Tag: Mosiah

  • The veil in reading the old testament

    2 Corinthians soaks of the minds of the Jew being blinded in their reading of the Old Testament. It says that this cell that blinded them was taken away in Christ. It seems to me that it is taken away for those who accept Christ, but that for those who read the Old Testament without…

  • Below all things

    It was necessary for Christ to be mocked and mistreated in order for Him to descend below all things.

  • Temptations of Christ

    If Christ suffered temptations so that he might succor us, then we should use the experience of our temptations to make ourselves more compassionate to the temptations that others suffer. That doesn’t mean that we condone soon, just that we treat sinners and those who are tempted kindly and be careful to leave unnecessary judgement…

  • Take the name of Christ

    The first covenant that we make is to take the name of Christ upon us. While the act of baptism formalizes it, those who truly seek to take his name will be accepted even if they were not properly baptized in mortality for they will gratefully accept the proxy baptisms which will be performed for…

  • He shall save His people

    Besides the Savior being openly proclaimed, He promises to openly defend His covenant people.

  • 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,…

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • He came to serve and not to be served

    While it is appropriate that people should sell to serve the Savior – that is about us and our recognition of our place relative to Him, not about what His purpose and expectation were. The same hold true for our current leaders. They sell not to be served even though we should sell to serve…

  • One who redeems

    Christ is quite literally the one who paid our impossible debt.