"You, therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect" (Matt 5.48). Given the description of God the Father in Matthew, would the world be a morally better place if we did as Jesus commands us to do in this passage? In arguing in support of  your answer, you will especially need to consider Matthew  5.1-11, 13.47-50, 19.23-30, 25.31-46. You will also need to consider the Book of Job, and the problems raise there for a God who rewards those he considers good and punishes those he  considers evil. In other words,  you will need to explain why the God of Matthew isn't a super-Nazi,  like, on one reading, the God of Job.


3-4 pages double-spaced.