation made by the young man. I could see his soul and its workings, and I was glad to know that he possessed this divine love to an unusual degree. You were benefitted by what he said, and you felt the influence of the presence of the holy spirit in the meeting.
“If the people of this church would understand that there is only one thing that saves them from their sins and makes them at-One with the Father – and that is the inflowing of the divine love into their souls – they would easily see that their doctrine is in accord with the truths of God; for as divine love fills their souls, all sin and error must disappear.” Amen