How perfect does Christ tell His followers to be?

Answer

"Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect." Verse 48.

What is the basis of faith?
Were any efforts to he made to reunite the divided empire of Rome?
How, then, did the Lord prove the people (verse 4) whether they would keep His law, or not?
With what is God's seal connected?
What will then take place?
What fate awaits those who turn a deaf ear to the poor?
What will the saints do in the new earth?

Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle