Mosiah 3:1-12
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I love the commands the angel gave King Benjamin.
1. Awake. I think sometimes in our lives we can be asleep to spiritual things, and the first thing we need to do is snap out of it. We need to be conscious and aware of our spiritual life and environment.
2. Hear the words which I shall tell thee. After we are awake, we need to actually hear and listen to the things we are being taught, whether it come from the scriptures, our leaders, inspiration--we need to hear what they are saying for the gospel really is the good news.
The angel also teaches King Benjamin some very important points of doctrine:
1. The Lord hears our prayers.
2. He judges us.
3. The Savior, Jesus Christ, will come to earth, performing miracles and the Atonement
4. Salvation comes through Him.
5. He will be resurrected after three days.
6. He will judge the world in a righteous judgement.
7. Salvation is extended to those who sin in ignorance.
8. Salvation can only be achieved in faith and repentance.
I am sure that King Benjamin had known these things before, as he was a just man who was taught by his father. I find it interesting that even though he had an understanding of these things, they are so important that an angel repeated them--with new insight, I am sure--so that King Benjamin would truly understand the import of the role of the Savior.
I love the commands the angel gave King Benjamin.
1. Awake. I think sometimes in our lives we can be asleep to spiritual things, and the first thing we need to do is snap out of it. We need to be conscious and aware of our spiritual life and environment.
2. Hear the words which I shall tell thee. After we are awake, we need to actually hear and listen to the things we are being taught, whether it come from the scriptures, our leaders, inspiration--we need to hear what they are saying for the gospel really is the good news.
The angel also teaches King Benjamin some very important points of doctrine:
1. The Lord hears our prayers.
2. He judges us.
3. The Savior, Jesus Christ, will come to earth, performing miracles and the Atonement
4. Salvation comes through Him.
5. He will be resurrected after three days.
6. He will judge the world in a righteous judgement.
7. Salvation is extended to those who sin in ignorance.
8. Salvation can only be achieved in faith and repentance.
I am sure that King Benjamin had known these things before, as he was a just man who was taught by his father. I find it interesting that even though he had an understanding of these things, they are so important that an angel repeated them--with new insight, I am sure--so that King Benjamin would truly understand the import of the role of the Savior.
I wasn't paying attention and read the whole chapter. =)
ReplyDeleteSo my thought for the day.... if you want Salvation, you have to work through Christ. There is no other way. Nothing can bring happiness here or in the eternities if it is not based on a Christ centered life.
Awake, maybe because I do scripture s in morning, but awake to the reality that this moment is bigger than I can see & that I only see a small portion of the real reality.
ReplyDeleteI love this plainess of the atonement as explained here.