Tag: Doctrine and Covenants
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No hidden truth
There is nothing about the plan of salvation which was done in the dark. While no man may know the hour of His coming, yet He was openly declared before, during, and after his mortal mission.
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A solid place
Christ is the solid place upon which men can build safely. He alone is the destination upon which they can land in the seat of spiritual storm and not be sweet away if they will cling to Him. Any other foundation will crumble in the storm sooner or later.
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A testimony of the resurrection
A testimony of Christ is incomplete at best of it does not include a testimony of his resurrection from the dead. When the apostles sought to replace Judas they made a testimony of the resurrection of Christ one of the defining characteristics of who they would choose. A testimony today cannot be that He lived,…
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He shall rise the third day
I wonder if there is any specific project more repeated than the fact that Christ would be killed and ride again on the third day after His death. That says something about how central that act was to the plan of salvation and how uniquely it identified Christ.
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Christ always pleased His Father
Jesus testifies that he always did that which was pleasing to Heavenly Father. That fits with the testimony of Heavenly Father that He was well pleased with Christ.
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Redeemer to one and all
Christ came to redeem each person as much as all people. It amazes me how His atonement can be both universal and individual.
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The central figure of prophecy
Yesterday only scratched the surface of the best of sources prophesying of Christ.
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We prophesy of Christ
The scriptures are replete with prophecies of Christ. There can be no doubt that the law of Moses was meant to point toward a Redeemer.
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The power of Christ
Christ clearly has the full measure of the power of God. In no way may we differentiate between them as to their power or authority.
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Celestial apprenticeship
It occurs to me that one of the reasons that Christ was so central to the creation and everything else that His Father did was so that he would have an intimate knowledge of everything to assist Him in His mission on Earth as well as in eternity.