"Satan’s perfect lie takes one simple truth, 'Be ye perfect, even as I am,' and twists it until we’re convinced that we need to live a life trying to be equal to Christ.
Satan tells us we must be more, do more, have more. But on our own, could anything we put next to ourselves ever equal Christ? No!
And here’s where Satan gets even more tricky. Once he has dialed us into this math equation of me plus more equals Christlike, he takes Christ out of the equation completely.
And before you know it, often without even realizing it, these alternative equations suck the life out of us and suffocate the Savior out of our lives.
Nowhere in the scriptures does Christ say that our efforts are inadequate. Never does He say, “If you don’t work hard enough, you’ll never be enough.”
No. His truth and His invitation is 'Come unto me, for my grace is sufficient.' "
The Perfect Lie - Tiffany Webster
October 19, 2016
https://www.lds.org/blog/the-perfect-lie?cid=HP_FR_21-10-2016_dOCS_fBLOG_xLIDyL2-1_