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Does God Desire Us To Be Perfect?

Question: Does God desire us to be perfect? Assumptions: Perfection is not simply being free from all sin but is also always choosing the best option for the occasion. The existence of good and best actions for the moment was argued in my previous post of the Many Wills of God, but for a short example as proof, 1 Cor 7:28,32-34,38 (NIV)  in verse 38 we read, "So then, he who marries the virgin does right , but he who does not marry her does better ." God's will is perfect, whatever His will may be. Deconstruction: Perfection is a state of being not being in a state.  In other words, perfection is binary, one either is perfect or is not perfect, 1 or 0, and if one is perfect then he always has been, is currently, and always will be nothing other than perfect.  This is similar to God's existence and character as being the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Hypothesis: Given the assumptions above, God does not desire us as living believers to be
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Many Perfect Wills of God

Question: Can there be many wills or desires of God and yet all of them be perfect? Assumptions: God's will is perfect, whatever His will may be. God always executes His will perfectly, whatever actions He may take to accomplish it so. God does not lie. Deconstruction: This question can be broken down into two main questions: Can there be more than one perfect manner to execute a perfect will? Can there be more than one will of God? Hypothesis: Given the assumptions above, there are multiple perfect manners in which to execute a perfect will and therefore there are multiple wills of God. Exploration: As we know from our schooling in math and science, proving a statement to be false is a simpler task as it only requires demonstrating a single instance where that statement is not true given the assumptions.  But when dealing with statements about God's will, it is equally simple to prove a statement to be true as it is to prove a statemen
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