Even though Jesus tells us to be ye perfect in Matthew 5:38, He isn’t telling us to be perfectionists. We can only be perfect as we yield to Him and receive His perfection. Brennan Manning in his book, “A Glimpse of Jesus: A Stranger to Self Hatred” addresses this. “Perfectionist individuals, we find, are likely to respond to the perfection of failure or inadequacy with a precipitous loss in self-esteem that can trigger episodes of severe depression and anxiety….Legalistic religion stresses will-power, and it is this very stress on personal effort that makes the legalist unaware of his real feelings, of his own brokenness, and hence of his need for redemption.… He tends to despise the men and women who are not as observant as he. Thus he elevates himself above the sinner, the outsider, the non-conformist. Because of this self-elevation, this reliance on self, coupled with lack of self knowledge, the legalist tenders himself incapable of receiving divine grace, he does not live by faith.” Salvation or anything for that matter can’t be earned by our own feeble efforts. We can’t have the attitude with the Lord that “I’ve done that , therefore you owe me that”. We should humbly and gratefully receive every good thing as a loving gift from Our Father’s Hand.