The Atonement:the power of forgivness-part 3 Ressurection

In this the final part of my atonement triology, I discuss the final, and probably the most important part of the atonement. Again, I will take my refrence from the book of alma; in Alma 7:12 From this scripture we see that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, upon completion of his earthly ministry, Christ, Died, taking upon him Death, so to speak. Then after 3 days, in the tomb, he arose again, he was ressurected, that we might have Newness of life. We will arise again, that we may stand before the Judgement bar of Christ, and be Judged according to our works in this life, 3 Nephi 27:15. It is my testimony, as a representitive of Jesus Christ, that he lives! That he gave his life for us, and has provided the path by which we may return to live with him. I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

The atonement:the power of forgivness-part 2 healing

Well, in this second part of my atonement, trilogy, I discuss the healing aspect of the atonement. Most of us know about the forgivness aspect of the atonement, but how many of us; really and truely understand how much the atonement actually does for us? The atonement provides us with comefort, and healing; in addition to the forgivenss and relief it provides from our sins. In Alma 7:11 We learn that the savior did more then just take upon him our sins, he took on him our pains and our weaknesses, our infirmities, and sicknesses! He loved us so much that he was actually willing to suffer that for us. Through the atonement I know that we can find ease from these burdens, and much more. I say these things in the name of jesus Christ amen!

The Atonement:and the power of Forgiveness! part 1-forgiveness

I would love to go on and on about the atonement, so I've taken the liberty of breaking this up, so that this blog doesn't get too long!

Through Jesus Christ, our older brother and savior, we learn of something called the "Atonement". Broken up, it literaly is "At, one, ment" which is to say, that we as children of our Heavenly Father, sometimes are estranged to him through sin. That is to say, we draw away from him as we sin. However, our Father in Heaven, lovingly provided us a way to return to him, even when we are estranged to him, through his atonement. Isaiah 1:18, our sins are as scarlet, but they become white as snow, or as wool throught he atonement of Jesus Christ; and Jesus Christ was so loving, he was willing to do it for us. He didn't have to do that for us either! To often I think we over look our Saviors title, as redeemer! We are as a precious jewel, when we sin we detract from our over all value, but through the atoneing power of Jesus Christ, our value is restored to us, and we are "Bought with a price". An example in my own life, and I don't mean to get to personal with it, but recently I had a fight with one of my siblings! We disagree on alot on somethings, particularly religion; so some words were said, and we both got mad at eachother. We were both too stubborn to listen to what the other one had to say, well, as I humbled myself and appologized to this sibling, this sibbling was looking for a way back as well. I appologized for my stubornness, and this sibbling asked me if we could just establish a system, if either of us gets too preachy, then we just tell the other one, and we both stop! As we established this system, and (Digitally) embraced eachother through the arms of sibling love, I felt the cleansing power of the atonement wash over me! I knew that our savior loved us both, and has redeemed us both, because he loves us so much. Through our pride, we had degraded ourselves, but through the atonement we were able to be cleansed of our sins, and to be brought back to our Father in love!

Alma 7:13 christ has suffered all that we might be cleansed from our sins and iniquities, he loves us so much that he wishes only for us to return to him! I know that we can be cleansed every whit, from our sins and iniquities, its my prayer that we will use this power to rise triumphant and stand before god, cleansed and holy! May we all bear his image in our countence, and bear the love that both Jesus Christ and our heavely Father have given us. I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ amen.

The book of Mormon, another testament of Jesus Christ.

Imagine that you are sitting at a table, listening to two men who have actually witnessed christ, his works, his ressurection, his love. Imagine that those two men have been speaking to you for hours; suddenly another man comes in, who says that he has witnessed christ just as much as the others. He is from a different country, but he describes the same things they do, except for they were given to him under completely different circumstances. He witnessed Christ just after Christ was ressurected. He can tell you that he does live, and that he loves each of us. He tells you how he learned about these other two men from the very same Christ. All 3 witnesses agree with eachother, all 3 witness that the other one is telling the truth, and certifies that what the other one said is true. Would you accept all three of their witnesses of Jesus Christ? ofcourse you would, and that is the same thing with the Book of Mormon! It is just another nations witness of Jesus Christ. Both saw christ, one only witnessed him after his ressurection, but both are telling you how much he loves you!

As you watch this video remember, the book of Mormon does not replace the bible. It does not add anything new to the bible, it only reiterates, and retestifies of what the bible says in more plain reading. The book of Mormon only simply backs up what the bible says. Jeffery R. holland: My words....never cease.

I give my witness, that I know the Book of Mormon to be the word of God, and by so doing, I have to accept the Bible as the word of God as well. I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

The true nature of the Father

I choose to adress in my blog at this point, a truely sacred subject, that needs to be adressed. In the world today, we seem to have forgotten what it truely means to have a Loving Heavenly Father. In the New testament, we learn what our true relationship with God is, in Romans 8:15 we learn that we are truely the Children of God. Now the word abba, in this scripture, does not convey the true meaning in english, as it does in hebrew. In hebrew, this word tranlates to "Daddy", it is so significant to me that we have a "Perfect Father in heaven, so infinitely loving, and kind, that he gave us bodies, that we might enjoy everything he does. He gave us the ability to speak to him whenever we so choose, through prayer, and throught he scriptures. He taught us how to be happy in this life, and he gave us a world, beautiful and vast, that we might spend our days, that we might not be bored, but that we would be able to enjoy ourselves! Our Father in Heaven, is filled with a perfect love, perfect Joy, and peace. He loves us, and he wants us to come home! He loves you, and wishes to hear from you. You will know by the pattern shown in Glatians 5:22-23. You will feel these feelings as you get down on your knee's and plead with the Father that he tell's you what his plan is for your life, how he feels about you, and if he's really there! I testify as a servant and representive of his son, that he lives, that he has a body of flesh and bones that is perfect and glorified, and that he loves you each personally! He is perfect, and even if you don't have a good relationship with your Earthly Father, just remember, that your Heavenly Father is not like your Earthly Father, he is infinitely better. He will never leave you, and he always wants that relationship with you. He'll be there, I know this to be true! I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ amen.