BE YE THEREFORE PERFECT What is the "therefore" there for?

My brother Frosty remembered Grandpa Lybbert’s question—What is the therefore there for?—so I skipped ahead to see if it was in the booklet.  Sure enough, there is was at the bottom of page 27 at the end of the section entitled The Salt of the Earth. 

I’ll give his answer after catching us up on some of his thoughts leading up to that question.

Grandpa Lybbert on the Salt of the earth:

For the saints who would be molded by adherence to the beatitudes, Jesus had in mind a great work, a work he fully expected his followers to do.

Thus superbly prepared, the members of the kingdom are ready to assume the responsibility to be the salt of the earth.

The salt of the earth are those who give flavor, meaning and direction to life, the ones who are devoted to the important things of life…

Ye are the light of the world:

            What a powerful influence example can be!  I’d rather see a sermon than to hear one anytime.

I am come not to destroy, but to fulfill; Whosoever is angry with his brother; Whosoever looketh on a woman; If thy right eye offend thee; Yea, yea; Nay, nay;  Smite thee on the right cheek; Go with him twain; Love your enemies…

He wanted to change us from keepers of commandments to lovers of God…

Control our thoughts!  Control our attitudes!  That’s the way to control conduct, by being sure our thoughts are right and not going through life with a “thou fool” attitude toward our fellowmen.

If we are truly living the standards our Saviour set forth in this beautiful sermon, we haven’t time for evil or cheap thoughts.  Our lives will be full of deeds that will make the world a better place to live.

Yes is yes, and no is no.  Let your word be as good as your bond.

What a delightful world this would be if it were full of people…who were always willing to go the second mile.

…When we make the generous exchange of love for hate, just as water will quench a destructive flame, so will love extinguish the devastating fire of hate.

Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect:

What is the “therefore” there for?  Jesus was well aware that anyone who would live up to the teachings of this sermon would be a perfect individual…The “therefore” in the context of this great sermon means “inevitably, logically, automatically—the natural result of following these precepts.”…In other words, perfection consists in living “The Sermon on the Mount.”