" Maybe its real and im just not Chosen "
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So is the "be ye therefore " imperative or indicative when written, "be ye therefore quiet" 
) :Luke 4:35 -
"And Jesus did rebuke him, saying, 'Be silenced [IMPERATIVE PASSIVE], and come forth out of him;' and the demon having cast him into the midst, came forth from him, having hurt him nought"
... so, in this verse, "IMPERATIVE" is the answer (re: your Q). But "imperative PASSIVE," specifically.
[hope you're not perceiving my "CAPS-for-emphasis" as "yelling," which I am not intending.
Otherwise, I have no clue what you are speaking of... but that's okay. Carry on. = ) ] No, it is because a stand alone verse doesn't account for the full context of God's message in that passage which appears as a chapter. That's why the Bible isn't a bunch of individual verses page after page. It is books, with chapters, as letters, to the world. The verse numbers are to allow for a break in the message rather than one wall of text. But the message in each chapter, in each book, is in full. Not in increments, as a single verse would prescribe.
Great verse! Luke 6:46 46"Why do you call me, 'LORD, LORD,' and do not do what I say?
Why do you insist Jesus full message in Matthew 5 isn't important. You focus on the tree and ignore the forest.
48 “You shall therefore be perfect, as your Father, Who is in Heaven, is perfect.”
How to be perfect? Jesus tells you in all 47 verses before that last one that informs you, after giving the directions in those 47 verses if you read the words in verse 48 and understand they pertain to all that is contained in all 47 verses above it. You shall therefore, (following the directions in those 47 verses, be perfect as your Father, who is in Heaven, is perfect.
That is why context is so important.
Reading just verse 48 leaves the question. How are we to be perfect? While 47 verses answer that question. This is why they come before verse 48 which is the summary.
Great verse! Luke 6:46 46"Why do you call me, 'LORD, LORD,' and do not do what I say?
Why do you insist Jesus full message in Matthew 5 isn't important. You focus on the tree and ignore the forest.
48 “You shall therefore be perfect, as your Father, Who is in Heaven, is perfect.”
How to be perfect? Jesus tells you in all 47 verses before that last one that informs you, after giving the directions in those 47 verses if you read the words in verse 48 and understand they pertain to all that is contained in all 47 verses above it. You shall therefore, (following the directions in those 47 verses, be perfect as your Father, who is in Heaven, is perfect.
That is why context is so important.
Reading just verse 48 leaves the question. How are we to be perfect? While 47 verses answer that question. This is why they come before verse 48 which is the summary.