From our President Russell M. Nelson, our Prophet, Seer, and Revelator, and President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. . . :
And He said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected. ~ Luke 13:32
Think of that! The sinless, errorless Lord—already perfect by our mortal standards—proclaimed his own state of perfection yet to be in the future. His eternal perfection would follow His Resurrection and receipt of “all Power . . . in heaven and in earth” (Matthew 28:18). The perfection that the Savior envisions for us is much more than errorless performance. It is the eternal expectation as expressed by the Lord in His intercessory prayer to His Father—that we might be made perfect and be able to dwell with him in the eternities ahead.
The Lord’s work and glory pertains to the immortality and eternal life of each human being. He came into the world to do the will of His Father, who sent Him. His sacred responsibility was foreseen before the Creation and was foretold by all His holy prophets since the world began. ~ Russell M. Nelson, Prophet, Seer, and Revelator, and President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Eternal Perfection (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book) ©2020), p.340-41
