Perfection.

"Charity never faileth:.." (1Co 13:8). Charity here means love agape.

# Love NEVER fails!

Anything that is eternally dependable, reliable, and can NEVER fail is perfect. God is perfect, and so is His Love towards us! The Apostle Paul while comparing Love with prophecies, tongues, and knowledge in 1 Co 13:8, say's it is love that will remain after prophecies have failed; tongues ceased; and knowledge has vanished away.

# What must we do to be perfect like our Father in heaven? 
[Read Mat 5:43-48].

Agape love is the love of God that will make us perfect in this world. "YE HAVE HEARD that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. BUT I(JESUS) SAY unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; THAT YE MAY BE the children of your Father which is in heaven:.. " (Mat 5:43-45)

The Perfect Father God does everything through love:"...for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust." "Be ye THEREFORE perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect." (Mat 5:45,48).

"Be ye THEREFORE perfect" by imitating the Father, with deeds that far exceed those of the publicans "THAT YE MAY BE" perfect, the children of your Father which is in heaven:".

# God is Perfect.

To do things the way God does them, is to be like God, and so be perfect. Loving like God, is to be like God and be perfect. We are to imitate God in everything we do in becoming more of Him. 

Our perfection is constantly drawn from the agape love of God that is shed abroad in our hearts. Christ showed us the great generosity of the Father toward all men (good and evil men), and how important it is for us to imitate all we see the father do. 

"The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master." (Luk 6:40) This is very spiritual and powerful. No wonder Jesus said we should therefore be perfect as we do what we see our Father in heaven do.